Issue 11

A Keen Eye For News

The FalconMonday, November 5th, 2012

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Disney makes the leap into science fic-tion with the purchase of Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm's founder George Lucas sold the film company for $4 billion in cash and stocks. Lucas is best known for classic films such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, all of which were produced through Lucasfilm. Because Lucas sold his film company to Disney, Disney in return gave him 40 mil-lion shares of Disney stock, making him the second largest share-holder. Lucas, 68, is on the verge of retirement but has agreed to re-main the creative con-sultant for the company.

Disney film-makers say that they are excited to move the Star Wars episodes along more quickly. The newest episode of Star Wars, episode VII is set to be released in 2015. Disney plans to release VIII and XI every two to three years after the release of the current episode. Reaction to the news has been both pos-itive and negative. Actor Ahmed Best stated that he is happy that the saga will continue. From the pessimistic standpoint, Fansite editor Eric Geller says that many of the Star Wars fans are concerned about how the following three

episodes will turn out with Lucas no longer being at the forefront of the decision making process. Others are anx-

ious to see how the films turn out and will be first in line to see them. This purchase came after Disney pur-

sued Lucas for a year and a half. The reasons that Lucas decided to sell are still unknown but he hasn't lost any-

thing from the deal. He owns a part of Dis-ney and is still a suc-cessful film producer.

by Kyle JonesEditor-in-Chief

Earlier this week super storm Hur-ricane Sandy ravaged the east coast. The hur-ricane began in Jamaica on October 22nd, de-veloping from an elon-gated tropical wave near the Caribbean sea.Overall the hurricane has left a disaster in its wake, $20 billion in property damage, $30 billion in lost business and a potentially $50 billion recovery effort. In comparison, Hur-ricane Irene, a New York storm which hit in August of 2011, cost the city alone $55 mil-lion, according to the New York Daily News.In one of the worst af-fected areas, more than 100 homes were de-stroyed by an overnight blaze in the Irish en-clave of Breezy Point in Queens.The storm also left between 30,000 and 40,000 people in New York City who could need housing.Due to damage caused by the storm there was no trading on Wall

Street for two days, the last time the New York Stock Exchange closed for two consecutive days for weather-relat-ed reasons was 1888.Every part of New York City’s infrastructure was affected by the storm.Sandy caused the worst damage in the NY subway's 108-year-his-tory. The Metropolitan Transportation Author-ity announced limited

subway service would resume on Thursday, but significant sections of the largest mass-transit system in the U.S. remain disabled. Over 4.8 million customers remained without power on Thursday morning in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to CNN. The worst affect-ed states are New Jersey with 1,983,694 custom-

ers out of power; New York with 1,514,147; Pennsylvania with 526,934; and Con-necticut with 352,286.The death toll from Sandy as of Nov. 1 is at least 149. The con-firmed deaths include 42 in New York; 12 in New Jersey; nine in Maryland; six in Penn-sylvania; five in West Virginia; four in Con-necticut; two in Vir-

ginia; and one in North Carolina. One person died in Canada, and at least 67 people were killed in the Caribbean, including 54 in Haiti.

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news “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-Benjamin Franklin

by Andrew MeechumAssociate Editor

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Election Day is upon us: A letter from the Editor

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Learn, learn, what this day is about

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Remember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason

and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treason

Should ever be forgot...

This is the poem is from 1742 and it commemo-rates the attempted as-sassination of King James I. November 5 1605, members of the Gunpowder Plot includ-ing the now infamous Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the House of Lords. This attempted attack was intended to kill the Protestant King James I but before the plan could go through Guy Fawkes was found guarding explosives un-der the House of Lords and arrested for treason.

