Category | Arts & Living
More than vandalism; Graffiti can be art, not just an eyesore
Published on September 30, 2008 by The Sentinel
"It’s as if someone threw oil all over your living room,” said one
local police officer about graffiti. Indeed, the act of altering the
appearance of someone else’s property without permission can easily be
interpreted as malicious.
However, even the policeman, who because of his position must be ideologically opposed to graffiti, reluctantly acknowledges that some graffiti is enjoyable. After he walks around the warehouse he guards, explaining its history as a railroad depot, he arrives at a large hallway covered in cracking green paint. Across the paint jumps a bright gold tag whose calligraphy is so embellished that the words have become indecipherable. “I like the colors,” he later explained to me in reference to this piece, his favorite.
According to a graffiti artist who, like the policeman, spoke on condition of anonymity, some artists produce their work “just to destroy some public property,” whereas others “really want to make the world a more beautiful place.” Whether simple or ornate, graffiti most commonly consists of a so-called tag, often a word invented by the artist; sometimes it is a symbol repeated throughout his or her work. When at least two colors of paint are used, either to reproduce a tag on a larger scale or to create a picture, the tag becomes what is known as a throw-up, and aesthetic value takes priority over what the officer called “marking territory like a dog.” Marking territory is an aspect of graffiti linked to gang membership more than the creation of a quality throw-up or even artistic tagging. Gangs often seek to impose a sense of ownership upon public places and outdoor areas where they seek or maintain dominance.
Unlike the macho-pragmatic markers of territory, those graffiti artists who create the ornate throw-ups, either pictorial or calligraphic, feel a sense of personal pride in creating something beautiful. According to an anonymous artist: “I just want to leave something really . . . cool.” The artist is not motivated by a desire to gain notoriety for having created a masterpiece; the anonymity required to avoid arrest makes recognition unlikely and fame all but impossible. Graffiti artists selflessly compete for the passing smile of the observer, the public who is their captive audience.
Fewer than three miles from KSU, on the grounds of an abandoned Cobb Community Transit station, exists a wonderland of color splashed on overgrown concrete infrastructure. Artists have made what was once a dull monument an art exhibit. A fence protects the place itself; one cannot enter without ignoring signs and deliberately avoiding armed police. One can be incarcerated if caught. Still, the artists ignore the useless restraints on their freedom to make the abandoned facility beautiful.
Graffiti, once relegated to the streets, now infiltrates galleries. In 2006, the Brooklyn Museum mounted an exhibition of works by graffiti artists Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Another graffiti artist, Doze Green, has become so successful that corporations wanting to reach a new market ask him to create large murals on street walls. Green said that graffiti kept him from joining gangs and so getting into trouble; although illegal, graffiti gave him a chance to express himself and fulfill his potential.
KSU Assistant Professor of photography Matt Haffner used a technique similar to graffiti to produce a portfolio that garnered him an award from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Haffner was one of three artists to win the 2008 Working Artist Project for his “Used Fiction Series”. Haffner combined silver leaf, vinyl and spray paint on panel and said that his technique is “reminiscent of a graffiti technique”.
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Latin American Politics Article
Category
Arts & Living
Spanish club hosts movie night: ‘Salt of the Earth’
Published on March 3, 2009 by Carl Krendel
Addressing a crowd as diverse as could be found anywhere, Dr. Ernesto Silva describes with stern sympathy the plight of Hispanic workers from both sides of the Mexican border, treated as less than their Anglo counterparts and superiors. He references “the struggle” of the workers.
Just before the movie starts, Dr. Kenneth Maffit explains objectively that the filmmakers were “involved with the communist party,” being part of the “Hollywood Ten.” Their involvement, and the film’s references to Marxist ideology, brought the attention of the United States government at the time, and they were heavily investigated. After the professors finished their addresses they began the featured movie, “Salt of the Earth.”
The Department of Foreign Languages, the Center for Hispanic Studies, and the KSU Spanish Club hosted the event on Feb. 25. “Salt of the Earth” was the fifth film in a series on immigration.
Set in Zinctown, the black-and-white social realist film traces the development of a strike that led to an effective peaceful settlement by the miners’ employers. Beginning in the home of an unofficial union leader, we see the lives and poverty of miners as their chief concern set against the backdrop of Anglo-Americans who enjoy wealth. The movie portrayed all non-Hispanics thus: Anglo-Americans who are either supervisory or subservient to Hispanics.
