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Flashback Fridays: The 50's take
Behrend back to the golden days
By Lindsay Wagner
staff writer
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This past Friday was "Flashback Friday" on Jim Moore, who has been an Elvis imperson
campus. providing everyone with an entertaining ator tor ten years, hla/ed Bruno's customers with
day. There was an Elvis impersonatin' playing at hi' jewel studded suit and red-hot voice at noon
Bruno's at noon. Later, at 8:30 p.m. there wav a on Friday. September 12. Moore knew' how to
"drive-in" movie in McGarvey Com.mons. Both strut his stuff by handing out red scarves to any
events were free and set up on campus by the Lion lucky lady that caught his eye. He was extremely
Entertainment Board (LEB). interactive and by refusing to stay put on the
The movie show n w as That Thing You Do. star-
ring Tom Hanks. Liv Tyler,
and Tom Everette Scott. It
was the story of a local Erie
band that got together to per
form in a talent show. Soon
after the gig. offers from
local restaurants Hood in.
There, they find fans and a
manager for their band.
Once their first song made it
to the radio, they started
going on tour and became
one of the biggest bands of
their time. At the close of
the movie, the band broke
apart, but Liv Tyler and Tom
Everette Scott's characters
found that thev loved each
other more than just friends. Frankie l.aine and performed by Elvis in 1977.
As a token of LEB's appreciation for those who Hopefully Moore inspired students to follow
showed up. free blankets were given to the first 50 their musical passion, whether it be rock, country
attendees. LEB's presentation prov ided students or melodies from The King himself. Thank you.
with a creative way of sociali/ing. Thank you very much.
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Whiskey Chronicles
By Matthew Schwabenbauer
college life editor
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Last week in Whiskey Chronicles I wrote about
my friend Striker's unfortunate run-in with a
bouneer's list at a bar in Canada. This week. I will
tell you about how he got to meet a few more lists.
Striker deeided to return to the bar he had just
been thrown out of and beaten at beeause he
makes hilarious deeisions. Striker was immedi
ately reeogni/ed by the houneers and not allowed
entry. Sinee he loves to eause seenes. Striker stint
ed yelling at the bouneers and soon a large croud
was gathered outside.
Sinee the bouneers clearly weren't enough to
end Striker's rampage, one of the onlookers deeid
ed to eontribute to the eause and pushed my friend
away from the elub. causing him to fall off a curb
directly onto a parked ear. Realizing he was being
challenged. Striker had no other choice but to
retaliate - by spitting in the helpful onlooker's
face. It turned out that this person was much larg
er than Striker, so he had little trouble slowly
walking over to my friend, grabbing the collar of
his shirt and repeatedly punching him in the face.
Sometime between the punch that broke Sinker s
nose and the one that gave him a black eye so large
it swelled his eye shut, the hand holding Striker's
collar eventually ripped his shirt off. causing him
to fall to the ground.
The onslaught to Striker's face continued, part
ly due to the fact that the whole time his lace was
being viciously beaten by a man much larger than
him. Striker continued to challenge his attacker. In
fact, the only thing that would have clued you into
Striker's discomfort would have been the blood
pouring down his lace and trout ol his body,
because Striker was yelling in the lace ol his
attacker. "GIVE IT TO ME! GIVE IT TO ME! OH
YEAH, 1 LOVE IT!" and "IS THAT THE BEST
YOL GOT?" Please keep in mind that while the
beating was occurring. Striker s friends were sim
ply standing there, in no way intervening.
Eventually, one of Striker's friends found an
opening io restrain his amigo, so he was pulled
away and the group began walking back to the
hotel. Not only was this their second walk back to
the hotel, but this was the second walk back to the
hotel after Striker had been beaten- two walks.
two beatings.
Striker was a very happy camper. The reason for
his happiness: lots of attention because he was
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covered in blood and his shirt was ripped to
pieces. Striker was quick to cash in on this atten
tion and began yelling gems such as. "Don't go to
Jack's, they'll punch you in the face!" and "I like
to wear mv V-necks low!"
The attention soon backfired on Striker, because
the cops stopped them. Unfortunately for the
police, this was one very intoxicated group of
voting men. so they weren't pleased when one ol
the cops commented that Striker was too drunk.
One of Striker's friends was mouthing off to an
officer about gelling on Striker's case while
Striker watched and laughed. The officer eventu
ally grabbed Striker's friend who thought the cop
w as out of line and yelled. "I want your name and
bridge number!" lie received neither.