Tomorrow is it. Your one and only chance to determine the path this country takes for the next four years rests solely in the hands of you the citizen, you the voter. Unlike many major news outlets, namely newspapers, don’t look to The Falcon to support a candidate. It has been cus-tomary for newspapers to throw their support behind one candidate or another for decades now. On the front page they deliver the news “objectively” and sup-port one side or the oth-er on the editorial page. It is very likely that the people in charge of the papers, the editors and publishers, are the only ones picking sides. The reporters and writers may not lean one-way or the other and may continue to report the news objectively. However, let it be noted that their

stories must first cross the desks of those editors and publish-ers before you have a chance to read them. We here at The Falcon don’t openly support either can-didate. We are com-prised of people from many different faiths, backgrounds and po-litical ideologies. We don’t ask that you vote for a particular party, only that you vote. For many of you this will be your first time voting, or at the very least your first time voting in a na-tional election. The responsibility of be-ing a voter may even seem overwhelming. Fret not young ones all will be well. That is of course if you’ve done your homework. Don’t vote for Obama or Romney be-cause your parents talk-ed you into it. Don’t vote on the candidates passed on their looks or physical prowess, though Joey Antonio makes a strong argu-ment for Gary Johnson on these grounds. And whatever you do don’t vote for anyone based on what you heard from any one news source. The Falcon en-courages you to edu-

cate yourself. Deter-mine what is important to you and your family. Figure out which candi-date best encapsulates your beliefs and ideals based on independent research, not based on the drivel of the talk-ing heads on television. A vote for Obama isn’t the wrong choice and neither is a vote for Romney or even Johnson. It only becomes a wrong choice when you made the choice without be-ing fully informed. With so little time left before you must cast your bal-lots, it’s up to you to inform yourself. Go back and read up on the candi-dates, read up on what they have done and will do, find out defini-tively where they stand on the topics impor-tant to you, and make an informed decision. To quote for-mer White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, “Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.”Polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm to-morrow, November 6.

by Kyle JonesEditor-in-Chief

The day even-tually become a holi-day, the day served to remember the plot and recognize the divine intervention of God, who supposedly saved King James I. In Janu-ary of 1606, days be-fore the plotters were to be executed parlia-ment passed what be-came known as “The Thanksgiving Act”, as a way to commemorate the survived attempt on the King’s life and in theory also a way to make going to church on this day mandatory. The holiday con-tinued to be celebrated in years after with the people of Great Britain burning large bonfires in salute to King James I, the festivities eventu-ally grew into church sermons, parades by lo-cal militia and parties with food and drink for local dignitaries. The day would end with bonfires and fireworks. In recent years the date has been popu-larized by the graphic novel V for Vendetta in

which the main charac-ter wears a Guy Fawkes mask and attacks the British Parliament in a similar fashion to the original Fawkes. The self described “in-ternet hate machine” Anonymous, an inter-net based hacker group, also uses the Guy Fawkes mask to protect their identity. The group uses this day to commit acts of terrorism and activism, such as tak-ing down government websites and openly protesting against the Church of Scientology. . . .Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent to blow up King

and Parliament.

Three score barrels were laid below to

prove old England’s overthrow;

By God’s mercy he was catch’d with a dark lan-tern and lighted match.

Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.

Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the

King!

The eleventh is-sue of The Falcon has affectionately been dubbed “The Free-dom Issue”. With-out our basic rights listed in our country’s first ten amendments to the constitution even this simple on-line college newspaper would not be possible. Conveniently there is an election for our na-tion's 45th president tomorrow. What also makes this issue special is that a majority of our articles either deal with the election or another aspect of what makes our nation so great. We as Ameri-

The Freedom IssueA letter from the Editors

cans are so fortunate to to have such an abun-dance of freedom and quality of life. From the very simple act of choosing what films to see, being able to sell a business for billions of dollars or fighting against a record label who does not share your creative vision. The greatest of our freedoms though is being able to choose our own leader and not just having one thrust upon us. Once again, go vote tomorrow. Our freedoms here give us the audac-ity to stand up against men’s cancer, they let us have a voice against

the things we are dis-satisfied with and the courage to stand up against them. Our free-doms allow us to cel-ebrate the achievements of the exceptional as well as group together in assembly to protest or promote fellowship. This country has been home to patriots and rebels since its in-ception in 1776. Our underlying spirit is one of hard work and pride, a spirit that doesn’t seem to be fading. Let us know what makes you proud to be free and how you exercise your rights at [email protected]