The female protagonist complains the loan she was able to obtain for her stereo is “the plight of the working man.” Full of chants for workers’ solidarity and other references to a struggle against capitalism, the film is undeniably communist in its director’s motivations. Spanish is occasionally used to express a secret hatred or humor in relation to this culture. In avoiding a relationship of equals and peers between Hispanics and non-Hispanics (who never speak Spanish, even in the company of those who do), a viewer might find objectivity difficult.
After the film, Silva and Maffit described the style of the film. Silva explained that what might seem “unprofessional” is in fact from the “Italian style of ‘socio-realism.’” This style beckons the relationship to state-sponsored art of the Soviet Union, dubbed “Socialist Realism,” which is marked by a lack of attention to detail and heroic, muscular figures.
From Peru, Silva has experience in a country where similar movements took place. He is most noted for the group known in Spanish as the “Sendero Luminoso,” which perpetuated acts of terrorism against the Peruvian people, leaving blood on the streets where the legendary Inca once ran. In English, the group is called the “Shining Path.”
When asked if labor unions would have helped prevent such violence by allowing a peaceful alternative, Silva replied to the audience that labor unions were the “seat of the communist party.” Silva said the Sendero Luminoso was not related to other Marxist groups in Peru. Perpetuating violence across the country, the Sendero was known at one point for its permeation throughout society. Eventually, it was suppressed, but the name still inspires either nervous laughter or fear in the faces of many Peruvians today.
Arts & Living
Spanish club hosts movie night: ‘Salt of the Earth’
Published on March 3, 2009 by Carl Krendel
Addressing a crowd as diverse as could be found anywhere, Dr. Ernesto Silva describes with stern sympathy the plight of Hispanic workers from both sides of the Mexican border, treated as less than their Anglo counterparts and superiors. He references “the struggle” of the workers.
Just before the movie starts, Dr. Kenneth Maffit explains objectively that the filmmakers were “involved with the communist party,” being part of the “Hollywood Ten.” Their involvement, and the film’s references to Marxist ideology, brought the attention of the United States government at the time, and they were heavily investigated. After the professors finished their addresses they began the featured movie, “Salt of the Earth.”
The Department of Foreign Languages, the Center for Hispanic Studies, and the KSU Spanish Club hosted the event on Feb. 25. “Salt of the Earth” was the fifth film in a series on immigration.
Set in Zinctown, the black-and-white social realist film traces the development of a strike that led to an effective peaceful settlement by the miners’ employers. Beginning in the home of an unofficial union leader, we see the lives and poverty of miners as their chief concern set against the backdrop of Anglo-Americans who enjoy wealth. The movie portrayed all non-Hispanics thus: Anglo-Americans who are either supervisory or subservient to Hispanics.
The female protagonist complains the loan she was able to obtain for her stereo is “the plight of the working man.” Full of chants for workers’ solidarity and other references to a struggle against capitalism, the film is undeniably communist in its director’s motivations. Spanish is occasionally used to express a secret hatred or humor in relation to this culture. In avoiding a relationship of equals and peers between Hispanics and non-Hispanics (who never speak Spanish, even in the company of those who do), a viewer might find objectivity difficult.
After the film, Silva and Maffit described the style of the film. Silva explained that what might seem “unprofessional” is in fact from the “Italian style of ‘socio-realism.’” This style beckons the relationship to state-sponsored art of the Soviet Union, dubbed “Socialist Realism,” which is marked by a lack of attention to detail and heroic, muscular figures.
From Peru, Silva has experience in a country where similar movements took place. He is most noted for the group known in Spanish as the “Sendero Luminoso,” which perpetuated acts of terrorism against the Peruvian people, leaving blood on the streets where the legendary Inca once ran. In English, the group is called the “Shining Path.”
When asked if labor unions would have helped prevent such violence by allowing a peaceful alternative, Silva replied to the audience that labor unions were the “seat of the communist party.” Silva said the Sendero Luminoso was not related to other Marxist groups in Peru. Perpetuating violence across the country, the Sendero was known at one point for its permeation throughout society. Eventually, it was suppressed, but the name still inspires either nervous laughter or fear in the faces of many Peruvians today.
Student Government Article
Category
News
SGA holds forum on meal plan
Published on September 30, 2008 by The Sentinel
The new dining hall’s financial implications were discussed at a recent forum between the KSU Student Government and Faye Silverman, director of Auxiliary Services.
Silverman presented a mandatory meal plan as the main, and necessary, way to fund the construction of the hall. She was accompanied by Dr. Rachford and two other KSU employees. Challenges to the plan came largely from students on the council who were opposed to the mandatory nature of the plan.
