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Not saved by the bell
by Eddie Edwards
Collegian Staff
The much anticipated movie
"SHOWGIRLS", starring
Elizabeth Berkeley (Jesse from
Saved by the Bell) was finally
released about three weeks ago.
As expected this movie blew the
audience's mind away but in the
wrong direction.
Berkeley plays and
orphan/prostitute named Nomi
who goes to Las Vegas in order
to appear in one of the Las Vegas
productions. She wants to be a
Las Vegas Showgirl. Nomi
Poetry reading at Barnes & Noble
by Adria Kovaly
Collegian Staff
Okay, I admit it. This is last
minute news, but in case you
haven't heard, Thursday,
November 2nd (that's today), at
7:00 p.m., there will be a poetry
reading at Barnes & Noble
Bookstore.
Representing Behrend in the
"Poetry Horn of Plenty" will be
Dr. Diana Hume George and
Professor Alan Michael Parker,
in addition to student poets
Sharain Naylor, April Salzano,
and Dan Sargent. Also present
will be Diane Goodman, Sonya
spends her first few weeks in Las
Vegas as a stripper at a sleazy
night club. She lives with an
African American woman, who is
coincidentally the seamstress for
one of Las Vegas’s biggest
productions "Goddess."
Eventually Nomi auditions for a
part in "Goddess" and lands the
role as the star’s understudy.
Through deception and betrayal
she becomes the star of
"Goddess" and almost loses her
only friend. The rest of the plot
deals with her climbing to the
top doing "whatever” she has to
do to make it.
Jones, and Kirk Nesset, as well
as students Andrea Krackow and
Julie Parker from Allegheny
College. Books will be available
for signing.
Another book that will be
available for signing will be
"Taking Flight," the story of
Vicki Van Meter, the twelve year
old girl who flew across the
Atlantic. Vicki will be on hand
to answer questions about her
experience and sign her book.
The reading is taking place in
honor of the Share Our Strength
"Writers Harvest: The National
Reading." Events such as this
help to raise funds for the fight
Entertainment
I felt the plot and the whole
movie was horrible. It was just
about a bunch of women
prancing across the screen naked.
If you want to see this buy a
Playboy. The movie had zero
substance and should never have
been released.
If Berkeley was trying to place
herself in a category with Sharon
Stone she definitely succeeded.
I don’t see her playing anymore
innocent roles (like in Saved by
the Bell) in the future.
The movie definitely fit its
title "Showgirls" because that’s
all it did. (Show naked girls)
against hunger. In addition,
Barnes & Noble will be donating
two percent of the day's sales to
Share Our Strength. There are
plenty of books, music, tapes,
and computer items available, so
give yourself time to browse
around. You just might find
something that will give you the
opportunity to help their cause.
So hop on the shuttle or grab a
ride to Barnes & Noble, 5909
Peach Street, across from the
Millcreek Mall, for an evening of
culture and entertainment all in
the name of a good cause.
This week I didn’t get around
to the music store to purchase a
new CD so I’m going to review a
certain ‘must have’ for you CD
collection. Pearl Jam’s release
“Ten” was an album which
debuted ahead of its time but
quickly set the standard by which
other groups would soon follow.
The strong, ripping guitar chords
present on its first two singles,
“Alive”, and “Evenflow”, were
such a drastic stray from the
norm that many future listeners
found themselves alienated. After
all, this record was released at
around the same time as M.C.
Hammer’s classic “You Can’t
Touch This”, and all of Vanilla
Ice’s inspiring additions to
humanity.
Pearl Jam has been one of the
founding fathers of the alternative
music scene. Along with
Nirvana, they introduced America
to a new kind of music that
mixed artful storytelling through
poetry with ripping music and
melodic beats. The sheer power
of the cutting chords mixed with
an unmistakable voice have
become the signatures of Pearl
Jam and their brief spin-off,
Temple of the Dog. It’s this
kind of music that truly marked
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Still a “Ten”
after five years
by Joe Ryan
Collegian Staff
emu
Thursday, November 2, 1995
the end of the tight-jeans, big
hair eighties. Thank God!
“Ten” received most of its
popularity through its song
“Jeremy”, which won an MTV
award and made use of
symbolism and art, rather than
simply flashy looking women in
tight clothing (or men for that
matter). Since then, Pearl Jam
has refused to do videos for its
songs prefering for listeners to
get their own meanings from the
lyrics.
“Ten” is an album which has
stood the test of time. Songs
such as “Jeremy”, “Black”, and
“Evenflow” continue to receive
air-play on radios and MTV to
this day. The album is one that
you can listen to without using
you skip button while doing
homework or partying. Few
albums can claim that
distinction. It is an album which
truly shows how far music itself
has come as a form of
expression. It has set the
standard for other alternative
groups and has inspired millions
of young people to pierce their
ears, grow their hair long, wear
flannels, and most of all, be
themselves. Even if you don’t
like alternative music, you
should be grateful toward Pearl
Jam, at least Vanilla Ice didn’t
catch on.
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