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but perhaps someday we’ll delight in their usefulness. For those of us who don’t need those handicapped spots though, here’s a Way to Not Be Lazy Prize, awarded to the people who drive from the Wallingford parking lot to the cafeteria/Christy parking lot. From 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. each day, it is filled with the vehicles of people who drive that block so that they can get something to eat—and if there isn’t a spot, who cares if we park on the yellow lines? Why, we pay thousands of dollars to park on these yellow lines, so don’t tell us what we can and can’t do. So to stingy friends, the empty handicapped parking spaces, college freshmen and the rest of us around here who have yet to bear fruit, even with the best of intentions, there’s really nothing else to say but “good luck.” There’s always hope that once someone is given an award they don’t deserve yet, they’ll do whatev-er it takes to earn it. And if they still have more talk than action, maybe they could nominate themselves for the Nobel Peace Prize. It could be a trend. PaigeCarswellisajuniormajor-ing [email protected].
By Benjamin Whitener Staffreporter
A guitar legend, a German vocalist and the BoneYard all come together in the latest studio release from the six-string virtuoso Joe Perry. Joe Perry is a founding member and guitarist for the band Aerosmith. As lead guitar player and co-song-writer for almost four decades, Perry has garnered critical and financial success. He has won numerous awards including four Grammy’s, 12 MTV video music awards, eight American Music Awards, two Peo-ple’s Choice Awards and an Acad-emy Award. Perry has also been in-ducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. This guitar virtuoso is pretty much rock’n roll royalty. After all of his success and his long career one might think that Per-ry is ready to retire. Fortunately for our ears Perry is still rocking. On Oct. 6 Perry released the fifth of his solo albums. “Have Guitar Will Travel,” as the album is titled, fea-tures 10 songs that display Perry’s signature rock and blues guitar style. Perry performs not only the smoking guitar lines on all 10 tracks but lays down the vocals on four of them. For five of the other six tracks Perry invit-ed German singer Hagen who Perry’s wife found by accident on YouTube. The tenth track is an instrumental. The first single and first track from “Have Guitar Will Travel” is titled “We’ve Got a Long Way to Go.” It is one of the songs featuring Hagen on lead vocals. With this track Perry con-tinues a departure from his traditional rock and blues Aerosmith roots that he started with previous solo albums. The track is an upbeat pop rock tune reminiscent of an early Blink-182. “Wooden Ships” is the albums only instrumental. It shows off Perry’s superb guitar skill. It is an intense ride where Perry just gets to show off. The track starts off sounding like something straight
even if the detainees leave that pris-on, they couldn’t possibly go free, no matter how much they beg and cry and plead. It’s too dangerous to believe anyone in this day and age). Really, who doesn’t want an en-couraging prize like that? So, while we’re at it, let’s sling around some more prizes to groups, events and people who don’t quite deserve it yet but, well, maybe some-day. We’ll give the .500 Season Prize to the 0-5 football team for a 5-5 record they may have Nov. 14 after they play Kansas Wesleyan Univer-sity. There have been some signs of life. An award may be just what they need to have that extra spark, even if they haven’t come within 20 points of a team since the game one against Sterling College. Then there’s the Way to Not Waste Your Parents’ Money Award to what always seems like half of the fresh-man class—the ones who forget to actually show up to class until after midterm grades come out. Congratu-lations on what could be passing grades in December, letting you stay here for at least one more semester.
OPINIONPage 2 Oct. 14, 2009
EDITORIAL
MUSIC REVIEW
SAMANTHAGILLIS
The Collegian StaffEditor in Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cameron Siefkes
Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Nelson
News/Editorial Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Carswell Samantha Gillis
Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... Blake Carter,Clinton Dick, Joshua Dolmage, Michelle Dreiling, Inger Furholt, Katie Gomez, Lacie Holbert, Alejandra Rojas, Tysana Speer, Benjamin Whitener
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Word on the Hill
“When you’re on your own and taking care of yourself.”
Carmen Brammerpsychologyfreshman
“When you’re making house and car payments.”