The new mandatory meal plan would entail paying presently for future developments, so that the school itself would benefit more than the students currently attending and potentially paying for the plan.
Silverman consistently denied the possibility of full-time students being able to completely avoid the plan, not being required to pay in advance for meals and, in the long run, the new building.
Dr. Rachford, silent for most of Silverman’s presentation and the following questions from student government officials, commented concerning the idea of paying for facilities which will be unavailable to those paying.
“That kind of foresight is not unheard of.” Rachford further implicated the inevitability of the new hall: “The new facility is going to happen.”
In making the new hall an inevitability, Rachford narrowed the topic for the potential debate to take place this Thursday to the subject of financing the development.
Silverman explained that the new building’s various accoutrements are to include foods friendly with various diets, such as “coeliac, kosher, and halal.”
Coeliac refers to an intestinal condition which causes gluten to irritate the stomach. Foods prepared for someone who suffers from coeliac disease must be prepared without products containing gluten, a plant protein found in various grains, particularly wheat.
Kosher foods are those whose preparation adheres to Jewish law, while halal foods are acceptable to those following Islamic dietary requirements.
The variability of tolerance continued a theme of inclusiveness and expansion of dining services to reflect this has an inseparable aspect of being a student at KSU.
When questioned by a member of the student council concerning whether or not faculty would be required to take part in the plan as well, Silverman replied “That is not an existing model.”
However, the necessity of using her plan to fulfill the needs of the new dining facility was expressly denied: “This is a way, not the way.”
What other options would be open remained unclear throughout the meeting, and avoiding a mandatory meal plan was not presented as an option by any faculty or staff present
Because Silverman did not present other ways of financing the facility, this Thursday’s meetings are unlikely to produce any kind of change to the planned mandatory meal plan for full-time students.
News
SGA holds forum on meal plan
Published on September 30, 2008 by The Sentinel
The new dining hall’s financial implications were discussed at a recent forum between the KSU Student Government and Faye Silverman, director of Auxiliary Services.
Silverman presented a mandatory meal plan as the main, and necessary, way to fund the construction of the hall. She was accompanied by Dr. Rachford and two other KSU employees. Challenges to the plan came largely from students on the council who were opposed to the mandatory nature of the plan.
The new mandatory meal plan would entail paying presently for future developments, so that the school itself would benefit more than the students currently attending and potentially paying for the plan.
Silverman consistently denied the possibility of full-time students being able to completely avoid the plan, not being required to pay in advance for meals and, in the long run, the new building.
Dr. Rachford, silent for most of Silverman’s presentation and the following questions from student government officials, commented concerning the idea of paying for facilities which will be unavailable to those paying.
“That kind of foresight is not unheard of.” Rachford further implicated the inevitability of the new hall: “The new facility is going to happen.”
In making the new hall an inevitability, Rachford narrowed the topic for the potential debate to take place this Thursday to the subject of financing the development.
Silverman explained that the new building’s various accoutrements are to include foods friendly with various diets, such as “coeliac, kosher, and halal.”
Coeliac refers to an intestinal condition which causes gluten to irritate the stomach. Foods prepared for someone who suffers from coeliac disease must be prepared without products containing gluten, a plant protein found in various grains, particularly wheat.
Kosher foods are those whose preparation adheres to Jewish law, while halal foods are acceptable to those following Islamic dietary requirements.
The variability of tolerance continued a theme of inclusiveness and expansion of dining services to reflect this has an inseparable aspect of being a student at KSU.
When questioned by a member of the student council concerning whether or not faculty would be required to take part in the plan as well, Silverman replied “That is not an existing model.”
However, the necessity of using her plan to fulfill the needs of the new dining facility was expressly denied: “This is a way, not the way.”
What other options would be open remained unclear throughout the meeting, and avoiding a mandatory meal plan was not presented as an option by any faculty or staff present
Because Silverman did not present other ways of financing the facility, this Thursday’s meetings are unlikely to produce any kind of change to the planned mandatory meal plan for full-time students.
सौंड चेक Article
Category Arts & Living
Sound check yourself
Published on November 4, 2008 by The Sentinel Published on November 4, 2008 by The Sentinel
For aspiring professional musicians, work can be hard to find For Aspiring Professional Musicians, Can be hard work to find sometimes. Sometimes. The best way to learn how to break into the biz might be to The best way to learn how to break into the biz might be to listen to those who have succeeded and lived to tell the tale. listen to Those Who Have Lived and succeeded to tell the tale.
