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TAYLOR CARLSON
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The good-hearted production, You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown, began on
Broadway in 1971 and has
only taken 37 years to come to
NAU.
All of the traditional favorite Peanuts characters will
be in attendance, including
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy,
Sally, Linus, Schroeder and
Woodstock.
This production is entirely student produced. Shelby
Brimhall, a senior theater performance major, is the student
director of the show.
“We are definitely getting there,” Brimhall said. “It’s
been a challenge rehearsing in
the space that we have because
it’s not as big as our stage is going to be. But my actors have
done an amazing job. I have an
incredible band, too. We have
already done full run-throughs
of the show so right now we’re
just kind of cleaning things
up.”
But the cast and crew is
having to deal with the pressures of opening the production the week after Spring
Break.
“I think one or two things
could happen: it will either
be really good because they’ll
have had a whole week off of
school so they’ll be all rested
and relaxed, or it will be a little
bit of a struggle to focus again.
But knowing the group I have,
I think that Spring Break will
probably be good for them because they’re all very involved
students,” Brimhall said.
The actors had some of
the same concerns as Brimhall;
however, they still conveyed
confidence in their own performances.
Charlie Brown, played
by senior theater performance
major Jake Larowe, has been in
eight main stage productions at
NAU and had some concerns
about Spring Break interrupting rehearsal time.
“I think coming back after Spring Break will be a little
difficult for me just because if I
don’t keep up on my lines and
on my songs and sing every
day I will get rusty and forget a
lot of things,” Larowe said.
Snoopy (or at least his
human alter-ego) is more optimistic.
“I think it will be great…
everybody’s got a lot of energy
so I think it will only help get
a lot of energy going. It’s a big
includes a pianist, bassist,
It’s getting to be that time
again: hump week.
The hour of burnout
that many consider to be the
dirge of every semester. As you
slump along the thin line between mania and depression,
take comfort in the fact that
someone very special feels you:
Hugh Hefner.
Yes, Papa Playboy knows
all about the treacheries that
accompany the glories of this
thing we call life. That’s why
he’s petitioning the Olsen twins
to pose naked for your viewing pleasure. “It’s every young
man’s fantasy,” he’s reported
to have been saying. Yes, and
webbed toes are in. Now that
you have something to look
forward to in your hour of desolation, well: you’re welcome.
Insinuating that the Olsen twins are attractive isn’t
the only sign that Hef, while
sturdy and virile as ever at the
age of 81, is starting to lose it.
What about these girlfriends of
his and their wacky TV show?
America’s only socially accepted pimp has often kept live-in
girlfriends during his 50-year
reign as magazine mogul.
In fact, he had a full flock
of seven when current headgirlfriend Holly Madison first
met him. But with the extreme
popularity of E!’s reality hit The
Girls Next Door, which chronicles his life with girlfriends
Holly, Bridget and Kendra,
tenets of the playboy lifestyle
are being called into question
by those who push for the legalization of polygamy in this
country.
A little web rag that goes
by the URL Pro-Polygamy.com
has drawn up an op-ed comparison between Hefner’s lifestyle and the recent prosecution of a judge in small town
Utah. The claim: a lifelong
partnership between the four
people (three women and one
man) in the latter case, wherein there was just one marriage
license involved, should be
subject to as much abuse (or
as little, as is the case) as an
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AMBER STONEBRAKER (LEFT) as Lucy and Ben Harris (right) as Linus get into character during a rehearsal of
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”The student-produced show will open in the Studio Theatre on April 1.
energy show so it might be nice
actually to have a little break
and then be able to use all that
for the final push,” said Matthew Hornbeck, a sociology
graduate student cast in the
role of Snoopy.
And it is, of course, a musical. A four-piece band, which
Dems get creative to get votes Phillipe in a heart-stop role
Ah yes, the hustle, bustle
and bickering of a presidential
election year.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox
News and every other major
news station are continually
taking their eyes off of crazy,
opulent celebrities and putting
them on some crazy, opulent
politicians instead. This election year has proved to be one
of twists, turns and surprising
underdog victories all in good
mud-slinging fun.
The March 4 voting gave
the Republicans their nominee,
Sen. McCain.
On the blue side of things,
Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama
are scrambling now more than
ever to make a win so they too
can begin their campaign for
the presidency.
