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RALEIGH, N.C. - When Duke Univer-sity sophomore Christian Drappi sees someone using a Square credit card reader, he pulls out his phone, snaps a picture and uploads it to Twitter.
“It just kind of spreads like wildfire through retweeting,” said Drappi, who is a campus brand representative for Square. Started by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, the company makes miniature credit card readers for smartphones and offers competitive swipe rates.
Companies are increasingly using college campus brand ambassadors to spread the word about their products. These representatives often rely on word-of-mouth tools like social media to publicize the company and any promo-tional events they host.
Though the brand ambassador is no stranger to the college marketing scene, social media are changing how these rep-resentatives interact with their peers and how effectively their message is commu-nicated.
Companies like Red Bull, Microsoft, Verizon and Twitter all have campus ambassadors dedicated to spreading good news about the brand.
Square has a large presence on the West Coast but is trying to expand its grasp eastward. One way it can do this is through campus representatives, said Adam Bassett, who runs the SquareU program.
Campus ambassadors approach stu-dents groups, local merchants and other prospective users to demonstrate how the card reader works and its advantages over traditional machines, Bassett said.
The gig - technically an internship - pays $600 per semester, with bonuses based on the number of customers stu-dents sign up.
Drappi, a math and physics double major from New Jersey, said he was encouraged by Square to use Twitter to help publicize the product. His Univer-sity of North Carolina counterpart, Jane Hall, also uses Twitter to announce meet-ings she has with campus groups, using
WednesdayNovember 2, 2011
Volume 3, Number 32
Why Congress must put people
back to work.
Opinions - Page 4
Android Apps for college students.
Federal changes on student loans are causing anxeity.
News - Page 2
The ‘80s are back!
The BanglesSome musicians we loved in the
’80s, like Michael Jackson, are sadlygone for good. Others are kept aliveby new artists, such as Adele’s touch-ing cover of The Cure’s “Lovesong.”But it’s great when we hear of afavorite band that’s still creating and
giving us greattunes, such asThe Bangles, whoare coming to aconcert hall nearyou. That’s right,you can still
“Walk like an Egyptian.” SusannaHoffs and Co. released a new albumSept. 27 called “Sweetheart of theSun” and are touring the country topromote it.
Cassette tapesUSA Today reported recently that
as of mid-August, music-related cas-sette album sales are up 46 percentfrom last year at 22,000 units sold,according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lastyear, cassette album sales were atabout 15,000.
According to the Washington Post,well-known independent bands suchas Animal Collective, Deerhoof andthe Mountain Goats have all put outcassettes this year. Besides the retro-cool feel, fans may be buying the cas-settes as a way to prove their loyaltyto the band.
“Just having that physical copy ...shows more support as opposed to
buying an MP3 and putting it on youriPod,” the Total Babes singer/guitaristChris Brown told USA Today.
BoomboxesOnce you have your cassette tape
of a hip indie band (or you’ve dug outyour old “Like a Virgin” cassingle),what do you do with it? Boomboxesstill can be found – old versions oneBay, and new versions,such as the Sony XplodCD Radio CassetteRecorder, on Amazon for$93.35.
If you’re just in themarket for something withthe style of boombox, checkout the Altec Lansing inMotionMIX iMT800 Portable DigitalBoom Box for iPhone and iPod. At$350, it will cost you a bit more than
the one you had next to your bunkbed, but you can use it with your cur-rent music collection rather thanscrounging through the boxes for oldmix tapes.
If you want a real retro machine,but can’t find what you’re looking foron eBay, try www.stereo80s.com.
EIGHTIES TRENDSMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
BY MERRIE LEININGERMcClatchy-Tribune
emember the ’80s? It was some-times totally grody to the max,but we also were doing the truf-
fle shuffle, getting physical and justwanted to have fun. Luckily, we havean entertainment industry that is lousywith nostalgia, bringing back things wedidn’t ask for, such as ripped-up nylonsand the cartoon “ThunderCats,” alongwith fan favorites, such as “TheMuppets,” which will be back on thebig screen Nov. 23.
There are many other chances foryou to experience that warm comfort-
ing feeling of watching “Pee-wee’sPlayhouse” and “The Smurfs” on
Saturday mornings. Here, weround up all those old thingsthat are new again.
The looks made popularin the ’80s can now befound on hipsters every-where. Kristin Wiig wore a
Member’s Only jacketunironically in this sum-mer’s “Bridesmaids.” AndUrban Outfitters must use aDeLorean to go back to1983 for the day-glo sneak-ers and leg warmers thatare sold to teenagers by thecase.
Many of those looks weare happy to leave behind,but there are a couple ofpopular accessories thatmake reliving the ’80s agood thing.
Check out Hot Topic forthis Turquoise BlackBuffalo Check Belt at the
straight-from-the-’80s priceof $15.50. See it atwww.hottopic.com.
Ray Ban Wayfarer sun-glasses are perenniallycool. You can find cheap
rip-offs just about any-where, but the real dealwill cost you anywherefrom $70 to $200. Seethem at Amazon or www.ray-ban.com.
“Footloose”Release date: Oct. 14The film remake of the
1984 Kevin Bacon flickstars Kenny Wormald asRen McCormack, the big-city kid fighting againstthe backwoods thinkingthat made it illegal to busta move. Julianne Hough(“Dancing with the Stars”)is the hot preacher’sdaughter, Ariel Moore, andDennis Quaid takes on therole of the preacher dadoriginated by JohnLithgow.
“I want ‘Footloose’ todo to this generation whatit did to my generation,”Craig Brewer, the director,told the New York Timesrecently. “I want it to real-ly shake them up, and Iknow people will roll theireyes, but this ain’t ‘Glee.’We’ve got a little moredanger in this movie.We’ve got more sex andtense moments.”
“Red Dawn”Release date: March
22, 2012The original came out
in 1984, and played on ourCold War fears of a WorldWar III. In the updatedversion, the kids look tosave their town from aninvasion of North Koreansoldiers.
It stars ChrisHemsworth in the PatrickSwayze role of Jed; JoshHutcherson taking over forC. Thomas Howell as
Robert; Isabel Lucas isErica, who LeaThompson playedoriginally; andAdrianne Palicki in
the Jennifer Grey roleof Toni.
“Dirty Dancing”Release date:
UnknownSpeaking of Patrick
Swayze and Jennifer Grey,in August, Lionsgateannounced it would beremaking the beloved“Dirty Dancing.” This isone remake that reallycouldn’t improve on theoriginal. Who doesn’talready know all the wordsto “I’ve Had the Time ofMy Life?” And how manytimes a week do you hearthe phrase “Nobody putsBaby in a corner?”