Death Grips, a California hip hop collective, have been dropped from their la-bel, Epic Records, af-ter leaking their new album for free without the label’s consent. The group planned to release an album in October of this year. Epic however, thought the record would be better released “next year sometime”. In reac-tion, Death Grips told their fans about Epic’s statement via Twitter. “The label will be hear-ing the album for the first time with you”, they tweeted Septem-ber 30th. The next day, Death Grips released their new album, “NO LOVE DEEP WEB” for free from their web-site. Twelve hours after the leak, the group’s website was taken down. Death Grips blamed their label for the take down, despite Epic insisting they had nothing to do with it. T h e

Epic loosens itself from Death Gripsby Reed StrengthStaff Writer

website with the leak was brought back up the next day and the aggres-sion between the band and label seemed to sub-side. Death Grips an-nounced a tour and have been supporting their free album ever since. On Hal-loween, Death Grips released what read to be an infringement letter from Epic dated Octo-ber 1st, the same date as the album leak. The email is a correspon-dence between Heath Kudler, the Senior Vice President and Head of Business and Legal Af-fairs for Epic and the band’s manager, Peter Katsis. “Epic is ex-tremely upset and dis-appointed that the artist decided to release an album without Epic’s knowledge or involve-ment”, Kudler wrote. K u d l e r accused that Death Grips “blatantly breached a number of provisions” in the group’s “record-ing agreement”, as well as “willfully infringed” upon Epic’s copyright to the album’s mas-

ter tapes. Kudler also pointed out that the band “made false and disparaging statements” about Epic on “sev-eral websites”, despite Epic “wholeheartedly supporting the band”. K u d l e r then demanded for Kat-sis to “immediately pull the album from all web-sites on which it is be-ing distributed” and to return the masters back to Epic. Once the label “cleared” the tracks, they would put the al-bum up for proper sale. At the bottom of the e-mail is a legal disclaimer, say-ing that the message is “legally privileged, per-sonal, and confidential”, and is “intended solely for the use of the named recipient”. The dis-claimer says that “any distribution, dissemi-nation, or reproduction of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited”. K a t -sis replied around four hours later. The man-ager insisted that due

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Election 2012Monday, October 15th, 2012 Page Three

As Election Day looms just over the horizon, I thought I would take the time to have a little fun with what usually is a less than amusing event, es-pecially these days with the tough economy, unemployment rate, etc. I’ll admit that I am definitely a sports and physical fitness type of person more than a politico, though I do like to jib jab on the topic here and there. However, I thought it might be interesting if we chose our president based on his physical prowess, his health and his true masculinity by discussing his vigor-ous love for “sport,” as Mr. Romney would say. Several U.S presidents have enjoyed the vig-ors of physical fitness, sports and the outdoors. The ones that predomi-nantly come to mind are Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. I could not resist the temptation to throw in a wildcard, a third party guy by the name of Gary Johnson, the popular former gov-ernor of New Mexico.

In 2008, the Grammy Museum de-buted “Songs of Con-science, Sounds of Freedom”, an exhibit to “explore the 200-year history of music and politics in America, and music’s role as a po-litical force in society”. From the “Star Spangled Banner” to Bob Dylan’s socially conscious folk music, exhibit guest curator Daniel Cavc-chii wished to “show that political uses of music are part of main-stream participation in mainstream society”. Headcount is a “grass roots organiza-tion that uses the pow-er of music to register

by Joey AntonioSports Editor

Who is most “fit” to be President?Sure, there are several “third” party candi-dates on the ballot, but Mr. Johnson is the only one who is actually reg-istered in 49 of the 50 states. As I stated pre-viously, the candidates will be judged solely on their athletic abilities and physical prowess, so let the debating begin! We’ll start off with the incum-bent, President Barack Obama. President Obama is the youngest of the three candidates, at a youthful 51 years of age. It is certainly not classified, top-secret in-formation that the lead-er of the free world is an avid fan and supporter of his native Chicago Bears (football) and Chicago Bulls (basket-ball). Obama has stated several times to the pub-lic that he would per-sonally attend a cham-pionship game featuring either of the two teams. He has also been pho-tographed in a Chicago White Sox uniform. He has even thrown out the first pitch a time or two at a Major League base-ball game. Pretty cool huh? What’s even cool-er is the fact that he had a basketball court built at the Whitehouse. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that he also played bas-ketball in high school. So far it’s looking like “hail to the chief.” However, we’re not finished just yet. President Obama has several vices that are