Many unique strategies have been used between
the democratic nominees this
election year, and one they
have both shared is their use of
the arts. From YouTube to poetic speeches, art has become a
valuable tool on the campaign
trail.
Although the Obama
campaign itself had nothing to
do with the creation of the YouTube sensation, Will.i.am from
the Black Eyed Peas created the
“Yes We Can” video that has
received well over 12 million
views. Will.i.am’s music video
can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcxmYY.
By communalizing music,
familiar faces and Mr. Obama’s
energizing New Hampshire
concession speech, Will.i.am
produced a truly moving video
that could give even the most
devoted Hillary or McCain
supporter goose bumps.
Not long after the “Yes
We Can” video was released,
the “Hillary4U&Me” video appeared on YouTube. The video
is a promotional piece for Hillary that describes her stand on
issues through the use of song.
The “Hillary4U&Me” vid-
eo flashes photos of the senator
meeting with the American
people, intermitted with dancers, singers and musicians. The
“Hillary4U&Me” video can be
viewed at http://youtube.com/
watch?v=5FvyGydc8no.
The Clinton campaign
has a second video on YouTube
that claims to be the official
song for the campaign. “You
and I” is a cheery song sung
by Celine Dion. Celine Dion’s
“You and I” can be viewed by
visiting http://youtube.com/
watch?v=ionFwC1UUUw&fea
ture=related.
This is great for the history books, but obviously does
not make either candidate
more or less able to be president of the country.
An effective use of the
arts is being demonstrated
by both candidates, and since
the American people are split
almost half and half between
Clinton and Obama, it seems
the arts could have an ever-increasing place in producing a
winning candidate.
HEATHER SMITH
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His voice is a tad
raspy, but otherwise he is as
talkative and excited to answer questions as those who
are asking them. With a new
film coming out at the end
of March, Ryan Phillippe is
busy touring with the director to promote his new
film, Stop-Loss. His previous works include Cruel Intentions and Crash, but this
new film requires a certain
new persona for Phillippe.
He plays the main character
of the film, Sergeant Brandon King, who has just returned from a tour in Iraq.
Just when he has adjusted
to the life he had before,
the army orders him to return, thus making him one
of many soldiers who experience “stop-loss,” which
is the term for the action
taken by the military to call
back a soldier who has finished their tour of duty.
“Well, firstly I would
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describe [Brandon King] as a
guy who has always done the
right thing in his life, by all accounts,” Phillippe said. “[He] is
a guy with true character and
strength and then he’s compromised by the choice he has to
make regarding being forced
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A good movie is a good movie, no matter how silly
Readers rejoice! After
the streak of negative reviews,
which have included Rambo,
The Eye, Vantage Point, Bachelor Party 2 and the remarkably
bad 10,000 BC, a film has come
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to save us from the horrors of
January through March moviegoing. The title is Horton Hears
a Who!, and it’s an animated,
G-rated flick inspired by the
classic childrens book by Dr.
Seuss.
I want to start off by
simply stating that I liked this
movie a whole lot. The flick is
rated G, and thus has none of
the things that made up those
aforementioned titles. No explosions, no blood, no guts,
no guns, no ghosts, no blind
chicks, no naked chicks and
no prehistoric mascara. What
Horton has is a good story, a
phenomenal cast, an amazingly original world and a huge
heart. It even has a good message, which is strikingly absent
from those other films.
Horton tells the tale of
Horton (Jim Carrey), an elephant who lives in the Jungle
of Noob. While teaching some
young animals about jungle
life, our hero hears a cry for
help coming from a speck
of dust. He decides he must
save this world he cannot see,
which drives his neighbors to
torment him. Leading the pack
is Kangaroo (Carol Burnett),
who fears Horton’s ranting
will inspire the young ones in
the jungle to start using their
imaginations. Horton must
fight through the forces of nature and his fellow animals to
get this speck to safety, because
“after all, a person’s a person,
no matter how small.”
The microscopic community that lives on this speck
is none other than Dr. Seuss’
very favorite town, Who-ville.
The voice of panic heard by
Horton belongs to The Mayor
of Who-ville (Steve Carrell),
who has enough troubles with
his 96 daughters and one emo
son Jo-Jo (Jesse McCartney)
without having to worry about
his world being a speck in constant peril.
