The ASU prove to be ‘Model’ students
The cultural music of Africa vibrated throughout the room with excitement, creating an African vibe at the African Student Union’s annual fashion show in the Commons’ Ballroom on March 6.
The show had five different style categories and the ASU did an excellent job of celebrating and expressing the beauty of their culture.
Steve Martin shows his mastery in ‘Bringing Down the House’
Steve Martin honed is physical comedic skills to perfection when he played the workaholic turned fly guy in “Bringing Down the House.” This movie proves once again that there is little funk in us all.
I laughed so hard I cried. Many say that the previews probably gave away the funniest parts of this movie.
Ani DiFranco evolving the music scene
The CD loads and a classical guitar riff and smooth jazz horns seep through the speakers. “You’re taking up lots of space/Your s*** is everywhere,” a mid-alto softly growls.
These are the first lines of “Promised Land,” the first track off Ani DiFranco’s 13 album “Evolve,” and it only gets better from there.
Melvin Ely gives the low down on ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’
The humor of “Amos ‘n’ Andy” was very popular during the Jim Crow era. In order to accommodate the enormous numbers of the radio show’s fans, factories reorganized shifts and civic organizations reorganized meetings.
During a recent talk at Randolph-Macon College, Melvin Patrick Ely, the author of “The Adventures of Amos ‘n’ Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon,” said that 40 million people in the country watched “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” during this time.
Zodiac Cookies
Aries: If you’re going to walk on thin ice you may as well dance. Taurus: Pink flowers will be a sign of your greatest ambitions. Gemini: Frame your own constitution today. Start with “We the peeps…” Cancer: You are what you eat, now put down that smelly sushi.