No casting has beenannounced, so other thanthe fact that original cho-reographer Kenny Ortega(director of the sugary“High School Musical”films) is signed on as thedirector, there’s not muchevidence this atrocity isreally going to happen.
Other remakes andsequels: Keanu Reeveshas reportedly said there iswork on a third excellentmovie in the tale of Billand Ted; and GoreVerbinski is signed up toremake the 1985 murdermystery “Clue.” Also, areboot of “ThunderCats”began in July on TheCartoon Network, andNickelodeon is working ona new animated “TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles”series, using the voices ofSean Astin and JasonBiggs.
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Cassette tapes were easily tossed aside in the move to digitalmusic formats but there is still a cult following and new releasesput out on tape.
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Kenny Wormald andJulianne Hough star inthe remake of 1984’s“Footloose.”
Sony Xplod CDRadio CassetteRecorder
In the entertainment and fashion industries,old trends are new again
Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses costbetween $70 and $200.
A fashiontrend in the’80s, legwarmers have made a comeback.RON JENKINS/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/MCT
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Harry Lynch/Raleigh News & Observer/MCTUNC freshmen Darnell Watts, left, and Chris Dewberry get handout fliers from senior Paris Flowe, center, explaining a blue jean recycling project promoted by American Eagle Outfitters in the UNC Student Union, October 11, 2011.
Josh GrubeStaff Writer
The Parkland Counseling and Advising Center hosted a presentation for National Depression Screening Day held at Parkland College Tues-day, Oct. 25. The event fea-tured a panel of speakers from mental health professions and support groups, as well as a showing of the film “The Truth
about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College.” The event was co-sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Mental Health Public Education Com-mittee.
Created by Screening For Mental Health, Inc., National Depression Screening Day works to provide the public with screening opportunities for depression, as well as sim-ilar mood and anxiety disor-
ders. Parkland counselor Jenni-
fer Klatsky, a member of the Champaign-Urbana Mental Health Public Education Com-mittee, worked with the group to organize the event. “The purpose of the committee is to improve Champaign-Urbana’s understanding of mental ill-ness and treatments, and to de-stigmatize (people’s percep-tion of depression),” explained
Klatsky. The event helped promote
this goal, as a diverse audience of students, staff, and mem-bers from the local commu-nity attended the screening. “A lot of people may not be (at the screening) for themselves. I think a lot of people come because they’re worried about someone else but they don’t know what to do,” she said.
The event began with a show-
ing of “The Truth about Sui-cide: Real Stories of Depres-sion in College,” a short film developed by the American Foundation for Suicide Pre-vention. The video features personal stories of college stu-dents struggling with depres-sion or who have lost a loved one due to suicide.
“We’ve been using that film
Parkland hosts National Depression Screening Day
Alisha Kirkley Staff Writer
What does one do when a dead man’s cell phone falls into their hands? You can only find out by see-ing Parkland College Theatre’s pro-duction of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” written by Sarah Ruhl. The produc-tion is directed by Thom Schnarre with scenic and lighting design by Thomas V. Korder and costume design by Randi Jennifer Collins Hard.
The play is a comedy about “mor-tality, regret, the people we love and leave behind, and the traces of what we’ve left them,” according to the director’s note in the program. Cast member Aaron Clark, as Gordon, the titular dead man, dies while at a café. After his death, his cell phone begins to ring and does not stop. Ellen Fred, playing the role of Jean, becomes agitated and answers the phone.
She finds herself caught in the middle of Gordon’s business affairs,
family and personal matters, and all of the other loose ends he has left behind. She soon meets his mother, Mrs. Harriet Gottlieb, played by Chris Taber; his wife Hermia, played by Maren Brucker; his brother Dwight, played by Rob Zaleski; his mistress Miss Carlotta, played by William Anthony-Sebastian Rose II; and the Stranger, played by David Dillman. Together, these characters create a crazy journey for Jean, as she tries to comfort everyone by inventing messages for them from Gordon.
The ensemble is made up of Mat Easterwood, Sidney Germaine, Breelyn Mehrtens, Nic Moarse, Thiago Palma, and Susan Sheahan.
Schnarre directs a play, he never knows if an audience will under-stand what he is doing with the play, but thought opening night went very well. “The audience’s response seemed like they got what was funny, they got what was seri-
Parkland Theatre presents: “Dead
Man’s Cell Phone”
Illustration by Shawn Peters/MCT
See HOST on P. 5
See DEAD on P. 5 See SAVVY on P. 5
Photo by Ted Setterlund/Prospectus NewsThe entire cast of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” line the front of the stage to receive applause after their performance. They will perform again on Nov. 3, 4, and 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 3 p.m at the Parkland Theatre.
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“Songs of Hope and Joy,” a concert by the Parkland Chamber Singers with spe-cial guests the Chancel Ring-ers Handbell Choir of First United Methodist Church in Champaign, will be per-formed on Saturday, Decem-ber 3 at 7 p.m. at the Parkland Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public.
The chamber singers, con-ducted by Barbara Zachow and accompanied by Kristina Engberg, will perform tradi-tional carols and songs of the season: Deck the Halls, Joy to the World, Away in a Manger, Fum, Fum, Fum, and I Saw
Three Ships.The Chancel Ringers Hand-
bell Choir, directed by Rever-end Jim Till, is one of the old-est organized and one of the most active handbell choirs in central Illinois; some pres-ent members have rung with the group for 20 to 35 years. This group rings five full octaves of bells in addi-tion to four octaves of choir chimes. The Chancel Ringers will perform “He Is Born” and “Jingle Bells” arranged by Dobrinski; “Meditation on an Old French Carol,” arranged by Hakes; and “Angels We Have Heard on High,” arranged by Stephen-son, among other selections.
“Songs of Hope and Joy” concert
announced
Herb JacksonThe Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
WASHINGTON - Graduate students will pay more for loans taken out next July, and recent graduates will lose rebates for on-time repay-ment under a law Congress passed this summer to keep the federal deficit in check while pro-tecting Pell Grants for low-income students.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the changes will save the government $21.6 billion - meaning students would pay that much more or borrow less - over the next 10 years.
Another change that a key Senate commit-tee voted to include in the 2012 federal budget would “save” an additional $6.1 billion by get-ting rid of a grace period subsidy for under-graduate loans.
The elimination of repayment rebates and loan subsidies for graduate students was included in the bipartisan deal reached in July known as the Budget Control Act, the law that set 10-year spending caps while raising the fed-eral debt ceiling.
Financial aid departments at colleges and universities are now starting to notify graduate students that Stafford loans they take out next summer will no longer include a subsidy that keeps interest from accruing while they are in school.
