The University News

Windmills of My Mind

ADAM TAMBURIN • April 30, 2009

The life of a graduating senior is a strange one. You're told to look to the future with ambitious fervor, while at the same time, you're tethered to the past by classes with all of their papers and effort. It's like being in a state of arrested development.

This Summer in Great Performances

Will Holston • April 30, 2009

The summer film season is traditionally celebrated for its explosions, sequels and blockbusters, with actors demoted to the part of ants screaming and running away from giant transforming robots (see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) or giant imperialist robots (see Terminator Salvation).

SLU 72 hands out student film awards

Will Holston • April 23, 2009

SLU TV gave out awards as part of SLU 72, the annual student film festival. The ceremony was held at The Billiken Club. There were about 50 people in attendance. Judges narrowed submitted film down to two finalists: Creepin', Stalkin', Now We're Talkin' or "The Facebook Song," by Jason Kertz, Joe Eggleston, and Dave Murray and "Playdoh's Window," by Chaz Salembier.

Touring musical brings ‘the beat’ to St. Louis

Will Holston • April 23, 2009

The Fabulous Fox Theatre is taking a journey back in time, with a lovable, singing and dancing 16-year-old girl leading the way. "Hairspray," the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical will be performed at the Fox this weekend on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.

End of semester blues?

Will Holston • April 23, 2009

Student Art Show The Art Department at Saint Louis University will be hosting its annual student art show this Friday in the gallery located in Boileau Hall, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Sharon Pollack, an associate professor of art at SLU and the Director of Studio Art Programs, is currently working with art students to prepare both the gallery space and the work to be presented.

Windmills of My Mind

Kat Patke • April 23, 2009

A lot of factors go into what makes a person who they are. Marge, Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson were busy teaching me the value of a sense of humor. It was the mid-'90s, and my brother decided the time was ripe to introduce me to a show that I had been somewhat forbidden from watching-"The Simpsons.

Indie band begins national tour at local venue

Will Holston • April 23, 2009

Indie rock group Cursive is preparing to start their new tour in St. Louis this Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the Firebird on Olive. The problem? They're scattered across the U.S. "We're in different cities, so everyone has to work shit out on their own," Ted Stevens, guitarist and vocalist for the group, said.

Oh No Not Stereo mixes styles in new album

Will Holston • April 23, 2009

Though it sounds like a warning that might hang in the window of an electronics store, Oh No Not Stereo is actually a band looking to leave their mark on the rock 'n' roll scene. The band, formed in 2003 by duo Sky Neilson and Mykul Lee, has been amping it up ever since.

Political thriller is best film in bad film season

Landon Burris • April 23, 2009

Director Kevin Macdonald's follow up to the critically acclaimed The Last King of Scotland, State of Play (Universal Pictures) is a condensed film adaptation of an award-winning BBC miniseries of the same name. Though the miniseries consisted of six hour-long episodes, the U.

Subversive band shakes things up

[email protected] • April 16, 2009

With a name like Caesar Pink & the Imperial Orgy, you know that this band is not your run of the mill rock band. This is a band that will call the listener to sit up and take note of what is going on with the world around them, using satirical lyrics that range from attacking the commercialization of American society and world religions for claiming that they kill in the name of god.

24 Frames Per Second: Hollywood, adaptation and ‘The State of Play’

Will Holston • April 16, 2009

The art of adapting a previously popular work to the big screen is a particularly tricky proposition. Stray too far from the original source material, and you could be accused of ruining a classic. Concerned moviegoers might wonder, for example, why a director like Jonathan Demme chose to take the delightfully fun and mod Audrey Hepburn/Cary Grant caper Charade and pump it full of confusing allusions to The French New Wave.

Percussionists hit St. Louis

Will Holston • April 16, 2009

The stage of The Fabulous Fox Theatre got one hell of a beating two weeks ago. It also hosted musical numbers made up of Zippo lighters, plastic bags and flotation tubes and got a good sweeping by an army of push brooms. "Stomp," the worldwide success and percussion-based performance arts show, came to St.