DJ Donnerbusiness administrationfreshman
By Inger Furholt
“When you get up the first time the alarm rings.”
Audra Mannbiologyjunior
“When I stop living off my parents.”
Morgan Stacychemistrysenior
“When you make your own decisions.”
Cassie MichaelEnglishfreshman
“When I don’t freak out about the responsibilities I have.”
Rene Schwanathletic training senior
“When the big things that you used to think become little things.”
Ashlie Edwardselementary educationjunior
“I am actually schedul-ing a flight to Neverland, right now.”
Emma Shrackbiology sophomore
“When I leave Kansas.”
Kelsey Murphybusiness administrationsophomore
“When people start ex-pecting things of you.”
John Badleyphilosophy & religious studiesjunior
“When you are handling business that an authority used to handle for you.”
Lea McCrawpre-medsophomore
“I’ll never know.”
Taylor Aldrichearly childhood educationsenior
“How do you know when you’re grown up?”
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Aerosmith guitarist releases fifth album
out of an 80s horror movie and then morphs into what would be a perfect replacement for the music in the fa-mous training scene of “Rocky.” It switches back and forth between the two basic styles while Perry throws in some searing lead guitar lines. The rest of the album includes the tracks “Slingshot,” “Do You Won-der,” “Somebody’s Gonna Get (Their Head Kicked In Tonite),” “Heaven and Hell,” “No Surprise,” “Oh Lord (21 grams),” “Scare the Cat” and “Freedom.” Perry covers many styles from classic rock to psychedelic to surf rock all the while making it seem completely effortless. Perry brings to the table his mas-tery of the guitar and his flair for put-ting a song together. He wrote and produced every track on the album in his state-of-the-art studio, known as the BoneYard. As the co-writer for Aerosmith, Perry was responsible for mega-hits such as “Walk this Way,” “Cryin’” and “Sweet Emotion.” The 10 tracks on “Have Guitar Will Travel” aren’t quite up to the standards that Perry has previously set with Aerosmith. The album still makes for a good lis-ten. There are no totally outstanding tracks but at the same time none of them are totally atrocious either. Perry has plans to go on the road in support of the new album. Shows start in November in New Hampshire with other locations are to be announced. “Have Guitar Will Travel” can be purchased online at Amazon.com for $10. For those who aren’t acclimat-ed to e-commerce the album can be purchased at Walmart for $12.88. Snippets of the songs from the al-bum can be heard at joeperry.com or at Amazon.com. BenjaminWhitenerisajuniorma-joringindigitalart.Youmaye-mailhim at [email protected].
By Paige CarswellNewsandeditorialeditor
Here’s to Obama. His name can now be featured along the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Te-resa, Nelson Mandela and the 14th Dalai Lama after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Oct. 9. “But why does he deserve this award?” people are asking. “Has he really, well, done anything yet?” Okay, well, it’s true that Obama is one of only a few to receive the award while in office, and the only one to receive it while leading his nation in a war, which is a bit of irony. It’s also true that the commit-tee said he received it because of his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and coop-eration between peoples.” Giving him the award for his ef-forts may rightfully set off red flags in peoples’ heads, but we have to think about the overall significance. Yes, maybe it was given as a slight encouragement to produce action that could someday be prize wor-thy in terms of reducing nuclear arms worldwide and easing conflicts with the Muslim nation, even if the President hasn’t successfully closed Guantanamo Bay yet (of course,
Here’s a You Aren’t Worthless Prize for the television sitting at the top of the stairs by the cafeteria. It’s a call to bring people together if they actually stop at the top of the steps and watch it. They don’t right now, of course, but they may in a few weeks if it begins playing terrible reality shows. For all of the best friends on cam-pus who have the best of intentions while thinking of their best friend’s, parents’ and siblings’ birthdays but have yet to actually save money to buy anyone a present or card, here’s the It Isn’t Just the Thought That Counts Prize. Yes, we know that, as poor college students, it’s tough to save enough money to buy or make an actual gift for those you love, even though they always seem to find money for your birthday. Here’s to your intentions becoming touch-able realities for the ones you care about most. A Usefulness Prize for the park-ing spaces in front of the Broadhurst dormitories has to be given next. If there are suddenly seven handi-capped people living in Broadhurst, these may be filled someday, giving the users a deserved closeness to the back door. Right now the spaces sit lonely and empty most of the year,