“This was one of the few federal subsidies provided to graduate students,” said Haley Chitty, communications director for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. “It is a pretty significant blow.”
Under the new law, students seeking advanced degrees will start owing interest imme-diately on loans issued after July 1, though they will have the option of deferring pay-ments until they finish school.
“They can defer it but it adds to what they owe, and we always encourage students to pay as they go so in the end it’s not so expensive,” said Ivon Nunez, financial aid director at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark.
Exactly how much the subsidy is worth depends on how much a student bor-rows and how many years he or she is in school.
Nunez said a student borrowing the federal maximum of $65,000 could end up owing an extra $200 a month over 10 years.
Chitty said an analysis by NASFAA found that a medical or dental student taking out the max-imum subsidized loan of $8,500 a year for four years got a $4,624 subsidy while in school.
Even if it’s a much smaller amount, however, students are worried about the impact.
“Students can barely make it now,” said Jac-queline Velastegui of Kearny, who’s seeking an advanced degree in industrial engineering at NJIT. “We don’t live. We survive.”
Evan Toth is working full time as a teacher at the Community School in Teaneck while pur-suing his master’s degree in English at Rutgers University in Newark. He said he’s borrowed nearly all of the roughly $20,000 in tuition and fees, and “it was really helpful” not to have to pay interest while studying.
“I looked at that as being a great benefit,” Toth said. “An extra $1,500, or whatever it would end up being, would be a great financial burden.”
He expects to finish his coursework next semester, so the change in the law won’t hit him. But he said that in the future, it will hurt “the self-driven student who lacks independent wealth.”
“This is exactly the kind of stu-dent
that our
country must encourage to stay in the classroom,” Toth said.
Congress also voted to end subsi-dies, starting with loans issued next July, that reward graduates who pay back their loans on time.
Under the program that is ending, bor-rowers who signed up for automatic debit repayment got a bonus equal to half the loan origination fee they paid, said Vincent Tunstall, financial aid director at Fairleigh Dick-inson University. Borrow-ers could keep the rebate if they made their first 12 payments on time.
From the $21.6 bil-lion the two changes to loans are expected to save, Congress applied $4.6 billion to deficit relief and $17 billion to the Pell Grant program, which ben-efits lower-income students.
A spending bill for 2012 approved last month by the Senate Appropriations Com-mittee would end another interest subsidy, this time for undergraduates. Right now, there’s a six-month grace period after grad-uation during which stu-dents who have taken subsidized Stafford loans do not have to make loan repay-ments.
Under the current system, the gov-ernment pays the interest during those six months, but that would end under the pro-posal that the
Senate committee said in a report it adopted “reluctantly.”
If the proposal becomes law, there will still be a six-month grace period on loans issued after July 2012, but interest will accrue during those six months.
Over the next 10 years, the change is expected to save the government $6.1 billion,
according to the office of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who is chairman of the appropriations subcom-mittee that controls edu-cation funding.
From that amount, $1.3 billion would go to fill a shortfall in Pell Grants in 2012 and an additional $1 billion would go toward Pell Grants in 2013.
A draft bill in the House Appropriations Committee
would leave the grace period alone but make changes to Pell Grants eligibility to cover the shortfall. Harkin’s office said the House changes would make 500,000 current grant recipi-ents ineligible.
The different approaches taken by the House and Senate committees would have to be reconciled before a final spend-ing plan for 2012 is adopted.
Anabell Polloni, a senior at Rutgers in New Brunswick and former state board chair-man of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, said most students are not aware of the changes Congress is mak-ing to loan programs.
“I had no idea about this and I’m extremely well-aware of
what’s going on. Everyone knows about the six-month grace period, and no one knows it’s a possibility it might end. That’s a complete shock,” she said.
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Federal changes on student loans causing anxiety
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Lexington Herald-Leader
“I don’t believe I have ever gotten the seasonal flu shot. Its not something I’ve really considered. I’m confident in my naturally built up immune system.”
Mary Walker freshman
“I think that it has become a serious illness in our country and if one simple shot can prevent it then it should be administered.”
Christopher E. Brendleyfreshman
“I don’t think I like the seasonal flu shot. I feel like the flu shot makes the immune system decrease.”
Jinam Leefreshman
“I like it. There may be occasional complications but still none as bad as dying from the flu.”
Austin Rosafreshman
What do you think of the flu shot?Photos by Chanelle Stokes/Prospectus News
Sean HermannEditor-in-Chief
There were witches, angry birds and a retro style prom-infused “Thriller” dance. But, let’s not forget about the monopoly money, Shawshank prisoners, Wizard of Oz crew, gouls, gore and more. So much fun and downright creepiness can only come from one event – the first ever Parkland Hal-loween Office Decorating Con-test, held Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 and sponsored by Parkland Marketing and Public Rela-tions, Human Resources and Prospectus News.
Many of the participants went all out, enjoying the excuse to decorate their office space and dress up for the special occasion. Many even stayed in character through-out the day, alleviating work-day stress by breaking into
song, cackling and dancing for those that walked into their vicinity.
A total of eight offices com-peted in the event, but only
one winner could be crowned for the ultimate prize – a free office-wide lunch, valued at up to $65. Runner up will receive an office-wide bagel breakfast
valued at $25. And this years’ winner is…
TRiO Student Support Ser-vices, sporting a spooky and creative angry birds themed office. Coming in at second place is none other than the Office of Financial Aid and Veteran Services, who hosted a delightful prom themed celebration and retirement party, completed by a stun-ning and very well choreo-graphed office-wide dance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Honorable mention honors go to the office of Admissions and Advising and International Student Services, which fea-tured a spooky Witch themed office, scaring students and faculty alike.
A thank you goes out to all of the offices that participated. Winners should expect to be contacted shortly.
Halloween decorating contest winners announced
Photo Courtesy of Parkland Marketing and Public Relations
TRiO Student Support Services, sporting a spooky and creative angry birds themed office, won the first Parkland Halloween Office Decorating Contest.
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Kelley HeaneyCommunity Columnist
Parkland College students are in the process of build-ing a giant birdhouse for the Homer Lake Forest Pre-serve as part of a new play-ground for children. It won’t be the usual playground made of plastic and rubber, but rather a nature area that has been transformed into a tall grass maze, spider web, stream of discovery, hillside slide and large birdhouse. It is called a natural playscape and is intended to promote a more creative and inter-active experience for chil-dren.
This new playscape is being built at Walnut Hill’s picnic area near the current traditional playground. “We are really excited about this and think it will be a great addition to the park and the district in general,” said Pam Leiter, Coordinator of Environmental Education and Interpretation for the district. The area should be finished in the late spring to early summer of 2012 depending upon weather conditions, according to Leiter, although a hard win-ter may push back the com-pletion date.
