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...revving up to see the third and final installment of the blockbuster comic book franchise. Sheel C. Ganatra ’06 has been an X-fan since childhood: “I watched the Saturday morning cartoon growing up. I’m anxious to see Jean Grey turn into the Phoenix,” he says, referring to one of the characters who is expected to make a return. In this installment, a cure for mutancy threatens the X-Men and their enemies—every mutant will ask the question whether or not they want to stay...
...Jess R. Burkle ’08 Since when was the guillotine considered funny? For a while in the 19th century, it seems. “It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close,” writes Charles Dickens in his 1859 novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and Jess R. Burkle...
...other musician’s work without running afoul with the law. They generally fall into three categories: anarchic, crazy, and rich. The recent wave of mash-up artists (which broke into the mainstream with DJ Danger Mouse’s Jay-Z/Beatles hybrid “The Grey Album”) have brought a new vitality to sampling, but most of their work is produced and circulated below the radar of commercial music. An example of the second class, the wacky Australians in the Avalanches laboriously cleared the rights to all 900-odd samples they used in their...
...this that we?ve been waiting for,? says one man here for the protest. ?People need to take notice.? And notice they will. Despite grey skies warning of strong showers later in the day, the crowd gains bulk. Old, young, some tired from a night or weekend spent in the park to get ready for the march, which will take this crowd a few miles east to Chicago?s Grant Park. ?This is the way that America was built,? said Ivan Miller, 43, a criminal justice student at Westwood College near O?Hare International Airport. ?I?m a black...
MCDREAMY MCDRIVER Actor and racing aficionado Patrick Dempsey, co-star of TV's Grey's Anatomy, is now a co-owner of an Indy Racing League team. Va-va-va-vroom...