Campus community shares sorrow to help cope with tragic deaths
The afternoon of Oct. 5, Nathan Morrison, athletic training senior, and his family were struck with news nobody should ever hear. His parents Mark and Deborah Morri-son were in automobile accident that claimed their lives. In reaction to this tragedy our cam-pus united. People were compelled to
take action. At 9 p.m. Oct. 5, the eve-ning after the car accident students and faculty joined at the Mound to pray. During chapel on Oct. 7, Rev. Ashley Alley gave her sermon on the topic of grief, out of respect to the Morrison family. The campus reached out to the family. It was a sweet ex-perience watching those who hardly knew the Morrison family, bow their heads in prayer and tears or give a loving message of kindness. Yet it was bitter, because as I was seated in chapel sorrow swirled around me and I couldn’t stop the record in my mind from spinning its message. “This isn’t right. In what twisted world could his family benefit from this? Where’s the reason?” I have strong faith that everything happens for a reason, that there is a meaning and a lesson behind every-
thing that happens. The difficult part is not questioning this faith or the powers that arise when something agonizing happens. Whether you be-lieve in the man upstairs or not, we turn to some higher being in times of need. This is a time of need. How do you keep faith when you are blinded from the reason? It be-comes a battle, a frustration, a horrible aching in your heart from the word. “Why?” Why is this happening? Why now? How can we say everything is going to work out? That is delusional. We don’t know. We don’t even know what we are going to cook for din-ner. How can we be so sure that this loss has a purpose? It seems so naive sometimes. But what else can we do but give our worries to God and hold strong to our faith. For this is a burden not meant for our shoulders and bear-
ing it will only cripple us. This is a trial of faith, for anyone touched by the news. The fact of the matter is nobody knows “why?” this happened and sometimes we’re not meant to know the answer. As curious creatures not knowing the answer only aggravates us, but we must let go of the aggravation. Let go of the worry. However, when there is an answer, it is never placed neatly before you, but is discovered as you continue your journey through life, so keep go-ing. We must keep searching for truth in times of confusion. Especially in times of mourning, when it hurts the most, we must push through the pain, because it will make us stronger. Clarity will come with time. Validity will enter your heart and mind when you are open to it. But it is not always
a happy voyage—patience, faith and love will be at your side to guide you, if you let them. But we are lucky. For being a member of the SC family means, when you fall you are embraced by a hundred compassionate hands. At what other college would so many gather for the sake of one student? Tell me. I challenge you to show me a college with more heart than SC. I still wonder why it takes a death, birth or wedding for us to gather, and appreciate one another; to show our loved ones that they mean so much to us. It shouldn’t be this way. We should beam love, we should glow compassion and it should radiate on to others. Love should be a daily oc-currence. Ask yourself, do you love whole heartedly? In these times of grief we must re-evaluate the way we live and the way we show our love—for we don’t know what lies ahead. The next time a friend needs some-one to confide in, give your undivided
attention, because Facebook and out-look will always remain but a single fleeting moment to show someone you love them is gone in an instant. For in life, love is the most powerful tool we have been given. Why don’t we use it more often? Pour your heart into every rela-tionship, no matter how many times in the past you’ve been burned. Call your grandparents, or an aunt you haven’t spoken with since your fam-ily reunion two years ago. Reach out. What do you have to lose? For you have everything to gain. Hold tight to your loved ones. Show them in each and every way that you love them and you are there for them. Just stop. Stop with your rushing around, your worrying and your agenda. Just stop. Now give. Give everything to those you love. Samantha Gillis is a junior ma-joring in covergent [email protected].
Nobel Award prompts potential prizes