Research has shown that natural playscapes like this one are beneficial to chil-dren in a number of ways according to the Forest Preserve District’s web-site. Playscapes encourage children to play more cre-atively, help with their emo-tional coping skills, reduce
their stress levels, lead to increased concentration and an improved ability to control impulses. Research has even shown that play-scapes appear to help to reduce some the symptoms associated with attention deficit and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.
“There is quite a bit of research out there that seems to indicate that when children have a more nat-ural setting to play in, that many health problems are reduced, such as obesity, since kids who aren’t nor-mally athletically inclined are more likely to play in this setting than on a basket-ball court,” Leiter said.
Her statement is based on a book by award win-ning author, Richard Louv, entitled “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disor-der.” According to the writ-er’s website, http://richard-louv.com/books/last-child, “This is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct expo-sure to nature is essential for healthy childhood devel-opment and for the physical and emotional health of chil-dren and adults.”
As health concerns become a more prominent issue, people are looking for alternatives to medication. Leiter said that this type of playground is part of a growing trend in the United States. “It’s becoming more popular as people recognize the importance of playing
outside and to get the kids in a natural setting where their creativity can take over,” she said.
Parkland College is helping with the natural playscape by construct-ing a giant birdhouse in which children can play. The Student Chapter of Homebuilders was asked by the Forest Preserve District to design and construct the birdhouse. Greg Walberg, associate professor in construction design and management says the project should be complete in November.
The Homer Lake Forest Preserve, which is part of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District is located east of Urbana on the Salt Fork River. Established in the late 1960’s it contains property that was originally a pop-ular summer picnic des-tination for Champaign residents. Today, the 814 acre preserve contains 10 miles of trails, a lake for fishing and boating and the District’s Inter-pretive Center. The cen-ter houses small live ani-mals, features a shaded glass for viewing wildlife, and includes bird feeders, interactive displays, and a microphone for listen-ing to the animals.
For directions or infor-mation about programs visit their website at http://www.ccfpd.org or call 217-896-2455.
Buster BytesTech Columnist
Every-one knows smart-phones are smart, but can they make you smarter? While that may be a difficult task, there are many
apps out there that can help college students get ahead in their studies. There are so many, in fact, that this column will list only those available for Android devices, saving the ones available for iPhones for next week. These apps can do anything from looking up words you don’t know to telling you the gross national product of Lima.
To start with, did you know that Parkland’s own ANGEL system is accessible on your Android device? While it may not be a good idea to take your midterm on your phone, it can be quite useful for studying your class notes, commenting on your class’s discussion board or finding out when your History assignment is due. No app is needed, just point your favor-ite browser at angel.parkland.edu.
Speaking of browsers, did you know that Mozilla Firefox is avail-able for most Android devices? It’s available on the Android Market and has some cool features lacking in the standard issue Android browser like multiple tabs or the ability to sync with your home PC’s Firefox browser so you can bring your bookmarks and favorites everywhere you go. It even remembers login information and passwords for many sites. This is especially helpful if you use Park-land’s public Wi-Fi, which requires web authentication every time you log in.
Many note taking apps are avail-able as well. Evernote is one of the most popular, is free, and is capa-ble of syncing between your phone and PC through an online account. Google Docs, the online document creation and sharing application, also has an app available for Android called Gdocs. This app is very use-ful for reviewing notes, papers, and PDF files created on your home com-puter. Another note taking app is Catch, which allows you to share the
notes you create via Twitter or Face-book. The touch screen interface of a smartphone may not be the best way to type a paper, but with these apps, quick edits are a breeze.
An app called Astrid is very helpful if you want to create to-do lists for your-self, and is especially good at keeping track of lesson plans for various classes. It allows you to prioritize tasks, add descriptions or notes to your sched-ule and lets you dif-ferentiate between school, work and social activities.
Research apps are plentiful on the market, and
diction- ary apps are espe-cially easy to find. Whether you want Merriam-Webster’s version or a Spanish-English translating diction-ary you’ll find what you need for free on the market. Wiki-pedia is also represented, with their app, Wiki Encyclo-pedia 4 Wikipedia. It’s free, but remember, while Wikipe-dia is a good place to start your research, most professors do not consider it a valid reference source. An especially helpful app is ColorDict Dictionary Translate which combines the functions of Wikipedia, Wordnet, StarDict, Google Translate and Google Dictionary.
If your research includes classic
novels, an e-book reader can come in handy. Not only is it cool to be able to carry a few hundred novels in your pocket wherever you go, but a lot of the classics are avail-
able for free through these apps. Amazon’s
Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s Nook are free and easy to use, with free book libraries. These big names programs offer great sup-port and nearly universal functional-
ity, but sometimes their brand names get in the way of their abilities. You may want to opt for an app like Aldiko
Book Reader which is free and not as limited in its ability to handle file types. It handles ePub and PDF formats and even has a
built in dictionary for words you don’t know. A fun app, which can be slightly helpful in your studies is Iris. Yes,
that’s Siri spelled backwards and is, in fact, a tongue-in-
cheek response to the new iPhone app of that name.
Like it’s namesake, Iris can respond to voice commands and ques-tions, although it does struggle at times dialing num-bers for friends
with difficult names. It’s answers to questions are some-times funnier than they are helpful, which can be a source of entertainment during study breaks.
If you need a serious answer to a question, you’re better off
doing a Google search, using Wiki Encyclopedia, or the one of the cool-
est apps of all, Wolfram Alpha. Billed as an answer engine, it does just what it claims. Alpha started out as a pro-gram for solving engineering and math problems, but has since evolved
into a powerful application which takes nearly any data input by the user and answers questions written in normal English. Sure it will draw a graph when told to “plot x squared,” but it will also respond to “capital of Italy” with not only the answer of Rome, but maps of Italy, information about the city and other useful stats. And it’s fast! Google search and Wiki-pedia don’t even provide answers as quickly as the program made right here in Champaign.
There are really too many helpful apps to list in one column. With a lit-tle research and patience you can find an app which does nearly anything you can think of. Your best bet is to read the reviews which accompany the apps before downloading to make sure they do what they claim and don’t force close or freeze up constantly. As easy as these apps are to install and uninstall, finding a bad one’s not nec-essarily the end of the world anyway, so why not try a few out for yourself? Besides, most of them are free, and you know you like having an excuse to play with your phone.