hurting a possible dy-namic physical prow-ess. First off, it is also no secret that the President is also an avid cigarette smoker. It was rumored that he quit for awhile, but also rumored that he started up again. I want to slap his wrist hard for that, as President of The United States isn’t exactly an easy job, es-pecially these days. But there is one thing he has no excuse for, the man likes junk food and won’t eat his veggies. This is slightly amusing since Michelle Obama is a huge supporter of healthy/organic foods and vegetables and has made it her personal mission to spread the word on good nutri-tion, especially for the nation’s children. I wonder if the President has to finish his broc-coli before his after din-ner smoke? I digress. Next Up, Mitt Romney. Mitt is the oldest of the three can-didates at 65 years of age. I must say, that

time has been good to Mr. Romney, as he al-most looks as robust and youthful as Ronald Reagan did at his age. Heck, his facial features even look like “the Gip-per” a bit. Regardless, Mr. Romney actually admitted that he is not particularly athletic but also told reporters that he did in fact run cross country in high school. He would not go into specifics of how well he did. Not much else is known about Mr. Rom-ney’s athletic skills, or lack thereof. To me, Mitt looks like a guy whose idea of “sport” would involve a nice designer shirt, ball, stick and horse. I just don’t see this guy breaking a sweat without immedi-ately wanting to change his clothes. No points this round, governor. Last and certain-ly not least is Mr. Gary Johnson. Gary is the second oldest/young-est of the three candi-dates at 59 years of age. If masculinity were a

degree, Mr. Johnson would definitely be head of the department. First off, since the for-mer Governor has re-turned to his private life, he has become quite the elite uber male. Mr. Johnson has enthusias-tically spent much of his time competing in several triathlons. John-son is an avid triathlete who bikes extensively and abstains from caf-feine, alcohol, and even some sugar products. During his term in of-fice as governor, John-son competed in several triathlons, marathons and bike races. He has also competed three times as celebrity in-vitee at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. Johnson also once ran 100 miles in 30 consecutive hours in the Rocky Mountains. Still trying to catch your breath after that one? Not to be out-done by himself, On May 30, 2003, Mr. John-son reached the summit of Mount Everest. Yes,

you read that correctly, Mount Everest. This was accomplished de-spite mild frostbite on his toes and a broken leg. He has also climbed three more of the sev-en highest Summits; Mount Elbrus, Mount McKinley and Mount Kilimanjaro. These are the tallest peaks in Eu-rope, North America, and Africa respectively.I think we have a win-ner! Not just a win, but a landslide victory that only LBJ and Ronald Reagan could duplicate during their peak popu-larity. Gary Johnson is a physical freak of na-ture with a studly prow-ess for fitness. Obama might be better able to hit the fade away jump-er, but can he ever say he’s climbed three of the world’s tallest moun-tains? Well, if re-elect-ed, Americans would be happy if he could climb just one, which happens to be the mountain of debt this country faces. Happy voting everyone.

Sounds of the party

by Reed StrengthStaff Writer

voters and raise social consciousness”. The or-ganization has recently been campaigning us-ing photos of musicians holding signs that urge fans to get out and vote. The site lists over eighty differ-ent bands that support their cause, including Linkin Park, CAKE, Death Cab for Cutie, Grizzly Bear, Jason Mraz, Jay-Z, Spoon, Tom Petty and Wilco. While Head-count is a neutral force meant to swell voter participation, the current election has caused some art-ists to endorse the in-dividual candidates. P r e s i d e n t Obama currently has support from bands such as Soundgarden, The Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Band, Mick Jagger and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In-die rock acts such as The War On Drugs,