On Nov. 7, KSU's Continuing Education will host Sound Check, a seminar that will provide students access to two musicians who have risen to the top of the music industry. On Nov. 7, KSU's Continuing Education will host Sound Check, a seminar That Will Provide access to two musicians Students Who Have Risen to the top of the music industry. Kendrick Dean, known more widely as WyldCard, whose experience includes work with Chris Brown, Mary J. Kendrick Dean, Known more widely as WyldCard, Whose experience includes work with Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, will share his advice with aspiring artists. Blige and Mariah Carey, will share advice with historical Aspiring artists. Also attending is Jan Smith, a vocal coach who brings experience with Matchbox 20, India Arie, Collective Soul and Young Jeezy. Also Attending is Jan Smith, a vocal coach with experience Who Brings Matchbox 20, India Arie, Collective Soul and Young Jeezy. Attendees of the event may be able to meet with the presenting artists. Attendees of the event May Be Able to meet with the Presenting artists.
Representatives from the GRAMMY University Network, a unique and fast-growing community of college students who are pursuing careers in the music industry, will speak at the event. Representatives from the GRAMMY University Network, a unique and fast-Growing community of College Students Who are Pursuing careers in the music industry, will speak at the event. The representatives will talk about how to prepare for careers in the recording industry through networking, educational programs and performance opportunities. The Representatives will talk about how to prepare for careers in the recording industry-through networking, educational performance Programs and Opportunities. Attendees are entitled to a chance to join this network, affiliated with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Attendees are ENTITLE to a chance to join this network, Affiliated with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Kendrick Dean says that establishing contacts with people in the industry is an important part of becoming successful. That says Dean Kendrick Establishing contacts with people in the industry is an important part of Becoming successful. He attributes a large part of that ability to personal confidence. He attributes a large part of That Ability to personal confidence. He has chosen to participate in Sound Check because he has “always had a close relationship to education.” Having graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in history, Dean is no stranger to higher education and espouses it as valuable. I have CHOSEN to Participate in Sound Check Because I've "always Had a close Relationship to education." Having Graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in history, Dean is no stranger to Higher Education and espouses it as valuable. For recording artists whose hopes extend to a professional career, Dean said, “Have a game plan; visualize yourself doing what you want to do.” For recording artists Whose Hopes extend to a professional career, Dean said, "Have a game plan, visualize yourself doing What you want to do."
Music was not always Dean's career. Music Was Not Always Dean's career. He taught for two years prior to entering the music business. I Taught for two years prior to Entering the music business. Today, he is one of the foremost magicians of the music industry, co-producing singles with many stars and writing scores for movies such as “Step Up”. Today, I is one of the foremost magicians of the music industry, co-producing singles with many stars and writing scores for movies Such as "Step Up."
In terms of responding to critics, Dean counsels, “Always take a critic with a grain of salt.” At the same time, he adds, “Always be your biggest critic.” To those who are looking for advice, Dean said, “If someone . In Terms of Responding to Critics, Dean counsels, "Always take to criticism with a grain of salt." At the same time, I have adds, "Always Be Your Biggest Critic." To Those Who are looking for advice, Dean said, " If someone. . . . . of an expert caliber gives you advice, I wouldn't come off . of an expert caliber Gives you advice, I would not eat off. . . . . like it hurt your feelings. like it hurt your feelings. . . .You got to be able to take the good and the bad and decipher.” . You got to be Able to take the good and the bad and decipher. "
When giving material to critics and potential producers, Dean warns musicians to send nothing less than their best. When Giving material to Critics and Potential Producers, Dean Warns musicians to send nothing less Than Their best. When he receives work from an artist that is subpar, Dean says that he asks himself (and often the artist), “What am I supposed to do with this?” In creating any recording, Dean stresses the importance of perfection. When I work from an artist Receives That is subpar, Dean asks Himself says That I (and Often the artist), "What am I supposed to do with this?" In Creating Any recording, Dean depressions The Importance of perfection. Finally, as far as getting ahead in the industry, Dean says simply to “be there.” Finally, as far as getting ahead in the industry, says Dean Simply to "be there."
Sound Check will take place at the KSU Center, located at 3333 Busbee Drive in Kennesaw. Sound Check will take place at the KSU Center, Located at 3333 Busbee Drive in Kennesaw. A limited number of tickets are available. A limited number of tickets are available. Attendees should register online at kennesaw.edu/ConEd or call 770-423-6765. Attendees should register online at kennesaw.edu / coned or call 770-423-6765. Registration fee is $79 per person. Registration fee is $ 79 per person.