Android apps for college students
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Twenty-nine years ago this November, an American pres-ident of one party asked a Con-gress controlled by another to pass a transportation jobs bill. “It will stimulate 170,000 jobs in the hard-hit construc-tion industries,” he argued, “and an additional 150,000 jobs in related industries.” As a result, he concluded, “we will be preserving for future gen-erations of Americans a high-way system that has long been the envy of the world.”
That president was Ronald Reagan, a Republican. Within 40 days, the Democratic-con-trolled House and Senate approved major legislation putting their constituents back to work rebuilding our roads, bridges and transit systems.
Clearly, America’s poli-tics have changed since 1982. But America’s problems look astonishingly similar. Our cit-izens are struggling amidst the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression and many of our transporta-tion systems are overburdened and at risk of obsolescence.
This week, the United States Senate will have the opportu-nity to do something about it when voting on the transpor-tation component of President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act.
If Congress fails to act yet again, we all will miss out on a singular opportunity - a chance to ease congestion on traffic-clogged roads, repair America’s overcrowded tran-sit networks and structurally deficient bridges, put in place a next-generation air traffic con-trol system that will reduce travel times and delays, and, most of all, get Americans’ families, friends and neigh-bors back to work.
It does not need to be this way.
If Congress passes the pres-ident’s transportation plan,
the United States will make an immediate investment in construction jobs upgrading 150,000 miles of road, laying or maintaining 4,000 miles of track, and restoring 150 miles of runways.
We also will establish a national infrastructure bank. The bank will operate indepen-dently and issue loans empha-sizing two criteria: how badly a project is needed and how much good it would do for the economy. No boondoggles. No bridges to nowhere. No unnec-essary red tape.
Finally, all of this will be funded without adding a dime to the deficit. President Obama proposed that we pay for these investments through his long-term plan to slash our debt -
a plan that cuts spending and asks the wealthiest citizens and biggest corporations to kick in their fair share in taxes.
This is about priorities. Should we repair America’s 69,000 worn out bridges or keep tax loopholes for oil com-panies? Should we hire con-struction workers to build a national high-speed rail net-work that connects 80 percent of Americans or let billion-aires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries?
There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republi-can bridge - and there is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican job repairing that bridge when it is in danger of falling down.
Our infrastructure belongs
to all of us. It is more than the way we get from one place to another; it is the way we lead our lives and pursue our dreams. Furthermore, job cre-ation should be everyone’s No. 1 priority, especially in this economy.
We have heard economists and analysts of every political persuasion tell us that Pres-ident Obama’s jobs bill will boost the economy and spur hiring.
More importantly, we have heard the uproar of enthusi-asm from the American peo-ple. I have traveled to 200 cit-ies in 48 states during the last three years. Everywhere I go, people come up to me and say the same thing: “Put my neigh-bors to back to work rebuild-
ing our country.”Three decades ago, when
President Reagan signed his transportation jobs bill into law, he said that Amer-ica could, once again, “ensure for our children a special part of their heritage - a network of highways and mass tran-sit that has enabled our com-merce to thrive, our country to grow, and our people to roam freely and easily to every cor-ner of our land.”
Our transportation system is a special part of our heritage.
American workers designed the canals that first made interstate commerce possible, the transcontinental railroad that connected our coasts, and the interstate highway system that supported a half-century of unrivaled opportunity and prosperity.
American workers wielded the shovels, laid the tracks and poured the concrete that brought these things to life. American workers passed these things on to us - their children and grandchildren. And American workers paid the taxes that were necessary to finance these investments in their tomorrows. They sacri-ficed so their neighbors would have jobs, so their businesses would flourish, so all of us would reap the benefits of liv-ing in the best country in the world.
The United States is not a nation that just talks about building big only to get mired in the smallness of politics. We are better than that.
In America, we do big things. We solve tough problems.
If Congress passes Presi-dent Obama’s American Jobs Act, we can once again put peo-ple back to work making our nation’s transportation system the “envy of the world,” just to borrow a phrase from Presi-dent Reagan.
---(c) 2011, Ray LaHood
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Doyle McManusLos Angeles Times
Tax reform proposals are the political equivalent of science fiction: entertaining but imaginary. No tax pro-posal ever passes through Congress unscathed. There are too many interests that believe their survival depends on tax preferences - hence the tax code’s immu-table tendency to accumu-late complexities as a ship collects barnacles.
Still, presidential candi-dates’ tax proposals are use-ful windows into their phi-losophies, if only because the tax code forces every candidate to begin from the same starting point. Should income taxes on the wealthy go up or down? Should income from investments be taxed at a different rate than income from labor? And should “tax reform,” a goal everyone embraces, be used as a tool to shrink the federal government or to expand revenues?
This year’s GOP presi-dential candidates have so far offered three markedly different approaches to the issue - a reflection, in effect, of three distinct tempera-ments. One, from Mitt Rom-ney, is cautious and incre-mental. A second, from Herman Cain, is radical and impulsive. A third, from Rick Perry, is in between: a plan that proclaims itself radical but turns out, on closer inspection, to be a mix of radical rhetoric and prag-matic calculation.
Romney’s proposal came first, in September, when he tried to establish him-self as the most serious GOP candidate by issuing a 160-page, 59-point economic program. Romney’s plan
would essentially maintain the current system, includ-ing the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush, but would eliminate capital gains taxes - taxes on income from investments and savings - for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes below $200,000. Eventually, Romney said, he’d seek “a conservative overhaul of the tax system that includes lower and flatter rates,” but he hasn’t gotten more pre-cise than that.
Other candidates, vying for support from the tea party, have offered more extreme plans. The most eye-catching comes from Herman Cain, the former pizza magnate, who has trumpeted a “9-9-9” plan: a 9 percent income tax, a 9 percent corporate tax and a 9 percent national sales tax. When voters noticed that the burden would fall dispro-portionately on low-income families, Cain cheerfully offered to exempt the poor from income tax - and made no real attempt to calculate the impact of that change on the federal budget, as if the numbers didn’t really mat-ter.
Almost unnoticed has been Cain’s ultimate goal: to eliminate the income tax entirely and replace it with a federal sales tax of 23 per-cent or more. That’s a uto-pian proposal that has been rattling around conserva-tive circles for years, but it’s got a long road to travel before most voters - not to mention manufacturers and retailers - will support it.
Finally, last week, came Rick Perry, with a cluttered version of the perennial “flat tax” idea. Perry’s plan offers taxpayers a choice: either stick with your cur-
rent tax rate, or opt for a 20 percent flat tax. But unlike most flat tax proponents, Perry has no regard for the virtue of simplicity. His plan would keep deductions for mortgage interest, charita-ble contributions and state and local taxes. It would exempt Social Security ben-efits from taxation. Worst of all, it would force many taxpayers to calculate their taxes twice, to find out which system is cheaper. But as a purely political exercise, it has something for every-one - especially the wealthy, who would see their taxes go down.
