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Jazz Lab Band students preparing for concerts on NE

Jazz Lab Band students preparing for concerts on NE

Wanna hear some jazz?

The NE Campus Jazz Lab Band will perform 12:30-1:45 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Agora (the outside area between NSTU and NCAB) and at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A).

The performances will include instruments such as saxophone, percussion, drums, guitar, piano and trumpets.

“We have all the instruments you can think of, the whole shebang,” said the band’s vocalist Rachel Meek.
Meek said she really enjoys singing.

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It’s a Matter of Perspective

It’s a Matter of Perspective

Photo students bring back slice of France, Italy

Those who want to get a taste of Italy and France can get it from a few students who visited the countries last summer.

The small group of photography students went to the countries on an educational trip, and the results of their work are on display in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus through Dec. 1.

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NE estrogen-filled play makes roommates go crazy

NE estrogen-filled play makes roommates go crazy

NE Campus theater students show how crazy women can be in the female version of The Odd Couple.

The original version of the play, written by Neil Simon, was about two male roommates completely different from each other.

The play made its debut on Broadway in 1965 and then was adapted for movie screens in 1968.

Simon later revised the piece in 1985 and called it The Female Odd Couple.

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NW Campus drama performs Aztec folklore play

The creation of humans from corn and a mud boy who didn’t get destroyed makes up the storyline of NW Campus’ newest play.

Miguel and the Magic Rain is a children’s folklore play making its debut Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Directed by Yvonne Duque and written by Rob Bosquez, it tells a story of Aztec gods making humans.

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Homelessness inspires art exhibit, charity event on NE Campus

Some students on NE Campus are auctioning their drawings for a good cause.

Art instructor Andrew Stalder found photographer Rodolphe Simeon’s series The Street online and thought it would be good for his students to use for their reductive tone project.

After they began working, he had the idea to auction the drawings and donate the proceeds to a local homeless shelter.

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Special effects, bad acting illustrate Mayan theories

Special effects, bad acting illustrate Mayan theories

Some scientists believe the California coastline will at some point crumble and fall into the Pacific Ocean.

Because of the ancient Mayan civilization’s calendar, many people believe the world will end Dec. 21, 2012.

Based on those theories, director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day) makes both of those theories come to life in a dragging three-hour battle of ethics, time, survival and bad acting in the movie 2012.

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Musically centered movie blows viewers out of the water

Musically centered movie blows viewers out of the water

If anyone would ever call a movie “punk,” Pirate Radio would be it.

The movie is, to put it simply, about a group of guys and a lesbian who live on a boat and play whatever they want, mostly rock music, without being censored. Because the British government thinks people listening to this type of music have “low morals,” it decides to do anything possible to take the radio station off the air.

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Jazz Lab Band students preparing for concerts on NE

Wanna hear some jazz?

The NE Campus Jazz Lab Band will perform 12:30-1:45 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Agora (the outside area between NSTU and NCAB) and at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A).

The performances will include instruments such as saxophone, percussion, drums, guitar, piano and trumpets.

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Music inspires artists, art inspires dancers on NW

Art students hope to inspire dancers in a NW Campus performance.

Amy Sleigh, associate professor of dance, and Winter Rusiloski, associate professor of art, are planning a performance that will include art and dance students.

“We have been talking for a while and expressing ideas on how art and choreography relate to each other,” Sleigh said.

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Golden Apples of the Sun Caroline Herring

Golden Apples of the Sun Caroline Herring

Golden Apples of the Sun, the newest album by Caroline Herring, has 12 songs that all basically sound alike.
She has a somewhat unique soft, almost country-like voice. But it’s not this album’s sound that makes it worth a listen, it’s the lyrics that are so relatable.

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SMU artist speaks to South students

Dallas artist Bill Komodore spoke to South Campus students Nov. 12 about finding the great artists within them.
Artists must be disciplined, Komodore said. Having universal knowledge is key for an artist as well as a human being.

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