REVIEW Ryan Cabrera By Keilye Way Staff Reporter kjw2o3@psu.edu Ryan Cabrera “Take It All Away” Oh the angst of teenage 10ve... For his debut album “Take It All Away,” Ryan Cabrera has a better than*expected sound for a golden-tipped dream boy. With help from producer Johnny Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, Cabrera brings a fresh, clean vibe desperately needed in this year’s hip-hop dominated music scene. Although the tween scene is already pollut ed with similar cliched lyrics and ideas about love, Cabrera has a nice vocal range that begs for forgiveness for some of the cheesi ness. He also exhibits classical finger-style picking that many musicians believed to be lost on this generation of rock ers. With his smooth, milky-melted voice, Cabrera has the poten tial to sing jgst about any type of music and sing it well. With an overall feel good sound, “Take It All Away” is an album to help one relax on a rainy day, cry over a bad breakup, or get pumped up on the way to class. The success of his first single, “On the Way Down,” is merely a window into the yet unseen talents of young Ryan Cabrera’s musical ability and future career. Photo courtsey of Google.com Look for the next CD Review By Kellye Way in the September 27th issue of the Capital Times The Capital Times presents The Entertainment College drinking takes its toll By Kathryn Herr Editor in Cheif kah92B@psu.edu There was a time in Penn State history that the universi ty was ranked as the fourth biggest party school in the country. Some students are proud of this ranking. “Being fourth means you party hard er than just about everyone” said Brandon Hackman, jun ior Crime, Law and Justice major at University Park. Drinking at college is often deemed a rite of passage. As students begin their first year living without parental regulations they tend to go overboard; doing all the things their parents can no longer control. “When freshmen arrive on campus this year they will find a sub-culture on and around campus that will encourage all-out parting and binge drinking and where they will find, even if they are underage, alcoholic bever ages cheap if not free. Some will dying to keep up” report ed About .com. “It’s like if you don’t do it then you are ridiculed” said Chris Torres, senior Communications major at Penn State Harrisburg . Keg stands and frat parties are often what students look forward to when beginning college. While students may enjoy Miret looks to the future of rock Agnostic Front lead man talks about band’s evo lution By John Fox Staff Reporter jtfls3@psu.edu Agnostic Front, the godfathers of hardcore, is still rocking the scene they helped to create over twenty years ago. The new album, “Another Voice”, is coming out November sth on their new label, Nuclear Blast. Roger Miret, lead singer, had just received the mas ters for the new album when he stopped to talk with me about the band, politics, and evolution of the hardcore scene. Throughout their career, Agnostic Front has cut many classic albums on labels such as Epitaph, Roadrunner, and Relativity. Their new home is at Nuclear Blast. Miret talked about his experience so far with the predomi nately death metal label. “They’re really nice people” said Miret. “The drinking, it is a major problem for parents, community mem bers and college administra tion. Each year alcohol related problems from injury to sexual assaults, to death, plague campuses. Photos courtsey of Jennifer Kauffman College Students around the country will flood the campus with one thing on thier minds “Where’s the party.” College drinking has become so normal that the campuses are considered a sub-culture. These college students are hav ing a good time without thinking about what toll alcohol is taking on them. Photo by John Fox owner, Marcus, is a great person. We met him in Germany. He’s a huge fan of hardcore from way back and has a huge Agnostic Front collection that he showed me. It seems like they’re gonna do a lot for us” he said. NIAAA reported a list of total alcohol related incidents on campuses around the coun try. In 2002 2.1 million stu dents between the ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influ ence of alcohol. Health prob Agnostic Front fans, young and old, have a lot to look forward to in the new album. “Another Voice” is an enhanced CD which includes a video and guest vocals from Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), Scott lems and suicide attempts were reported for over 150,000 students and over 70,000 alcohol related sexual abuse cases were reported in 2002. NIAAA also reported 31 per- Vogel (Terror), and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis) Miret talked with much enthusiasm about the new album. “The new album, to me, is one of our best” said Miret. “It’s kind of a continuation of “One Voice." It’s easily our Section cent of students became addicted to alcohol during the school year and about 25 percent reported academic consequences for their drink ing. 1,400 college students die each year from alcohol related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crash es according to NIAAA. Penn State Harrisburg made it a point to address this problem with its incoming freshmen. “Smart and Savvy : Alcohol (AAA) Awareness/Attitude/Action” was held on Sept. 9. This program included a lecture about new laws .drinking and driving, University policy and health/wellness considera tions. meanest, nastiest, and most powerful record” he said. The Hardcore scene has gone through many changes since its con ception in the early 80’s. 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