In a broad sense, all three plans have premises in com-mon. They approach taxa-tion not so much as a way to pay for the necessary func-tions of government, but (in Romney’s words) as “an instrument for promoting economic growth.” They share the bedrock conser-vative faith that lower taxes is a better way to stimu-late economic activity than direct government inter-vention.
They all reject President Obama’s argument that the Bush tax cuts went too far and that, to reduce the fed-eral deficit, taxes should be raised on affluent house-holds making more than $250,000 a year.
They would all elimi-nate taxes on capital gains - although Romney would extend that tax cut only to taxpayers who make less than $200,000 a year, a break-point that makes him look uncomfortably like Obama. (The former Massachusetts governor explained this apparent apostasy by saying the rich “are doing just fine,” and “the very poor have a safety net.” “The people in
the middle ... are the people who need a break,” he said at a debate earlier this month.)
Perhaps most important, they all see their tax propos-als as part of a much larger aim: to cut federal govern-ment spending as a share of the economy.
Romney says he would seek an immediate cut of $20 billion in federal spend-ing and would aim to reduce federal spending to 20% of gross domestic product, down from the current level of about 24 percent.
Perry, in another feat of one-upsmanship, says he would seek immediate cuts of $100 billion and reduce spending to 18 percent of GDP, a cut of about one-fourth.
Cain hasn’t offered a spe-cific target, but he’s left little doubt about where his heart lies. “Government must get off our backs, out of our pockets and out of the way,” he says. “Nothing should be off the table.”
Where would they impose these spending cuts? For the most part, they haven’t said. But there are only two places in the federal bud-get that are big enough to enable cuts that large. One is defense spending - but Rom-ney, Perry and Cain have all said they don’t want to cut there. That leaves “entitle-ments” - Medicare, Med-icaid and Social Security. What the candidates would do to reduce the cost of those programs may be the most important issue in this presidential campaign. But that’s a subject for another column.
---(c)2011 the Los Angeles
Times
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for a couple of years,” Klatsky said. “The old one was hon-estly kind of depressing, and not designed for college-aged students. I’m making this assumption, as I am older than your generation, but I think that with the music and style, it’s a little more appealing for younger people. It also has eth-nic and cultural diversity, and that fits our population. Also, the message is really strong; that there’s hope. For all of those reasons, we’ve contin-ued to use it.”
The speakers at the event included Parkland counsel-ors Joe Omo-Osagie and Den-nis Cockrum; Diane Zell, Pres-ident of Champaign County’s branch of National Alliance Of Mental Illness; Wendy Wei-dner, a therapist from The Pavilion Hospital; and Zelig Bartell, the President of Cham-paign-Urbana’s Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance group. They shared personal stories and facts about depres-sion, while informing the audi-ence of resources in the local community that help with mental illnesses.
“As college students it’s a huge time of transition in your
life,” Cockrum said at the event. “If you come into college with other problems you’re already dealing with and then you add on everything you have to manage as a college student, it can be extremely overwhelm-ing. (Counseling and Advising) can be the first place students can start to get help.”
Champaign County’s National Alliance of Mental Illness is a volunteer organi-zation dedicated to helping the mentally ill, as well as their family members. “It’s very beneficial to have counseling,” Zell explained about depres-sion treatment. “Remember that mental illnesses are brain disorders. They are biologi-cal in nature and nothing to be ashamed of.” For more infor-mation, visit namichampaign.nami.org.
The Pavilion Hospital offers a variety of services, includ-ing free 24 hour assessments. “It’s not a bad thing to ask for help and it’s not a good feeling to go around and suffering like that,” Weidner said. “There are lot of different options to get the help that you deserve.” For more information, see www.pavilionhospital.com.
Champaign-Urbana’s Depression and Bipolar Sup-port Alliance runs a weekly support group for people who
suffer from mental illness, as well as a group for friends and family members of peo-ple suffering. “The reason I’m a non-traditional student at the U of I at this time in my life is because when I was age 17 I suffered from depression and anxiety, wasn’t able to get the help I needed, and wound up dropping out,” Bartell told the crowd, to demonstrate the importance of these resources.
In addition to these local resources, Counseling and Advising provides a list of help-ful online websites through my.parkland.edu. Once you are logged in on My Park-land, go to “Student Services” in the top right-hand corner of the screen and select “Coun-seling and Advising.” Then, scroll down to the bottom of the Counseling and Advising page. You will find links to a variety of different resources on the right side of the screen.
Since the National Depres-sion Screening Day event, Klatsky has seen a rise in the number of students seek-ing personal counseling at the college. If you are inter-ested in having a free confi-dential screening at Parkland, set up an appointment with the Counseling and Advising Cen-ter by visiting A251 or calling 217/351-2219.
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ous, they went with it and the actors did a really good job,” he explained.
The play was two acts long, with six scenes in the first and second act and a 10 minute intermission between the two acts. Refreshments were pro-vided in the lobby during inter-mission.
Practices went well, with the overlapping of Tennessee 100. “We had a few weeks were we did two nights a week, and then after that we were doing five to six nights a week,” noted
Schnarre. “Luckily, we have really committed cast mem-bers.”
The Theatre was accept-ing “dead” cell phones at each performance in exchange for a $2 discount for a ticket. Dal-las Street, Theatre Marketing Coordinator, said they wanted a way to not only make the title “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” stick in peoples heads, but also to promote recycling.
According to Street, the phones were donated to A Woman’s Fund, which offers help to women and families starting over after leaving bad domestic situations and also to Champaign County TRIAD/
S.A.L.T, an organization that offers 911 phones to senior cit-izens.
Catch the play in action on Nov. 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 p.m., or Nov. 6 at 3 p.m. Ticket Prices are $14 for Adults, $12 for Stu-dents and Seniors (55+), $8 for Youth (12 and under) and $10 for Groups of 15 or more. Thurs-day, November 3 all tickets are half-price, according to the Theatre’s website. Parkland Theatre advises that this play is for mature teens and adults due to language and adult themes that accompanied the production.
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“It’s a lot easier to do through a student than from someone in San Francisco,” said Hall, a junior majoring in advertising who wanted the internship to help build her resume.
Cord Silverstein, executive vice president of interactive communications at the Raleigh advertising agency Capstrat, said social media have made it easier than ever for college students to share opinions on a product with their peers. Com-panies who take advantage of this have a significant edge in reaching the student market segment, he said.