Divine Fits, Grimes and Matthew Dear told The Daily Beast about their support of Obama’s campaign. Indie rock act The National lent their hand to the 2008 Obama campaign with a shirt that referenced their song “Mr. No-vember”, and the use of their song “Fake Em-pire” in an ad. The band has also opened up for the President, once in Madison, Wisconsin in 2010, and more recent-ly with Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell on Sep-tember 1st of this year in Des Moines, Iowa. The Ohio Uni-versity Students For Romney organization recently used a sound-alike of the National’s “Fake Empire” in a video supporting Re-publican candidate Mitt Romney. “Every single person involved in the creation of the music you’re using is voting

for President Obama.” wrote Matt Beringer, the National’s lead singer in a comment on the video. The student or-ganization removed the video, and posted a statement about their use of the sound-alike. “We apologize for offending The National and their fans by using a cover/remix of the band’s mel-ody for ‘Fake Empire’”, began the organization. Their intent for the video was “to reinvigorate and unite the disgruntled” Obama supporters “with a new move-ment of people who believe in real recov-ery and reform in sup-porting Mitt Romney”. This had not been the only incident where an artist was dis-gruntled with their name or music being associ-ated with the Romney campaign. Rock band The Silversun Pickups issued a cease and de-

sist letter to the Romney camp for using the song “Panic Switch”, off their 2009 album “Swoon”. “We don’t like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don’t like the Romney campaign.” singer-gui-tarist Brian Auerbach said in a statement. Tom Morel-lo, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, wrote a piece in Rolling Stone about his reac-tion to Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan citing Rage Against the Machine as one of his favorite bands in a New York Times profile. “Paul Ryan’s love of Rage Against the Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades.” wrote the guitarist. Mitt Romney is

currently supported by music artists such as Meat Loaf, Lynyrd Sky-nyrd front man Johnny Van Zant, Trace Adkins, and Three Doors Down.“Patriotic” rock band Madison Rising gave the Romney campaign full access to their mu-sic for “radio and tele-vision commercials, as well as campaign rallies free of charge”, PR.com reported. “Use our song ‘American Dream’, use ‘Rally the Youth’, use ‘Before the Hyphens Came’. If you don’t use any of those, at least use our version of ‘The Star Spangled Ban-ner’”, lead singer and former US Navy Corps-man Dave Bray urged. Detroit musician Kid Rock introduced Paul Ryan at a rally in Oakland, California. Rock acknowledged that he was “embedded in an

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arts&culturePage FourThe Falcon

A wrecking good time

Review: Further Seems Forever-Penny Blackby Matt SanderlinArts & Culture Editor

by Mandy SteadmanStaff Writer

Photo: Mandy Steadman


There is nothing that connects people to their inner child more than an old fashioned arcade with games like Pac-Man, Whack-A-Mole and Pin Ball. This movie brings me back to the memory of a dark room with blinking colorful lights filling my ears with bells and sirens; the smell of fresh cut tickets tickling my nose. The new film, Wreck it Ralph, brings all of this and more to every child and inner child. This movie is about a bad guy in a vid-eogame who wants to be the hero and be accepted by his fellow characters. Ralph, played by John C. Reilly, is a very real character. He is a guy that is tired of being left out of the fun and tired of being

judged by his label. I, for one, was judged for most of my life and could really relate to Ralph as I am sure a lot of other people can, too. Reilly really brings Ralph to life with sarcasm and desire. It is hard to see that Ralph is really a man reading off of a script speak-ing into a microphone. There were a few mo-ments in the beginning that I felt his monologue was a bit monotone. When he was starting to explain his backstory he didn’t use enough inflection and he slurred a bit on his “s.”Once the monologue got through its first cou-ple of lines it picked upand it really told the story in full effect. What is re-ally unique about this movie is the little pro-tagonist, Venellope, played by Sarah Sil-verman. Silverman is known for creating quirky characters,but I gotta say Venellope has got to be the best little girl character, next to Boo from Monter’s Inc. She is adorable, has a cute annoying

voice and is extremely persistent. All of these traits are what makes a loveable character. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie’s true villain. The villain is kept under wraps in a way that was clever and and their identity is revealed slowly. The villain almost goes un-noticed until he sees he is losing his power and will do anything to keep his power and to gain more. I would re-veal the identity of the villain, but it would be more fun to keep future audiences guessing. There was one actress that I am so proud to watch on screen and that is Jane Lynch. She plays the character Cal-houn, who is the com-mander from the game “Hero’s Duty” and has a simple, but heart-breaking backstory. I am so glad that Lynch finally gets to show off her abil-ity to not only show off her tough nature, but to also show her sensitive side and cre-ate a deep character. I really enjoyed

that this movie was more than just about a bad guy wanting to be good. There are other elements in this movie that add to its appeal and

give it a unique essence and a sense of purpose. As corny as it sounds, it’s purpose is to keep the gaming world alive and to teach peo-

ple to stay persistent, don’t judge people, and achieve your dreams. The Falcon gives Wreck it Ralph a 7/10.