Sound check yourself
Published on November 4, 2008 by The Sentinel Published on November 4, 2008 by The Sentinel
For aspiring professional musicians, work can be hard to find For Aspiring Professional Musicians, Can be hard work to find sometimes. Sometimes. The best way to learn how to break into the biz might be to The best way to learn how to break into the biz might be to listen to those who have succeeded and lived to tell the tale. listen to Those Who Have Lived and succeeded to tell the tale.
On Nov. 7, KSU's Continuing Education will host Sound Check, a seminar that will provide students access to two musicians who have risen to the top of the music industry. On Nov. 7, KSU's Continuing Education will host Sound Check, a seminar That Will Provide access to two musicians Students Who Have Risen to the top of the music industry. Kendrick Dean, known more widely as WyldCard, whose experience includes work with Chris Brown, Mary J. Kendrick Dean, Known more widely as WyldCard, Whose experience includes work with Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, will share his advice with aspiring artists. Blige and Mariah Carey, will share advice with historical Aspiring artists. Also attending is Jan Smith, a vocal coach who brings experience with Matchbox 20, India Arie, Collective Soul and Young Jeezy. Also Attending is Jan Smith, a vocal coach with experience Who Brings Matchbox 20, India Arie, Collective Soul and Young Jeezy. Attendees of the event may be able to meet with the presenting artists. Attendees of the event May Be Able to meet with the Presenting artists.
Representatives from the GRAMMY University Network, a unique and fast-growing community of college students who are pursuing careers in the music industry, will speak at the event. Representatives from the GRAMMY University Network, a unique and fast-Growing community of College Students Who are Pursuing careers in the music industry, will speak at the event. The representatives will talk about how to prepare for careers in the recording industry through networking, educational programs and performance opportunities. The Representatives will talk about how to prepare for careers in the recording industry-through networking, educational performance Programs and Opportunities. Attendees are entitled to a chance to join this network, affiliated with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Attendees are ENTITLE to a chance to join this network, Affiliated with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Kendrick Dean says that establishing contacts with people in the industry is an important part of becoming successful. That says Dean Kendrick Establishing contacts with people in the industry is an important part of Becoming successful. He attributes a large part of that ability to personal confidence. He attributes a large part of That Ability to personal confidence. He has chosen to participate in Sound Check because he has “always had a close relationship to education.” Having graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in history, Dean is no stranger to higher education and espouses it as valuable. I have CHOSEN to Participate in Sound Check Because I've "always Had a close Relationship to education." Having Graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in history, Dean is no stranger to Higher Education and espouses it as valuable. For recording artists whose hopes extend to a professional career, Dean said, “Have a game plan; visualize yourself doing what you want to do.” For recording artists Whose Hopes extend to a professional career, Dean said, "Have a game plan, visualize yourself doing What you want to do."
Music was not always Dean's career. Music Was Not Always Dean's career. He taught for two years prior to entering the music business. I Taught for two years prior to Entering the music business. Today, he is one of the foremost magicians of the music industry, co-producing singles with many stars and writing scores for movies such as “Step Up”. Today, I is one of the foremost magicians of the music industry, co-producing singles with many stars and writing scores for movies Such as "Step Up."
In terms of responding to critics, Dean counsels, “Always take a critic with a grain of salt.” At the same time, he adds, “Always be your biggest critic.” To those who are looking for advice, Dean said, “If someone . In Terms of Responding to Critics, Dean counsels, "Always take to criticism with a grain of salt." At the same time, I have adds, "Always Be Your Biggest Critic." To Those Who are looking for advice, Dean said, " If someone. . . . . of an expert caliber gives you advice, I wouldn't come off . of an expert caliber Gives you advice, I would not eat off. . . . . like it hurt your feelings. like it hurt your feelings. . . .You got to be able to take the good and the bad and decipher.” . You got to be Able to take the good and the bad and decipher. "
When giving material to critics and potential producers, Dean warns musicians to send nothing less than their best. When Giving material to Critics and Potential Producers, Dean Warns musicians to send nothing less Than Their best. When he receives work from an artist that is subpar, Dean says that he asks himself (and often the artist), “What am I supposed to do with this?” In creating any recording, Dean stresses the importance of perfection. When I work from an artist Receives That is subpar, Dean asks Himself says That I (and Often the artist), "What am I supposed to do with this?" In Creating Any recording, Dean depressions The Importance of perfection. Finally, as far as getting ahead in the industry, Dean says simply to “be there.” Finally, as far as getting ahead in the industry, says Dean Simply to "be there."