“The ones who are winning are winning because they are supplying their brand ambas-sadors with great content, and this content is being shared in a way that engages with col-lege students, that speaks to them in the world they live in,” Silverstein said.
“Someone’s peer, someone they respect, like a student or a professor, these people are having much greater impact and influence on what college students think, like and don’t like, because they trust their opinions.”
Kimberly Summers, a junior from Charlotte, N.C., works with American Eagle Outfit-ters’ campus ambassador pro-gram at UNC-Chapel Hill. There she runs the group’s
Facebook profile, “AE Student Union,” which has more than 1,200 people who “Like” the page.
The group’s most recent pro-motion was the “Drop Your Jeans” event, which offered students a chance to donate their denim in return for a branded tumbler, a store cou-pon and an opportunity to win a $50 American Eagle gift card.
“A lot of people heard about it through the Facebook page,” Summers said. “We can see the impressions, how many peo-ple actually saw it, so we know how much influence we have. It’s really great.”
Cathy McCarthy, who heads the campus ambassador pro-gram for American Eagle, said the company has brand repre-sentatives at 48 schools in 31 states and Washington, D.C.
When looking at ambassa-dor applications, McCarthy said the company looks for out-going students who are social-media savvy. For the retailer, whose clothing targets college students, the ambassador pro-gram is an ideal fit.
Summers uses the group’s Facebook page to interact with UNC students about the retail-er’s products.
One post, soliciting “Likes” for a photo of sunglasses to be distributed before a Saturday football game, garnered more than 114 responses. Summers said she also posts photos of the group’s events and people who attended them.
“When we get a picture of someone, they may make it
their profile picture,” Sum-mers said. “They’re usually holding some branded mate-rial from American Eagle. They’re promoting the brand, and they don’t even know it.”
Heidi Hennik-Kaminski, a marketing and advertising assistant professor at UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said the peer-to-peer referrals brand rep-resentatives provide can be invaluable for companies that target students.
“Most college students in that age demographic end up trusting each other more than recommendations coming from corporations,” she said.
Despite this, Hennik-Kamin-ski said companies need to be cautious about saturating the target market and inundat-ing students with social media promotions, a symptom often called “Groupon fatigue,” because some customers of the online deal service grew annoyed at receiving daily email offers, many of which they had no interest in.
“The question becomes, ‘How do you break through the clutter?’ Because everyone’s trying to break through that space,” Hennik-Kaminski said.
“Three years ago, four years ago, brand ambassadors on campus were a novel idea. Now companies have them everywhere. There’s only so much mindshare to capture.”
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The NBA may be delayed due to a lockout, but the col-lege basketball season is right on schedule. This season is one of the more highly anticipated in recent history for the Cobras with both the men’s and wom-en’s team receiving top 10 pre-season rankings. This is just a minute accomplishment com-pared to what both of these programs hope to be a very successful 2011-12 campaign.
Parkland men’s basketball team lost last year’s leading scorer DJ Hoskins (16.2 ppg). Despite that, the Cobras have received the #5 ranking in the nation. The team’s next three leading scorers and return-ing sophomores now will boost their offensive output. Sha-quille Lowery, Cody McCol-lum and Jamel Johnson do not have just offense on their mind. They, with the rest of the returning players, will take the reins of the team as leaders. That experience fac-tor will pay big dividends for head coach Nate Mast’s clubs as the freshman learn the col-lege game. Another huge addi-tion for Mast is the transfer Sean Montgomery. Montgom-ery, a division one level talent, looks to make an immediate impact.
“(The preseason ranking) only raises the bar for what expectations we have for our team,” Mast said. “It’s hard to get to the top of the polls, but it’s even harder to stay there.” The Cobras will have a good test ahead of them day in and day out.
The Cobras look to build on not only the successes but fail-ures of a season ago - a season that saw them post a respect-able 22-13 record. “It’s not just the wins or losses that determine our success,” Mast explained. “It’s the work we put in both on the court and in the classroom, and the mem-ories we make along the way that will determine how suc-cessful this year was for our team.”
Building a successful pro-gram requires not only tough scheduling, but actually defeating those opponents, which is exactly what Mast plans to do. One of those tough opponents includes rival and current #1 team, Lincoln Col-lege. The teams split both meetings a year ago, each game ending in a 10 point mar-gin of victory. With both teams currently ranked in the top 5 nationally, both meetings this year are sure to be epic. The team that can force its style of play on the other will most likely be the victor. The Cobras look to impose their will here and throughout the season.
A few tests will be presented along the way for the Cobras. November 3-5 includes a stretch of 3 games back to back in Hutchinson, KS. After that set of games, the Cobras will travel to Mattoon, Ill., where they will participate in the Lake Land Invitational. Mast’s team will also travel to West Burlington, IA in early January to compete in the SE Iowa Tournament. These tour-
naments are a great way to take the temperature of your team, as they usually have the best competition because of their playoff style nature, an asset Mast will use when the team nears the postseason. “One day at a time, one cham-pionship at a time,” Mast tells to his players.
Women’s head coach Kar-rie Redeker shares the same luxury as Mast, a top 10 pre-season ranking. The Cobras will begin their season as the #9 team in the country. Though a great honor, Redeker doesn’t put much stock into it, saying, “the #9 national ranking is a tribute to the success that our 2010-11 team had last year.” Redeker knows that this a new season and that number has no bearing on their success. “It is a nice ‘pat on the back’ for our program and gets poten-tial recruits’ attention when we tell them we are ranked, but otherwise it means noth-ing more than that,” she said.
The team knows that the focus lies on the court. On the court though are only four players from a season ago. None of those include last year’s leading scorer Hannah Ohl. Kristyne Smyth, Caitlin Cody, Tenia Singleton and Jeni Free will now be vital in team’s success this year. Having a year of experience on the col-lege level and under Redeker’s system will hopefully be use-ful in assisting the nine fresh-men in the transition to the col-lege game.
“Our sophomores are doing a great job of leading and try-ing to teach our new players the expectations of our pro-gram, but it has definitely been a learning process and will continue to be for quite some time,” Redeker said.
Following up a team with a record of 34-3 the previous season is no easy task. Even with a freshman laden club, expectations still remain high. “We will strive to win at least 20 games and do well in our regular season conference and region games,” Redeker said. A huge factor in reaching that goal will be the number of home games the Cobras host - 15 in all. They must perform well against top level compe-tition to reach their potential. One of those top level oppo-nents includes current #10 Kankakee, an opponent they will face twice this year.
The Cobras will take every challenge in stride. “Our mind-set is truly to take one day at a time,” Redeker said. “Every day we need to give great effort in practice and work hard to be better than we were the day before. If we can do that and get a little lucky along the way, we can put ourselves in position to have success.”