Over a decade ago, a Florida-based alternative/rock band called Further Seems Forever released a critically-lauded al-bum called The Moon is Down. This little-known band was fronted by vocalist Chris Carra-bba, who is now known

for being the founding member of alternative/pop/punk unit Dash-board Confessional. Carrabba left Further Seems Forever shortly after the band released The Moon is Down in 2001, and his lead-vocal slot was then filled by Jason Gleason

for 2003’s How to Start a Fire, and Jon Bunch for 2004’s Hide Noth-ing. Even without Car-rabba’s presence, the band was able to con-tinue building a loyal fanbase and gain posi-tive critical feedback. This year sees the return of Chris Car-

rabba to Further Seems Forever, in the form of both a nationwide tour and a new album called Penny Black. The “rebirth al-bum”, if you will, feels very much like a direct sequel to The Moon is Down. The emo-tinged soundscapes are cer-tainly larger in Penny Black, but they har-ken right back to The Moon is Down mate-rial (like “Snowbirds and Townies”), in both melody and lyric. For example: Prominent Penny Black single “So Cold” is im-mediately dark, dy-namic and dramatic. “How did you find me here? / I covered ev-ery track,” whispers Carrabba between lay-ers of muted power-chords and expertly-paced drum strikes. The energy gradually builds - Lit-tle sparks of fiery gui-tar arpeggios light up the sonic atmosphere like fireworks against a dark sky in the pre-chorus - Leading flu-

ently into an appro-priately-chilling vocal eruption of “So cold! So cold!” in the chorus. The bass roars, the guitars growl, and the drums charge thun-derously. The track is big, is mighty, and will not leave your memory-bank for a long time, even after just one listen. Other stand-out tracks like the scream-fueled “Rescue Trained” and the swag-gering “King’s Canyon” solidify the band’s re-union with vigor, cre-ativity and excitement foreign to most other “comeback” albums. Carrabba and Co. even try out some experi-mental sounds in this new bout - Like in the ambient, spacey, mid-album track “A System of Symmetry.” It’s un-usually percussive for the band, but the open soundscape quickly becomes inviting and positively hypnotic. The only ail-ment that the album suffers from is a shock-ing amount of vocal

processing. On some tracks, the vocal effects sound suspiciously like auto-tune. On others, the vocals are just overly-modified with excess ef-fects (reverb, echo, etc.). The resulting sound is sometimes neat, but is hardly natural. Even heartfelt, acoustic bal-lad “Janie” relies a bit too much on dreamy reverb to accomplish its emotional goals. With-out these effects, the album would be a clear contender for one of the year’s best releases. Overall, Penny Black features excel-lent songwriting and great performances by the band, but is also a bit overproduced. Test out “So Cold,” and if it’s to your liking, the rest of the album will be a grand treat.

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lifestyleA culture of languageby Clark StackhouseContributing Writer


Get swept away in the music of samba and bossa nova and be transported to a world of Brazil-ian culture and music. This is the opportunity the university students and staff have to ex-perience this semester and next with our Ful-bright scholar-in-resi-dence, Dr. Marli Rosa. Rosa came to the university through the Fulbright program, a program aimed at promoting mutual un-derstanding between cultures. Her resume includes high academic accolades, including her PhD in applied linguis-tics: Portuguese from the State University of Campinas, in Campi-nas, São Paulo, Brazil. Rosa said she did not even know about the Fulbright program until a friend of hers told her of the opportunity. She said the application process was long and difficult. She had to fill out about 25 separate forms. As

a visiting scholar Rosa must prepare a proj-ect to explain what she plans to do at the univer-sity. She is teaching one course per semester, of the two semesters she is here, and working on a research project as well. Some of the preliminary work was preparing the syllabus for both her classes and translating her resume into Eng-lish from Portuguese. Along with the projects, Rosa is work-ing on outreach toward the school and commu-nity, namely, the Brazil-ian Film Series this se-mester. Also, she hosted a Brazilian afternoon held in the library on November 5th. She has also guest lectured in a few classes across cam-pus speaking on topics such as the Brazilian workforce and the Bra-zilian capital, Brasilia. Rosa said she chose linguistics be-cause she truly pre-ferred learning and doing research and an interdisciplinary ap-