When Horton informs
him of his predicament, our littler hero goes on his own mission to keep the town safe. But
his wife Sally O’Malley (Amy
Poehler) and rest of the community don’t believe the wild
claims of a guy who talks to an
invisible elephant in the sky,
so its Horton and The Mayor
against the worlds trying to
keep the town of Who-ville intact.
In hindsight, the plot
seems pretty complicated. But
worlds-within-worlds will obscure even the most simple of
tales. That said, Horton Hears a
Who! is a remarkably easy story
to follow for kids, adults, stoners and everyone in between.
The film is incredibly sweet,
and never becomes a sugarrush due its remarkable sense
of humor.
And this movie is funny. I
laughed a lot. The cast includes
many current greats in comedy, including Carrell, Carrey,
Burnett and Poehler, as well as
Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill of
Superbad fame. They all work
at the best of their voice abilities, and bring sugar-coated
fun to the kids and solid laughs
to adults.
However, the funniest
player in the movie is a 9-yearold girl named Joey King, who
plays an Awesome Little Yellow
Thing (ALYT) named Katie.
I don’t know what ALYT was
supposed to be, but it sure was
funny. Describing its behavior
is impossible, but I offer a line
of dialogue:
“In my world, everybody’s a pony, and they all eat
rainbows and poop butterflies!” If that isn’t genius, I don’t
know what is.
ALYT is only one of the
many strange creations in Horton Hears a Who! In fact, the
sheer originality of the project’s
design makes it the most Seus-
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Asylum Street Spankers spanking hard all the time
It is said that one should
never judge a book by its cover,
so it’s probably safe to say that
one should never judge a band
by its name. Unfortunately, I
am guilty of just that. The Asylum Street Spankers is a name
that makes me think of some
sort of traveling strip show instead of a band with any sort of
talent.
The Asylum Street Spankers hail from Texas where they
formed their band in 1994.
Based out of Austin, the band
began its journey through
several members and types of
music. They recently finished
a two-week stint in New York
where they performed the
band-developed show “What?
And Give Up Show Biz?” The
show revolved around the ups
and downs the band has been
through during its 14-year existence.
Apparently the band only
gives out interviews for articles
previewing their appearances,
so unfortunately soliciting the
band for information was not
possible. After some persuasion I was allowed to e-mail
them a few questions, and luckily the band found the time to
respond to my few questions.
The clear lack of importance
this article had to the band was
slightly stinging to my pride
and did nothing to improve my
premature judgments about
the band.
The band is normally a
touring band, and according to
band member Christina Marrs,
the time in New York was different, but a welcome break
from life on the road.
“It was awesome getting
to live in NYC for a couple of
weeks — not having to get in
the van every day and drive to
a new city,” Marrs said.
The Spankers are back to
the touring life, and on March
21 they found their way into
Mogollon Brewing Company
in Flagstaff. Along with the email “interview,” I was lucky
enough to be put on the guest
list so I was able to go to the
show without paying the $20
cover charge. At least I was told
I was going to be on the list.
After peering at my ID for far
longer than necessary to deter-
mine that I am in fact 21, the
doorman told me I was not on
the list. I had brought my negative judgments about the band
with me, and the judgments
were growing exponentially
with each moment. After some
arguing, the doorman held my
ID hostage and allowed me to
wander back to the stage.
The seven-member band
was scattered across the stage
with a variety of instruments.
Chairs were set in rows facing
the stage. A decent number of
people had journeyed out to
hear the band.
As negative as my feelings were toward the band, I
cannot lie and say they are not
talented. The musical ability of
all the members is impressive
and the music itself is incredibly good. An assortment of in-
struments are intermingled to
create a sound that is rich and
unique. The harmonica, violin,
banjo, upright bass, guitar and
drums were just some of the instruments played by the talented Spankers. The music, ranging from bluegrass to a more
contemporary sound, gave me
the urge to dance. Chairs could
have been traded for an open
dance floor.
Not only are the band
members talented players,
their singing is incredible as
well. Marrs, the only woman in
the band, has a clear, carrying
voice that adds richness to the
harmonies made by the men.
The lyrics are fresh and creative, and quite often, humorous. Audience participation
was encouraged. Considering
the band has gone through so
many member changes, they
were surprisingly well-rehearsed and they meshed well.
