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Student films appear on 'big screen'
Eighth annual Columbia student
film festival screens some of the best student films
of the year 
Look out Quentin Tarantino. Columbia students have
hit the big screen—literally. Student filmmakers’
work premiered May 13 at the Film and Video Department’s
eighth annual student film festival, The Big Screen.
The event, which took place at the Harold Washington
Library Auditorium, 400 S. State St., was kicked off
by festival director Eileen Coken and Film and Video
Department Chairman Bruce Sheridan.
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Music magazine says don't block the vote
Rolling Stone associate editor
Damien Cave puts pop culture on hold to examine student
voter supression
Once upon a time, there was a music industry. An industry
where decent songs were played on the radio, CDs had
13 solid tracks and music television featured music
instead of Jell-O wrestling and reality shows. Occasionally,
a festival pops into town that reminds the general public
that good music does, in fact, exist; it’s just
not on television or at your local Best Buy.
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The upside to file sharing
In the midst of a continued legal battle between file-sharing
networks and the Recording Industry Association of America,
some artists are speaking out about the benefits of
sharing music.
The RIAA has tried to end file sharing through various
methods such as raiding KaZaA offices to suing scores
of music swappers, but some artists believe that peer-to-peer
networks, such as KaZaA, are a viable means of music
distribution especially for independent musicians.
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DVD
tells Chicago River's tale
Local filmmaker's documentary
project includes famed and local directors
It’s historic and polluted, beautiful yet abused,
a landmark that represents a gateway through every twist
and turn that is Chicago. A ride down the Chicago River
tells a thousand stories. In 1996, Chicago filmmaker
D.P. Carlson wanted to tell one more.
From 1996 to 1998, Carlson spent his life filming scenes
for his documentary. The DVD is a collection of stories
from film directors talking about the filmmaking process
and the influence Chicago has had on their careers.
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Music owners say technology benefits sales
As important as it may be, the sad truth is that history,
for the most part, is extremely boring. One reason for
this could very well be that the “history”
we’ve gotten repeatedly spoon-fed all these years
is nothing new: we’ve all heard about Columbus’
three ships, Washington’s cherry tree and the
tea thrown into the Boston Harbor. But when’s
the last time anyone taught us the history of our own
culture—things that directly affected how we live
our lives today?
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Scooter sales soar in 2004
This summer could prove to be the season of the scooter,
especially as gas prices soar past $2 a gallon and commuters
struggle for ways to save money at the pump.
And with a top gas mileage of 100 miles to the gallon,
there’s no reason why the next few months shouldn’t
see a rise in scooter sales, local bike dealers told
The Chronicle.
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Hair
today, gone tomorrow
Can human hair trends really reveal a lot about people’s
culture and history?
HairStories, an art exhibition featured now through
July 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington
St., is getting to the “roots” of that question.
Curated by Kim Curry-Evans, visual arts director of
40 Acres Gallery and Cultural Center in Sacramento,
Calif., ...
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Troy brings no joy to summer movie scene
There’s only one word that sums up Wolfgang
Petersen’s Troy:Underwhelming.
As audiences, we’ve been spoiled. Peter Jackson
and crew raised the bar to an almost unapproachable
level with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and as an
audience, we’ve now come to expect more from our
auteurs.
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