The men’s and women’s bas-ketball seasons both tip off soon. The home opener for the men’s team is Nov. 16 against Lewis and Clark. The wom-en’s home opener will be Nov. 9 against currently ranked #13 Illinois Valley C.C. It should be an exciting season for both basketball programs as they begin their journey toward March Madness.
Parkland Cobras basketball season preview:Men’s and Women’s teams hold high expectations
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Cobras men’s basketball player Tiger Oneil (42) goes up for an alley-oop during practice on Oct. 25, 2011 at the Dodds Athletic Center.
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The BanglesSome musicians we loved in the
’80s, like Michael Jackson, are sadlygone for good. Others are kept aliveby new artists, such as Adele’s touch-ing cover of The Cure’s “Lovesong.”But it’s great when we hear of afavorite band that’s still creating and
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“Walk like an Egyptian.” SusannaHoffs and Co. released a new albumSept. 27 called “Sweetheart of theSun” and are touring the country topromote it.
Cassette tapesUSA Today reported recently that
as of mid-August, music-related cas-sette album sales are up 46 percentfrom last year at 22,000 units sold,according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lastyear, cassette album sales were atabout 15,000.
According to the Washington Post,well-known independent bands suchas Animal Collective, Deerhoof andthe Mountain Goats have all put outcassettes this year. Besides the retro-cool feel, fans may be buying the cas-settes as a way to prove their loyaltyto the band.
“Just having that physical copy ...shows more support as opposed to
buying an MP3 and putting it on youriPod,” the Total Babes singer/guitaristChris Brown told USA Today.
BoomboxesOnce you have your cassette tape
of a hip indie band (or you’ve dug outyour old “Like a Virgin” cassingle),what do you do with it? Boomboxesstill can be found – old versions oneBay, and new versions,such as the Sony XplodCD Radio CassetteRecorder, on Amazon for$93.35.
If you’re just in themarket for something withthe style of boombox, checkout the Altec Lansing inMotionMIX iMT800 Portable DigitalBoom Box for iPhone and iPod. At$350, it will cost you a bit more than
the one you had next to your bunkbed, but you can use it with your cur-rent music collection rather thanscrounging through the boxes for oldmix tapes.
If you want a real retro machine,but can’t find what you’re looking foron eBay, try www.stereo80s.com.
EIGHTIES TRENDSMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
BY MERRIE LEININGERMcClatchy-Tribune
emember the ’80s? It was some-times totally grody to the max,but we also were doing the truf-
fle shuffle, getting physical and justwanted to have fun. Luckily, we havean entertainment industry that is lousywith nostalgia, bringing back things wedidn’t ask for, such as ripped-up nylonsand the cartoon “ThunderCats,” alongwith fan favorites, such as “TheMuppets,” which will be back on thebig screen Nov. 23.
There are many other chances foryou to experience that warm comfort-
ing feeling of watching “Pee-wee’sPlayhouse” and “The Smurfs” on
Saturday mornings. Here, weround up all those old thingsthat are new again.
The looks made popularin the ’80s can now befound on hipsters every-where. Kristin Wiig wore a
Member’s Only jacketunironically in this sum-mer’s “Bridesmaids.” AndUrban Outfitters must use aDeLorean to go back to1983 for the day-glo sneak-ers and leg warmers thatare sold to teenagers by thecase.
Many of those looks weare happy to leave behind,but there are a couple ofpopular accessories thatmake reliving the ’80s agood thing.
Check out Hot Topic forthis Turquoise BlackBuffalo Check Belt at the
straight-from-the-’80s priceof $15.50. See it atwww.hottopic.com.
Ray Ban Wayfarer sun-glasses are perenniallycool. You can find cheap
rip-offs just about any-where, but the real dealwill cost you anywherefrom $70 to $200. Seethem at Amazon or www.ray-ban.com.
“Footloose”Release date: Oct. 14The film remake of the
1984 Kevin Bacon flickstars Kenny Wormald asRen McCormack, the big-city kid fighting againstthe backwoods thinkingthat made it illegal to busta move. Julianne Hough(“Dancing with the Stars”)is the hot preacher’sdaughter, Ariel Moore, andDennis Quaid takes on therole of the preacher dadoriginated by JohnLithgow.
“I want ‘Footloose’ todo to this generation whatit did to my generation,”Craig Brewer, the director,told the New York Timesrecently. “I want it to real-ly shake them up, and Iknow people will roll theireyes, but this ain’t ‘Glee.’We’ve got a little moredanger in this movie.We’ve got more sex andtense moments.”
“Red Dawn”Release date: March
22, 2012The original came out
in 1984, and played on ourCold War fears of a WorldWar III. In the updatedversion, the kids look tosave their town from aninvasion of North Koreansoldiers.
It stars ChrisHemsworth in the PatrickSwayze role of Jed; JoshHutcherson taking over forC. Thomas Howell as
Robert; Isabel Lucas isErica, who LeaThompson playedoriginally; andAdrianne Palicki in
the Jennifer Grey roleof Toni.
“Dirty Dancing”Release date:
UnknownSpeaking of Patrick
Swayze and Jennifer Grey,in August, Lionsgateannounced it would beremaking the beloved“Dirty Dancing.” This isone remake that reallycouldn’t improve on theoriginal. Who doesn’talready know all the wordsto “I’ve Had the Time ofMy Life?” And how manytimes a week do you hearthe phrase “Nobody putsBaby in a corner?”
No casting has beenannounced, so other thanthe fact that original cho-reographer Kenny Ortega(director of the sugary“High School Musical”films) is signed on as thedirector, there’s not muchevidence this atrocity isreally going to happen.
Other remakes andsequels: Keanu Reeveshas reportedly said there iswork on a third excellentmovie in the tale of Billand Ted; and GoreVerbinski is signed up toremake the 1985 murdermystery “Clue.” Also, areboot of “ThunderCats”began in July on TheCartoon Network, andNickelodeon is working ona new animated “TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles”series, using the voices ofSean Astin and JasonBiggs.
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The Turquoise BlackBuffalo Check Belt fromHot Topic is $15.50.
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Cassette tapes were easily tossed aside in the move to digitalmusic formats but there is still a cult following and new releasesput out on tape.
PARAMOUNT PICTURES ANDSPYGLASS ENTERTAINMENT/MCT
Kenny Wormald andJulianne Hough star inthe remake of 1984’s“Footloose.”
Sony Xplod CDRadio CassetteRecorder
In the entertainment and fashion industries,old trends are new again
Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses costbetween $70 and $200.
A fashiontrend in the’80s, legwarmers have made a comeback.RON JENKINS/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/MCT
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