Sound Check will take place at the KSU Center, located at 3333 Busbee Drive in Kennesaw. Sound Check will take place at the KSU Center, Located at 3333 Busbee Drive in Kennesaw. A limited number of tickets are available. A limited number of tickets are available. Attendees should register online at kennesaw.edu/ConEd or call 770-423-6765. Attendees should register online at kennesaw.edu / coned or call 770-423-6765. Registration fee is $79 per person. Registration fee is $ 79 per person.
Newspaper Article 1
Social climbers wanted
Published on August 19, 2008 by The Sentinel
Published on August 19, 2008 by The Sentinel
If stress is driving you up the walls and crawling on the ceiling
seems like a reasonable way to spend an afternoon, rock climbing could
be for you.
It works just fine for Chris Sierzant, owner of Kennesaw’s Escalade Rock Climbing Gym, who said he climbs for “the release it gives me from the monotony of everyday living.” Chris is a sponsored climber, a professional who recently made the cover of Urban Climber Magazine. His gym offers climbers, from beginners to professionals, the opportunity to enjoy both top-roping and bouldering, the two ways of getting one’s butt up the wall.
Top-roping requires two people: one remains on the ground, taking in and letting out a rope that runs through a carabiner at the top of the wall and connects to the climber below. A carabiner, a vital piece of the climbing apparatus, is an oblong metal loop with a hinged opening on one side. Bouldering also involves scaling a wall, but only to a height at which ropes are not necessary. Therefore, bouldering is a more individualistic challenge, whereas top-roping calls for teamwork and builds strong personal bonds.
Both bouldering walls and top-roping are available at Escalade, which is located off of Kennesaw’s Moon Station Drive and is the nearest climbing gym to Kennesaw State University. Housed in an industrial warehouse, the gym contains “over 13,000 square feet of climbing,” according to the gym’s Web site. The atmosphere inside is relaxed and air conditioned, a welcoming environment for beginners and skilled climbers alike. Senya Laryguine, another sponsored climber who regularly trains at the gym, said, “Of all the gyms around the world that I’ve been to, this gym provides the most methods of getting strong.” These “methods” include a low ceiling speckled with climbing holds that make it possible for one literally to crawl upside down, defying gravity with strength, and an almost vertical wall on which one can grip boards and ascend using only one’s hands. There are also the standard bouldering walls and higher top-roping walls common to most climbing gyms.
Outside of the gym, climbing is growing in popularity—and availability. According to Sierzant, the southeast has “more rock than we know what to do with,” with “three to four areas found in a given year.” For those who wish to find local climbing spots, Sierzant recommends visiting seclimbers.org .
On Mon., Aug. 25th, from 2 pm until 10 pm, Sierzant will open Escalade’s doors to KSU students free of charge (there will be a fee for climbing shoes, which are optional). Students will be given access to the full range of climbing equipment and an introduction to the sport by the gym’s instructors. All students must show their KSU card and have a Release of Liability Form, which can be downloaded via the gym’s Web site (www.escaladegym.com ). Also, every Wednesday, students who present their KSU card are offered a discounted rate of $12 for male students and $6 for female students.
seems like a reasonable way to spend an afternoon, rock climbing could
be for you.
It works just fine for Chris Sierzant, owner of Kennesaw’s Escalade Rock Climbing Gym, who said he climbs for “the release it gives me from the monotony of everyday living.” Chris is a sponsored climber, a professional who recently made the cover of Urban Climber Magazine. His gym offers climbers, from beginners to professionals, the opportunity to enjoy both top-roping and bouldering, the two ways of getting one’s butt up the wall.
Top-roping requires two people: one remains on the ground, taking in and letting out a rope that runs through a carabiner at the top of the wall and connects to the climber below. A carabiner, a vital piece of the climbing apparatus, is an oblong metal loop with a hinged opening on one side. Bouldering also involves scaling a wall, but only to a height at which ropes are not necessary. Therefore, bouldering is a more individualistic challenge, whereas top-roping calls for teamwork and builds strong personal bonds.
Both bouldering walls and top-roping are available at Escalade, which is located off of Kennesaw’s Moon Station Drive and is the nearest climbing gym to Kennesaw State University. Housed in an industrial warehouse, the gym contains “over 13,000 square feet of climbing,” according to the gym’s Web site. The atmosphere inside is relaxed and air conditioned, a welcoming environment for beginners and skilled climbers alike. Senya Laryguine, another sponsored climber who regularly trains at the gym, said, “Of all the gyms around the world that I’ve been to, this gym provides the most methods of getting strong.” These “methods” include a low ceiling speckled with climbing holds that make it possible for one literally to crawl upside down, defying gravity with strength, and an almost vertical wall on which one can grip boards and ascend using only one’s hands. There are also the standard bouldering walls and higher top-roping walls common to most climbing gyms.