“It can be frustrating at
times, having to re-rehearse
songs you’ve been playing for
years, just so one new person
can learn them,” Marrs said.
The band played two
sets and their witty lyrics and
upbeat music kept the crowd
happy and entertained. My
negative attitude toward the
band changed because their
jokes and light-hearted attitude made it hard not to have
a good time.
The Spankers are on their
way to San Diego next. Their
music can be found on their
personal Web site, www.asylumstreetspankers.com and at
www.myspace.com/asylumstreetspankers.
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Negative stereotypes continue to haunt gaming scene
For all of the popularity
that video gaming has gained,
it has yet to shed its negative
stereotypes. According to the
majority of the world, if you
are a gamer, you are either a
hopeless loner living in your
parent’s basement, a homicidal
lunatic, or you’re 500 pounds. I
am going to address these unappealing monikers that gamers bear, and explain why they
are false. This way, the three of
you that read this column can
take pride in your hobby and
defend it accordingly.
Stereotype one: If you
are a gamer, you are unhealthy.
This is the general public’s perception of gaming, an idea that
is heavily perpetuated by the
media. For instance, there was
a gamer in Japan who enjoyed
Final Fantasy XI, an online
role-playing game. As a matter
of fact, he enjoyed it so much
that he sacrificed other amenities to maximize his playing
time. Like eating. And using
the restroom. So it’s no real
shocker that a few days later,
this guy died in front of his
television. What a freak-of-nature incident, right? Unfortunately, the media didn’t think
so, and instead reported on the
dangers of gaming and the obsessive effect they have on players’ minds.
Then there’s the family
that chose to seek legal action
against video games because
they believed the hobby was
responsible for their son’s obesity. As is typical with people,
the family deferred blame to an
external source, ignoring their
son’s choice of lifestyle, which
probably did not involve much
cardio. Unless his video game
console somehow bound him
to the television in his basement and forced him to eat
Twinkies all day, how can video
games take responsibility for
someone’s personal lifestyle?
Although they are off of
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the hook, in my opinion, games
are trying to promote healthy
lifestyles. The most recent addition to this new trend is the
Wii Fit accessory for the Nintendo Wii. Basically, the Wii Fit
is a game that utilizes a balance
board for different activities,
like yoga-type stretching and
other mini-games that promote health and actual physical activity. As a matter of fact,
games have been benefiting
people’s hand-eye coordination since their inception, and
they are often used as a form
of physical therapy to restore
damage done to an individual’s
motor skills.
Stereotype two: If you
play games, you have no
friends. So says Roxanne Richardson, a mother of two, “I’d
rather my son take a more
proactive, less habitual drug
like cocaine, than lock himself
away and play video games. It’s
so lazy. At least with pills and
coke you’re out and about doing something.” Spot on. In actuality, there really is no activity
more proactive, or completely
healthy, than snorting cocaine.
However, the game industry is
trying to follow the example set
by cocaine, and become less of
an isolated form of entertainment. So far, it’s succeeding.
More now than ever, games are
a social experience. Local multiplayer games like Guitar Hero
and Rock Band grow exponentially more fun with each additional person playing with you,
and are rapidly becoming the
focal point of parties and social
gatherings. If your deranged
mother is hindering your ability to make real friends, there
is always the growing online
aspect in gaming. With online
services provided by all three
of the major players this generation, online gaming is truly
becoming the next standard
in gaming, and provides the
player an entire community of
gamers to interact with.
Stereotype three: Finally,
there is the theory that games
cause violence. The people that
make up this camp are more
or less the disciples of Jack
Thompson, the attorney obsessed with banning all games
without “Pony Adventure” in
the subtitle. These people argue that individuals mimic the
violent actions they see in their
games. However, a separate
study that was done shows that
games may actually help quell
violence. When people play
violent games, they live vicariously through their actions in
the game, which actually sedates their violent urges. This
means that killing things in
games is actually a psychologically healthy experience.
So the next time someone blasts your hobby, just remember this article, and the
fact that gaming is one of the
most overall healthy experiences that has ever existed.
Student produced ‘zine’ offers versatile look at feminism
AMY JOSHU
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Combining passion for a
cause and a need to be an activist, two NAU students, sophomore Katy Willis and senior
James Kennedy, have set out
to start a community-oriented
feminist “zine.”