The commotion died down, the police left and
the group finally made it back to their hotel.
Striker's nose is still gushing blood at this point,
so his friends decided he needed medical atten
tion. Since they were in Canada and didn't know
where a hospital was. the group decided to call an
ambulance. 1 or a broken nose.
W hen the ambulance arrived, a police cruiser
was m low. The first thing the group heard when
then hotel door opened was. "Are you serious? It's
you guvs ’ " It turns out the policemen accompany
ing the ambulance were the same cops that had
stopped ihe group earlier. Immediately, Striker’s
friend and the police officer from earlier began a
shouting match. It didn't last long, as the officer
grabbed Striker's friend's arm and shoved him
face down on his bed and yelled the scariest thing
a cop can say. "Go to sleep! Go to sleep now!"
Striker decided he had some more fight left in
him. so he started mouthing off to one of the cops
and refused to go to the hospital. The officer
replied with. "Then why did you call?" Striker
decided to no.
At the hospital. Striker entertained the nurse on
duty with Ins story from the night. When she real
ized he wtis penniless, she paid the cab faire for his
ride home
Three or lour weeks later. Striker received a bill
in the mail. A bill from Niagara health care for $
500. $450 of that bill was for the ambulance ride,
while the other S5O was for the hospital care.
Striker litis not yet paid the bill.
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stage, he was able to generously
give out hugs, shake hands and
walk around serenading stu-
Moore sang karaoke style,
including songs such as. “I
Can't Help Falling in Love With
You." "Viva Las Vegas,"
"Suspicious Minds." and many
When he isn't busy busting
his pipes. Moore enjoys his
retirement from the Erie County
Jail, where he worked for 21
years, and the casino, where he
was a security guard for four
years. His favorite Elvis song is
"You Gave Me a Mountain,”
which was originally written by
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Comedian Jay Black in Bruno’s at 9:00 p.m.
Gamer’s Club in McGarvey Commons at 7:00 p.m. w/ pizza
Women’s varsity tennis match at 11:00 a.m.
Monday
Fun Run, Softball, Frisbee Intramurals 4:30 p.m. at Fields
Tuesday
Fun Run, Softball, Frisbee Intramurals 4:30 p.m. at Fields
Matchbox Players improv in Wintergarden at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday
Fun Run, Softball, Frisbee Intramurals 4:30 p.m. at Fields
Da five greatest rappers of all time
Sarah Marshall had students in Reed 117 howling on Wednesday night, as the LEB’s weekly movie
Sarah Marshall
By Nathan Carter
staff writer
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“If you get bitten by a shark," says Paul Rudd,
playing a surf instructor in Forgetting Sarah
Marshall. "You’re not just going to give up surfing
are you?”
“Yeah, probably," replies Jason Segel, playing the
hilarious Peter Bretter in the same film.
Witty quotes like this encompass the entire span
of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which I viewed
Wednesday night. At the finish. I was left hilarious
ly amazed at yet another success from the Judd
Apatow and Jason Segel crew. The guys who
brought you The 40-yr-old Virgin. Knocked Up. and
Superbad, have still got it with the release of
Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It stars Jason Segel.
Kristen Bell. Mila Cunis, Russell Brand, and Bill
Hader. Some very comical and essential appear
ances were made by Paul Rudd - best known as
Brian Fantana from Anchorman - and Jonah Hill -
best known as Seth from Superbad.
The film centers around Peter Bretter (Segel). a
By Matthew Schwabenbauer
college life editor
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hard to forget
television score composer, who’s dating Sarah
Marshall (Bell), a sexy television detective taking
the world by storm. For the past five years, they’ve
been the greatest Hollywood couple. Then, one day
she breaks up with him - an oddly hilarious scene
by the way - and he becomes very depressed. In the
next couple of weeks, Peter’s step-brother (Hader)
convinces him to take a vacation. Peter chooses
Hawaii, but upon arriving he finds out that Sarah is
staying in the same resort as him - with her new
boyfriend (Brand).
I don’t want to reveal too much, but it spirals into
a story of losing and then finding yourself. I give it
nine stars out of 10 and a strong recommendation to
anyone who was ever in a relationship - or especial
ly a bad break-up for that matter. Some of the com
edy will make more sense, had you been in that sit
uation, but the movie would be pleasing to anyone.
So, if you’re looking for a hilarious laugh with
friends or a funny date movie. Forgetting Sarah
Marshall will not disappoint. You can catch it in the
Reed Union Building this Friday and Saturday at 10
p.m.
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