Outside of the gym, climbing is growing in popularity—and availability. According to Sierzant, the southeast has “more rock than we know what to do with,” with “three to four areas found in a given year.” For those who wish to find local climbing spots, Sierzant recommends visiting seclimbers.org .
On Mon., Aug. 25th, from 2 pm until 10 pm, Sierzant will open Escalade’s doors to KSU students free of charge (there will be a fee for climbing shoes, which are optional). Students will be given access to the full range of climbing equipment and an introduction to the sport by the gym’s instructors. All students must show their KSU card and have a Release of Liability Form, which can be downloaded via the gym’s Web site (www.escaladegym.com ). Also, every Wednesday, students who present their KSU card are offered a discounted rate of $12 for male students and $6 for female students.
Interview with Cartoon Comedy Star Carey Means
Category Arts & Living
Supercon promises to be, well, super “Clerks” star to appear
Published on November 18, 2008 by The Sentinel
If coming face to face with the creative forces behind Aqua Teen
Hunger Force, Wolverine, The Venture Brothers, Clerks, and many other
icons responsible for spinning their own subcultures, be sure to put
aside some quality time from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23.
The Renaissance Atlanta Hotel will be the scene of the Atlanta Supercon, where you, the fan, can get the inside scoop.
Among those appearing will be Brian O’Halloran, who plays Dante in the “Clerks” movies. In a recent interview, O’Halloran described the similarities between real life and the parallel universe of the Clerks movies.
“When Kevin [Smith, director of “Clerks”] was writing the characters of Dante and Randal, he was literally living that life; he was working that convenience store.”
O’Halloran commented on the archetypal nature of the clerks most fans know and love.
“Randal was the clerk he really was; Dante was the character he wanted to be.”
An unpretentious man not unlike the character he portrays, O’Halloran doesn’t hesitate to sympathize with convenience store clerks everywhere.
“People can relate to those feelings of frustration, while at the same time, the Dante character is polite…worried about moving on to his next station in life.”
In their interpersonal interactions, Dante and Randal do not discuss broad philosophical subjects or try to solve universal problems or existential questions. They speak like two good friends often do, musing on matters others might consider petty for a movie but normal in actual conversation. O’Halloran considers an important aspect of his character to be his ability to be entertained simply by strangeness.
“Mixed into all that conversation is the discussion about Star Wars and hermaphroditic porn.”
Everyone who has seen Clerks, regardless of his state of mind at the time, can remember the scene in which Dante’s ex-girlfriend has sex with a recently deceased older man. A description of the event as humorous delineates clearly the divide between actor and viewer:
“I don’t know how hilarious it would be if one of your girlfriends had sex with a dead guy. I would be like, ‘You need to get some shots, see a doctor.’”
According to O’Halloran, Smith has filled his films with increasingly perverted erotica. On the bestiality that occurs in the second “Clerks” film, O’Halloran said, “I was like, what, so we’ve moved on to interspecies erotica? You might ask him [Smith] about his obsession with not-so-normal sex.”
The Atlanta Supercon may be just the place for such questions.
When asked what would happen if the roles of Dante and Randall were superimposed on the convenience store from the opening scene of “From Dusk Till Dawn,” O’Halloran replied thoughtfully, “Um, hmm. I think they would have made it to Mexico. I think we would have been so entertaining that they [Tarantino and Clooney] would have spared us.”
Another artist slated to attend, Carey Means, who plays the role of Frylock, keeps his character so close to his own personality that he doesn’t mind being called by name.
“A lot of what we do is ad-lib,” said Means. “Some actors have their scripts advanced to them. I don’t use a script.”
When asked about the entertainment business and publicity, Means commented on the incident in which an Adult Swim sign became a target of the War on Terror in Boston. The Aqua Teen team then made an episode about the fiasco in Boston and the paranoia associated with the War on Terror.
“It hasn’t gotten past ‘Standards and Practices’ [the public censorship branch of the FCC]. There’s cloak and dagger stuff going on here.”
Relating other publicity strategies to his own, Means mentioned what happened recently with rapper T.I., who was caught buying guns in broad daylight at a major Atlanta intersection.
“Quote me on this: That was something his publicist cooked up.”
If you want to know something only an insider can, go to the Supercon; if you just want to know what you’re told to know, stay at home.
A three-day, general admission pass for the event is $35. Single-day tickets are $20 on Fri. and Sun. and $35 on Sat.