proach, but to advance in her career she had to make a specializa-tion, which she says is sometimes necessary. “That’s why we understand research to-day,” Rosa said. For example, by working with humans you have different aspects in-volved, physiological, cultural, linguistic and social issues. To un-

derstand all the aspects you have to have inter-disciplinary education.Rosa knows a lot about Brazilian culture; her expertise is in Brazilian culture through music. She has taught several courses using music as a medium to learn Por-tuguese as a second lan-guage and the culture of the country itself. According to Rosa mu-

sic is the most popular form of art in Brazil. “Everywhere you go you have different mu-sic expressions, like the samba, which is why we are famous, but we have other expressions,” she says, “Brazilian rock for example.” Rosa’s personal favor-ite Brazilian musician is Renato Russo, who she says is an icon of

the 1980s and 90s gen-eration, and one of the first famous Brazilians to die from HIV. “Bra-sil” by Ary Barroso, ac-cording to Rosa, is one of the most influential Brazilian songs ever. Rosa says she hopes her stay here will be fruit-ful and maybe result in a new Brazilian studies

Dr. Marli Rosa; Fulbright scholar-in-residence

On November 3-4, 2012 the Sixth An-nual Moss Rock Fes-tival welcomed artists, dogs, and musicians. The Preserve neighborhood pulsated with energy as crowds gathered around to pur-chase works of art, hand-made jewelry, and have fun in the sun. It was, indeed, a hot but beau-tiful day for a festival!Many artists were welcomed to the fes-tival including The Spoon Man, Anna Braden and many more. Even the Uni-versity of Montevallo Art Department had a booth/tent showcasing some of the students’ artwork and inform-ing other onlookers about the university. There was a man named Sean Sanderson who made sculptures of the states out of col-lectors’ license plates. He had many sculptures and all of them were made with such detail and exact outline of each state. “I am actu-ally a part of a license plate collector’s asso-ciation. We trade and swap and buy and sell plates with each other or just through collec-tors,” Sanderson said. Near Sanderson’s tent

Sixth annual Moss Rock Festivalby Mandy SteadmanStaff Writer

was the Alabama Dirt Shirt Company show-ing off their latest t-shirt designs. The Alabama Dirt Shirt Company cre-ates t-shirts using lo-cally grown cotton and dyes them with differ-ent types of dirt. Da-mian Wall, who was working the booth, said, “[This method] It has been around for thou-sands of years. This is how we did it before we invented all of these crazy chemical dyes.” The Alabama Dirt Company has a factory in Moulton, AL and tries to keep their resources as local as possible. Sanderson has been with the company ever since he met them at the Moss Rock Art Festival two years ago. As you walk through the throng of people and vendors, the sweet sound of bells was played by the wind. This was none other than the clanging of glass wind chimes made by the dynamic duo Steve and Sally Smith. Steve was selling his glasswork and Sally was selling copies of photographs she had taken of local landscapes and animals. Steve said this is their sixth year at Moss Rock.“Well I had a kiln that I got from a friend and I

had a lot of empty bot-tles. I just started put-ting them in there to see what would happen to them. I learned how to cut them up and how to paint them with pow-dered glass so it gave me a lot more options. There are a lot of empty bottles out there looking for a home,” Smith said. Smith created both wind chimes and beautiful pendants that were all unique in shape and design. The designs differed includ-ing cat eyes, yin-yang symbol, landscapings, and even barcodes. “The recycle center is a great place to take empty bottles. Recycling bottles is very difficult so find-ing something to do with them is a great median,” he said. If you would like to learn more about the Smiths and their glasswork check out their website: www.comeandplay.etsy.com.The Moss Rock Art Festival happens on the first weekend of November in the Pre-serve neighborhood in Hoover, AL. It is a place for artists to showcase their talents and show off their hobbies to grab the attention of others.

