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Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Rocks or Reeks: Kanye West’s “Graduation”

The ear Staff October 4, 2007

Rocks Upon surveying the track list of the new Kanye West release, I was sure that I had received only a small portion of the album. Thirteen tracks? Really? All I could assume is that someone did me...

Professor playlist: Glenn Odom (english)

Glenn Odom October 4, 2007

Jamie Cullum –– "Photograph" from "Catching Tales" This is my cell ringtone. Great contemporary jazz music sung by an Irish lad with enough stage presence to soothe even the rowdiest football hooligans....

Devils Highway author speaks at Cordiner Hall

‘Devil’s Highway’ author speaks at Cordiner Hall

Jamie Soukup October 3, 2007

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "Devil's Highway," the first-year summer reading book, came to Cordiner Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27. Urrea spoke to students, staff, faculty and community members about his...

‘Feast of Love’

Erin Salvi October 3, 2007

People will only stop making films about love when the topic ceases to be interesting or when people forget how to make films: the latter of the two being the more likely possibility, I think. It is, after...

‘The War’

Autumn McCartan October 3, 2007

Ken Burns is known for making history come to life. Burns, a documentary filmmaker and historian best know for "The Civil War" (1990), is acclaimed for not only rehashing old information in a completely...

Netflix It: Laurel Canyon

Katie Presley October 3, 2007

"Laurel Canyon" is a love story set in Los Angeles. This should make it very clear it's going to be a strange love story. Alex (Kate Beckinsale) is engaged to Sam (Christian Bale), who has just started...

‘The Kingdom’

Mike Sado October 3, 2007

"The Kingdom" introduces itself to the audience by providing them with a short, highly stylized history of the United States' close relationship with Saudi Arabia (hint: it's all about oil). Unlike "Syriana,"...

Autobiographical theater class culminates in HJTs From Inner Worlds

Autobiographical theater class culminates in HJT’s ‘From Inner Worlds’

Carol Schaeffer October 3, 2007

The series of monologues entitled "From Inner Worlds," written and performed by students in the class Autobiographical Writing and Performance, proved to be an interesting acting experience for the writers...

Sophomore year of ‘quarterlife’ kicks off with ‘Under the Influence’ theme

Katie Presley October 3, 2007

Whitman's newest literary journal quarterlife is starting its second year of publication this fall, with the first issue is set to be released Oct. 12. Can't keep all of Whitman's creative outlets straight?...

‘Balls of Fury’

Autumn McCartan September 26, 2007

A parody of the 1973 Bruce Lee film "Enter the Dragon" with ping-pong instead of martial arts, "Balls of Fury" reveals the "dangerous" side of this seemingly harmless and slightly trivial game. Randy...

‘Good Luck Chuck’

Katie Presley September 26, 2007

I am going to start this review with a piece of dialogue. "If I could order you at McDonald's I would order a McBeautiful titties with tits on the side." This piece of cinematic gem-dom was uttered...

‘Shoot ‘Em Up’

Erin Salvi September 26, 2007

To say that a film starts off with a bang is usually a figure of speech. Writer and director Michael Davis, however, wastes no time tiptoeing around this issue in his film "Shoot 'Em Up." It begins with...

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