An abbreviation of the
word magazine, a zine is most
commonly known as a lowbudget publication with a
small circulation driven by a
grassroots movement or particular interest. Flowing from
the do-it-yourself vein, issues
are usually photocopied and
stapled together for generally
free distribution.
Being founded by a wom-
an and a man gives this zine a
unique opportunity to spread
the understanding of this cause
even further and show a different perspective, while still
walking a carefully drawn line.
“It is difficult,” Willis
said. “Of course, men can be
feminist and can contribute to
these causes, but you definitely
have to be very conscious of
that relationship in areas that
have been traditionally male
dominated. This is supposed to
be kind of a female space. We
don’t want to be exclusive, but
we don’t want to turn back into
a patriarchal situation.”
Even though Kennedy
and Willis are getting the publication off to a start, it is not
their idea to run the zine with a
system of hierarchy. They hope
to create a community of contributors, so that everyone has
an equal say. Right now, the zine
is in the very beginning idea
and creative stage. However,
they have established a general
framework for the publication.
Each issue will pair feminism
with a corresponding issue.
For the first issue, Willis and Kennedy are considering blending the concerns of
feminism with environmental
issues.
“You can not just address
one issue, because it is so intertwined with other oppressions
like racism and classism and all
these other things,” Willis said.
“So you can not just fight one
thing and focus on that because
everything is connected and it
is extremely complicated. That
is why feminist theory is such
a difficult thing to wrap your
mind around — because it is
not easy and there is no right
answer. You just have to learn
and grow and really critically
analyze your environment to
come up something you think
is going to work. Work towards
a better future and more equality and more equal opportunity
for people of all walks of life.”
In the first edition a lot
of set-up will be included, to
lay the groundwork for understanding both the concepts and
background of feminism. This
way the zine can be suitable
for both those who are already
educated on this topic and for
those who may be interested in
learning more.
“We would fail if all the
people reading this were all
like our teacher, Barbra White,”
Kennedy said. “(If) they already knew everything, you
know? If we get people who are
just starting off into women’s
rights or who don’t know anything about it then we want
people who can write from
that perspective as well so they
can identify with articles. We
are looking to get everybody’s
viewpoint.”
Since not all people use
words to express themselves
the zine will be a forum open to
all types of expression—from
essays to poetry to artwork.
“I think it will be an
evolving process as far as what
we start at and what we actually end up being,” Willis said.
“You can not really predict that
when you have all this variation of peoples voices and what
people want to say. It is about
what the community wants
and needs to hear about right
now. This is the framework we
are starting with, but it could
totally flip on its head if that’s
what people want to do.”
The first issue is expected
to be published in mid-March.
To learn more or to find
out how to contribute to the
zine, contact Willis and Kennedy at flagstafffeminism@
gmail.com.
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back into combat when he’s
made up his mind and he’s
meant to be out.” Phillippe’s
role differs from his previous
characters in the sense that
he feels “it’s not like the teenage, early 20’s, coming-of-age”
character with which he is often associated.
The film was inspired
by a true story of a soldier
who served with director Kim
Pierce’s brother. This allowed
Phillippe the benefit of better
understanding the mindset of
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sian of the author’s film interpretations. Everything in this
flick looks and feels like it came
out of famous word-maker-uper’s head. After the lackluster
How the Grinch Stole Christ-
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drummer and violinist, are incorporated into the show.
“The band actually all
play characters in the show,
so they’re all different Peanuts
characters that have been added as part of an ensemble and
they have little skits doing intermission where they act, too,”
Brimhall said.
Cheek from
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81–year-old living with three
women without any pretense
of marriage. Anyone who has
watched both The Girls Next
Door and HBO drama Big Love
has no doubt been waiting for
the day that gorgeous Holly refers to mashugganah Bridget as
her “sister-wife.”
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of Spring ’08 by meditating on
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his role in order to depict the
emotional rollercoaster that his
character faces.
“[Pierce’s brother] went
over [to Iraq] and one of his
best friends in his unit was a
guy, Harvey,” Phillippe said.
“Harvey’s wife had given birth
while he was away on his second tour and he was supposed
to get out and come home and
have his wife and child and
they stop-lossed him.”
