November 2019 – Page 3

7Nov

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News

University bears ridicule for creating UArizona

By ELLIANA KOPUT The University of Arizona has been referred to by an array of nicknames since the dawn of time … or at least since it was founded in 1885. Among those, “UofA” and “UA” have reigned most popular. However, the UA recently has sought a change in nicknames in hopes to increase search engine optimization, or SEO. So, the old abbreviations have been booted and replaced by “UArizona.” The school also didn’t want any mix-ups with other UA schools (think University of Arkansas, University of Alaska and University of Alabama). We don’t know about you, but we could think of worse things than being confused with a winning football program such as Alabama’s. Then again, at least UArizona has a football team. Upon doing a quick observational experiment, we found that the p...

Immerse yourself with art and music at Dusk Music Festival

7Nov

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Arts & Entertainment, Stomping Grounds

Immerse yourself with art and music at Dusk Music Festival

By ELLIANA KOPUT Dusk Music Festival will return Nov. 10 and 11 to Tucson at Armory Park. The gates will open at 2 p.m. both days, and the event will end at 11 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday. The eclectic music lineup is primarily a combination of electronic, indie and pop music. General admission two-day passes can be purchased for $109 plus fees. Single-day passes are $59 plus fees. For information on VIP passes, or to make a purchase, go to https://wl.seetickets.us/RelentlessBeats/Dusk2019 To avoid online service fees, all Bookman’s locations are selling hard copy tickets as well. Here’s a look at the following acts that will perform at the two-day festival. SATURDAY DJ and producer Kaskade is one of the biggest names in EDM. His music encompasses a wide array of house,...

Letter from the Editor: The Legend of “Camaro Joe”

6Nov

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Opinion

Letter from the Editor: The Legend of “Camaro Joe”

By JOE GIDDENS “Camaro Joe.” Essentially, it would be a live-action “Magic School Bus,” with a smaller cast and an identical copy of my first car, a blue-green ’91 Chevy Camaro RS. Every episode would begin with me asking the precocious diverse cast of child actors, “Hey kids! What do we want to learn today?” That would be followed by spending the next half-hour going out into the world in the Camaro to experience first hand whatever the kids said. That’s my daydream elevator pitch for a PBS children’s show. After all, “Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced.” It is an idea shared by both the poet John Keats and naturalist Freeman Tilden. But I’ve heard Alton Brown describe it better as the “Monkey Touch Monolith Moment” in reference to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” “Cama...

6Nov

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News

Día de Muertos comes to Pima

By JOE GIDDENS and ANGEL CANEZ It was a celebration of life and death at the Pima Community College West Campus Nov. 1 with the Pima Native American Student Association’s first celebration of the Day of the Dead. It was a fundraising event with an array of activities including face painting, music, photo booths and “altares de ofrendas” also known as offering altars. The Student Social Services Organization and ARC Pantry also attended the event to solicit donations for their food pantry donation box, but the main attraction was the University of Arizona folklorico dance group Grupo Folklórico Miztontli. “I wanted to start Native American Heritage Month,” said NASA president Alexandra McKenna. “By sharing with the community, the indigenous roots of the holiday many people know toda...

Kanye West: “Jesus is King” sounds nice but rings hollow

4Nov

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Arts & Entertainment

Kanye West: “Jesus is King” sounds nice but rings hollow

By KYLE KERSEY The definition of damning with faint praise: "Jesus is King" is better than anything I've heard in church. It opens with energy: “Every Hour” loops West’s sped-up Sunday service gospel choir as they sing the praises of the lord. “Oh boy,” I thought to myself. “This kinda sounds like old Kanye – chipmunk-soul Kanye. 'College Dropout' Kanye. I can’t wait for him to chop it up and drop some bars over it.” He doesn't. The song abruptly cuts out after a little less than two minutes, with a non-transition into “Selah.” A lack of development is a recurring theme of “Jesus is King.” Originally titled “Yandhi,” “Jesus is King” was delayed for over a year and, after listening to it in full, it’s hard to figure out why. Clocking in at a paltry 27 minutes spread thin over 11 tracks ...

4Nov

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Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: The Lighthouse

By KYLE KERSEY Horror: “an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.” Throughout “The Lighthouse,” you’ll feel all three. Set on a New England island, separated from the outside world by the roar of the Atlantic Ocean and a thick fog, the sophomore film from Robert Eggers (whose first film, “The Witch,” might be my favorite horror film of the decade) stars Robert Pattinson as Ephraim Winslow and Willem Dafoe as Thomas Wake, a pair of 19th century wickies contracted to maintain a remote lighthouse for four weeks. Clear roles are set: Wake acts as Winslow’s elderly and eccentric supervisor; making him do the more physically exhaustive work and generally chastising him in sailor-speak (i.e. he’s like every restaurant manager). He views himself as the keeper of the lighthouse; the o...