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We are now on day 5 of Movember. For those of you who do not know, Movember is an international event last-ing the entire month of November and is an ef-fort to raise money for Men’s cancer research. A few of us here at The Falcon have decided to par-ticipate and achieve a team goal of $200. Throughout this month this column will be my personal account of the Movember expe-rience. I invite you to come along on this jour-ney with me as I culti-vate this glorious ‘stache and experience the nat-ural confusion that is brought upon a young man with a mustache. I started clean shaven on November 1 as the rules demand, not many people noticed throughout the weekend but by Saturday eve-ning a shadow started to emerge on my upper lip, and now as I write this Monday a notice-able but small amount of hair has appeared and staked out its site for the next month. As far as groom-ing for this month, I

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to “the nature” of the email, it should’ve been sent to Death Grips’ at-torney, Aaron Rosen-burg. Katsis “confirms” that the group intended to get the masters back to Epic “as soon as possible” so the album could be put up for sale. On No-vember 1st, Pitchfork and several other sites reported that Epic re-leased a statement about their intent to sever ties with Death Grips. “When marketing and publicity stunts trump the actual music, we must remind ourselves of our core values”, the statement read. “To that end, effective immedi-ately, we are working to dissolve our relation-ship with Death Grips. We wish them well.” the statement concludes. D e a t h Grips are currently on their European tour. The group’s Twitter ac-count has been deac-tivated. “NO LOVE, DEEP WEB” is still available for full down-load from their website as of November 3rd.

industry that leans very left”. He continued that he was very proud that the country elected its first black president, al-though he was “sorry he didn’t do a better job”.Rock introduced Ryan as “a fellow hummer, a fellow fan of rock n’ roll, and a great mid-westerner who shares a vision not only with Mitt Romney, but also with myself in what would be the best for our state and our country.Seventies rock musician Meat Loaf sang “Amer-ica the Beautiful” at a Romney rally in Defi-ance, Michigan. “I have never been in any politi-cal agenda in my life, but I think that in 2012, this is the most important election in the history of the United States”, said the singer. Country act Big & Rich and Randy Owens also performed.Fellow seventies mu-sician Ted Nugent has given several interviews supporting Mitt Rom-ney. “If Barack Obama becomes the President in November, again, I will either be dead or

or Portuguese language program, for the foreign language department. She hopes her stay will gauge the student inter-est on such a program.Professor Stacey Ayo-tte, a French profes-sor in the foreign lan-guage department says that any new language would be beneficial to the students. She says that adding Portu-guese makes sense be-cause like Spanish and French, it is a romance language. She said she hopes that Rosa’s Por-tuguese 101 class in the Spring Semester will serve as a pilot course. Professor Ayo-tte said, “Language is one of the founda-tions of liberal arts and I hope that the stu-dents at UM will real-ize that by studying at a liberal arts institution there is a strong foun-dation in language.” Luke Parker, a history major currently enrolled in Rosa’s Brazilian stud-ies course, says he took the course to expand his understanding of Bra-zilian culture to perhaps

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in jail by this time next year”, Nugent said at an NRA convention. “If you can’t galvanize, and promote and recruit people to vote for Mitt Romney, we’re done”, said the musician, call-ing the president, at-torney general, vice president, and Hillary Clinton “criminals”.Nugent reminded the convention goers that they were Americans and patriots “because we defied the King”. “We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November. Any ques-tions?” Nugent con-cluded. Reportedly, Nugent’s comments prompted the Secret Service to interview the musician for mali-cious “intent”. Nugent reported the meet-ing was “good, solid, and professional” and “concluded that I never made any threats of vio-lence towards anyone”.Both candidates have released statements on some of their favorite music artists. Accord-ing to www.2012.pres-

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idential-candidates.org Obama enjoys Miles Da-vis, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Fugees as his fa-vorites. In an interview with Parade Magazine, Romney name checked The Beach Boys, Toby Keith, The Killers, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Alabama, and Aerosmith as potential picks for future White House performances.

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aid him in his future military career. He plans to take the introduc-tory Portuguese course if his schedule allows.Professor Rosa Stoops, a French and Spanish pro-fessor in the foreign lan-guage department says that Portuguese would nicely complement the Spanish courses and help to understand the people of that region. “In our field of study, we often comment how culture enters people’s minds through words, so the exposure to for-eign cultures is inevita-ble and welcome when you study a language.”

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