A self-proclaimed “newsjunkie,” Phillippe made sure to
understand the full extent of
his character. He talked to soldiers and veterans to further
comprehend the situation not
only in Iraq, but in previous
wars.
“There is so much that
is kept from us as a public and
the war’s kind of been put in
the back pages to some degree.
So when you hear these guys’
stories, you know they did a
smart thing with us in preparation,” Phillippe said. He went
through a boot-camp type of
ordeal with the other actors in
the film, preparing them both
physically and mentally for the
intensity of their roles.
“We…bunked and lived
out in sticks with six guys who
had served somewhere still enlisted and some had gotten out,
and so we’d spend around the
clock with these guys and it really gave us quite an education
and made [our characters] that
much more.”
With the issue of the
stop-loss order being the focus of the film, it has stirred
quite a bit of controversy. The
movie faces an issue that is in
current standing but like previous films of the same nature,
the audience’s response can be
skewed either way. Phillippe,
however, is not worried about
the audience’s acceptance of
the film.
“I think that, personally,
our film is really different than
the rest of those in regard to
dealing with the human side
of coming home from war and
what happens to these guys as
they try to come back into their
lives,” Phillippe said. “And this
is happening now — to a lot of
people around the country and
their family members — and I
think it’s the fact that it’s a little
more personal and maybe has
a younger edge to it [that] separates it from the rest of those
films.”
Phillipe said the production is something that will appeal to the current generation,
especially with the backing of
MTV Productions.
Phillippe separates himself from other actors in that
he is also writing and planning
to direct of few pieces of his
own. His genre, he describes, is
“dark comedy.”
“I love desperation and
what can be funny about desperation, like true-crime comedy stuff…that’s not the type of
stuff I do as an actor and when
I write that’s what I’m inclined
to write.”
Stop-loss will be released
in theaters March 28. More
information can be found at
the movie’s Web site, www.stoplossmovie.com/soundoff.
mas and the abysmal Cat in the
Hat, Horton hits the loopy and
strange nail on the twisted and
wild head.
Horton still has some interesting flaws, all of which are
a result of extreme deviations
from Seuss’ original text.
The emo-kid story line
didn’t really do it for me, sim-
ply because it was underdeveloped and convoluted. The
script by Ken Dario and Cinco
Paul goes out of its way to make
some political statements that
mostly fall on deaf ears. Also,
the cast’s random rendition of
REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Stop
This Feeling” seemed random
and perhaps a bit too Shrek-
like.
rax!).
you want a movie that’s funny
and neat, Horton Hears a Who!
is pretty freakin’ sweet. Horton
is awesome, with that there’s no
doubt, so stop reading this review, and go check it out.
That’s it. I’m done. I
promise. Blomise.
However glaring these
problems may be, they don’t
really detract much from the
overall experience. Directors
Jimmy Hayward and Steve
Martino have crafted a flick
worth watching, and have shed
a hopeful light on future Seussian interpretations (c’mon Lo-
To wrap this thing up,
here’s some lousy Seussian
rhymes:
There are lots of bad
movies, of that I am sure, and
watching them causes my
stomach to stir. Vantage Point
sucks, 10,000 BC does too, so
what is a moviegoer to do? If
“The great thing about
theater is it comes together really quickly towards the end;
it just kind of snowballs,” said
Benjamin Harris, a sophomore
finance and management major who plays Linus.
The production opens
April 1 and runs through April
6 in NAU’s Studio Theatre.
Ticket prices range from $8 to
$11. To purchase tickets, visit
http://home.nau.edu/cto.
Hugh Hefner. That is, about
how you don’t live in a sprawling mansion and how you
aren’t doted on by three flawless, large-breasted blondes
and how you don’t get to hang
out in a red silk robe with your
money and pipe and scrapbooks of flawless, large-breasted blondes from years past.
Now. Don’t you feel upright, revitalized and good?
You are the future, working
against dens of iniquity everywhere! Now pass that late midterm exam.
Jacob Petersen/The Lumberjack
NANCY SULLIVAN PERFORMS on the French horn as the NAU Shrine of the Ages Choir sings in the background. The
performance on March 13 was held in memory of Michael Sullivan, who, prior to his death, worked as a music teacher at
NAU for 12 years.