Supercon promises to be, well, super “Clerks” star to appear
Published on November 18, 2008 by The Sentinel
If coming face to face with the creative forces behind Aqua Teen
Hunger Force, Wolverine, The Venture Brothers, Clerks, and many other
icons responsible for spinning their own subcultures, be sure to put
aside some quality time from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23.
The Renaissance Atlanta Hotel will be the scene of the Atlanta Supercon, where you, the fan, can get the inside scoop.
Among those appearing will be Brian O’Halloran, who plays Dante in the “Clerks” movies. In a recent interview, O’Halloran described the similarities between real life and the parallel universe of the Clerks movies.
“When Kevin [Smith, director of “Clerks”] was writing the characters of Dante and Randal, he was literally living that life; he was working that convenience store.”
O’Halloran commented on the archetypal nature of the clerks most fans know and love.
“Randal was the clerk he really was; Dante was the character he wanted to be.”
An unpretentious man not unlike the character he portrays, O’Halloran doesn’t hesitate to sympathize with convenience store clerks everywhere.
“People can relate to those feelings of frustration, while at the same time, the Dante character is polite…worried about moving on to his next station in life.”
In their interpersonal interactions, Dante and Randal do not discuss broad philosophical subjects or try to solve universal problems or existential questions. They speak like two good friends often do, musing on matters others might consider petty for a movie but normal in actual conversation. O’Halloran considers an important aspect of his character to be his ability to be entertained simply by strangeness.
“Mixed into all that conversation is the discussion about Star Wars and hermaphroditic porn.”
Everyone who has seen Clerks, regardless of his state of mind at the time, can remember the scene in which Dante’s ex-girlfriend has sex with a recently deceased older man. A description of the event as humorous delineates clearly the divide between actor and viewer:
“I don’t know how hilarious it would be if one of your girlfriends had sex with a dead guy. I would be like, ‘You need to get some shots, see a doctor.’”
According to O’Halloran, Smith has filled his films with increasingly perverted erotica. On the bestiality that occurs in the second “Clerks” film, O’Halloran said, “I was like, what, so we’ve moved on to interspecies erotica? You might ask him [Smith] about his obsession with not-so-normal sex.”
The Atlanta Supercon may be just the place for such questions.
When asked what would happen if the roles of Dante and Randall were superimposed on the convenience store from the opening scene of “From Dusk Till Dawn,” O’Halloran replied thoughtfully, “Um, hmm. I think they would have made it to Mexico. I think we would have been so entertaining that they [Tarantino and Clooney] would have spared us.”
Another artist slated to attend, Carey Means, who plays the role of Frylock, keeps his character so close to his own personality that he doesn’t mind being called by name.
“A lot of what we do is ad-lib,” said Means. “Some actors have their scripts advanced to them. I don’t use a script.”
When asked about the entertainment business and publicity, Means commented on the incident in which an Adult Swim sign became a target of the War on Terror in Boston. The Aqua Teen team then made an episode about the fiasco in Boston and the paranoia associated with the War on Terror.
“It hasn’t gotten past ‘Standards and Practices’ [the public censorship branch of the FCC]. There’s cloak and dagger stuff going on here.”
Relating other publicity strategies to his own, Means mentioned what happened recently with rapper T.I., who was caught buying guns in broad daylight at a major Atlanta intersection.
“Quote me on this: That was something his publicist cooked up.”
If you want to know something only an insider can, go to the Supercon; if you just want to know what you’re told to know, stay at home.
A three-day, general admission pass for the event is $35. Single-day tickets are $20 on Fri. and Sun. and $35 on Sat.
martes, 26 de enero de 2010
begining the next minute
The imaginary boy pressed the aluminum into his had, and felt the ridges against his skin form ridges greater than the fingerprint he must have been leaving on the smooth side of the industrial door of the gas station. Glancing down to be sure of avoiding the coffee which might spill to stain pressed kakhies or splash his black and almost polished to plastic shoe, he pressed the ridges deeper and surer to open the door, while a law of physics prepared to press cement into the shoes he had purchased. Glancing through the glass, the reflection of eyes absorbing and reflecting struck him still for a moment, a moment which took all the time which that moment had allotted itself. He glanced into the deepest part of the image and away from the reflections of nothing, the fluorescent and long lights on the ceiling of his reflected gas station, the people, most of whom were staring at the foreigner they barely heard speak.
As the force of his soft skin moved the aluminum, the reflections moved, rushing into sight the row of softer yellow lights floating over glass windows, dirty water, and even the windows of convenience stores and gas stations.
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