Ihe Belt rend College Beacon - Thursdax. behruarx 4, 1444 Page B Website of the week by Mike Frawley I assistant editor I Searching for something on the internet can be a very frustrating ■ prospect. While the commonly used search engines such as Ya hoo and Alta Vista are adequate, they can be painfully slow and full of dead links. But now there is another option in the realm of search engines: I The Open Directory Project. The Open Directory Project, ! commonly known as Newhoo, is a completely user-driven search engine. 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Breaking away Irom her trademark narrative and thumping acoustic gui tar she has successfully experimented with synthesizers, keyboards and an upright bass that lend a fuller sound to her music. Most notably a number of songs on this new album focus around melo dies that replace the percussive word twisting that one accustomed with her music would expect. This album is musically, a far cry from her very sue- Exciting Behrend in months to come by David Young staff writer This semester the Behrend speaker series may only be bringing two speakers to Behrend, but these two speakers might have the most inter esting things to say. On Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. assistant man aging editor or investigative news lor The Washington Post, Bob Woodward will present "Far Left, Far Right: The Future of Liberalism and Conserva tism” in the Reed Union Building Commons. On Wednesday, April 14. at 7:30 p.m. the Honorable Patricia Schroeder will present "Twenty-lour Years of Housework and the Place Is Still a Mess” in the Reed Union Build- ing Commons. The name Bob Woodward may sound familiar to some, as he is one • S' W 1 1 ; place a free classified in the Valentine’s Day l issue next week for her or him in The Beacon • ' m • * 2/4/99 0r... Behrcoll4@aol.com Behrend students Angel Moreno and Joe Getway play Claire Zachanassian and Anton Schill in the Studii Theatre production of The Visit. Reservations for the play begin on Monday, February 8. Reservations cai by made by calling (814) 898-6016. cessfu! Dilate and even her most re cent Little Plastic Castles. Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up doesn't make you want to get up and hit something, hard; it teases you and gets to you with a melodic rhythm almost unseen in DiFranco's music before. At times she has been categorized as a Joni Mitchell with an edge, her music being a place where folk and punk met. But this is no longer the case with her new album. Her focus is on a broader perspective. Although almost nothing could make her part with her politics, her music has lost a little of its first- person storytelling quality. In its place has come a musi cal extravaganza w'orthy of any fan's praise. With a voice that can go from a speakers half of the Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigative reporting team that uncovered the Watergate scandal. Woodward and Bernstein's kind of reporting was unheard of back in 1972. It took guts to ask questions about morality in the White House, but the very young Woodward and Bernstein did just that. Eventually those questions led to the resignation of President Nixon along with 25 aides going to jail. Woodward and Bernstein's work led to a Pulitzer Prize. Bob Woodward is recognized as one ol the foremost commentators on poli tics. presidents and the press. He is the only contemporary author to write more than seven number one best selling non-fiction books. Included are Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Behtslii and All the lowers whisper to a scream effortlessly Tis of Thee," “Angry Anymore” and "Everest” have a haunting quality that lulls the listener. "Know Now Then thumps and pounds and “Hat Shaped Hat” is a thirteen minute jam session that even Phish would be envious of. Make no mistake this album is fan tastic. DiFranco has not only evolved she has moved her music to new par allels. Up. Up, Up, Up, Up, Up finds DiFranco doing what she does best: taking slock of the world outside her and the worlds inside her, too. It’s a joyous, mournful, funny, sober, sexy album rich with insight and emotional intensity - pretty much what folks have come to expect, album alter al bum, from Ani D. to visit President’s Men, an account of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Watergate in- vesligation Also speaking this semester is former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder. Schroeder was first elected to Congress is 1972 and was reelected eleven limes. She has been a leader in foreign and military policy, educational opportunity, constitu tional rights, and policies that affect children, women, and families. She is the author of Champion of the Great American Family. In 1995, the year she retired from the House, Patricia Schroeder was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame and simulta neously labeled one of the country’s 25 most dangerous politicians by Oliver North. She is currently Presi dent and CEO of the Association of American Publishers.
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