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News December 2008
Take a breather
for better health
RADCLIFFE BENNETT
Staff Writer
College has its trials and
tribulations that can eventually
take its toll and wear the body
down. Stress leads to anger,
which leads to missed worked,
| which evidently leads to poor
grades.
Everyone has their “off”
days, where one does not want to
roll out of bed. But don’t let
anger take over your life. Learn
how to take that breather during
the day. The tiring work load
that school has to offer can eas-
ily be looked past. Here are a
few signs which could mean you
need to take a breather:
Changes in sleep patterns-
Taking longer to fall asleep;
waking up tired and not well
rested
Changes in eating patterns
More frequent headaches
Shorter temper
Recurring colds and minor
illness
Frequent muscle ache and/or
tightness :
More disorganized
Increased difficulty in task
completion
A greater sense of persistent
time pressure oe
Money
Questions?
Simple
BY KATIE WARCHOLAK
Staff Writer
I had never really been into
bands with girl lead singers,
fearing they were just carbon
copies of one another, or some
Donnas or another horrendous
all-chick, power pop band with-
out any originality...or skill for
that matter. Then again, that
was when I still listened to the
radio, and MTV actually played
music.
After discovering my love
for the indie and alternative
rock scene several years ago,
friends of mine began to tune
me in to Rilo Kiley, a Los An-
geles based band formed in
1995. After listening to Under
the Black Light, the band’s most
recent addition to the impres-
sive list of releases, I swore to
never judge a band by its cover
ever again. [ literally played the
very sad day.
With the mixed reviewed
September 2008 release of Rilo
Kiley front woman Jenny
Lewis’s solo album Acid
Tongue, 1 naturally had to check
it out for myself. After playing
it through twice, I fell in love
with each and every one of her
more matured, realist tone that
goes along with the maturing
The first
thing I noticed was how much
her sound has changed since
Jenny Lewis Drops Solo Acid Tongue
fronting Rilo Kiley. I expected
to hear more of the upbeat side
of depressing music that Rilo
Kiley does so well. But this
album cuts deep down to
Lewis’ core. She shows more of
her southern folk roots than she
does with Rilo Kiley, while still
keeping her softened “he loves
me, he loves me not” approach. §
Acid Tongue definitely is
refreshing for its originality but
also is very unique from her
previous work, even when she
collaborated with The Watson
Twins. Tracks like ‘Pretty Bird’ 3
and ‘Black Sand’ show her hy
seemingly undiscovered re-
pressed side through the lyrics,
while still managing to capti-
vate with her folky vocal rips.
The beginning of the album
gives you a sort of hippie chick,
coffeechouse-esque impression.
As you listen on through Acid
to change. I almost thought I
when I heard The Next Messiah,
which featured The Black
Keys’ Chris Robinson, and She
& Him’s Zooey Deschanel. As
an avid lover of Robinson and
The Black Keys, this track was
my totally biased favorite de-
spite the somewhat southern
twang. By the end of the al-
bum, the music again changes
with the swap of guitar strings
for piano keys and soft beats in
Godspeed. The last track Sing a
Song for Them also has an aura
of Vanessa Carlton-like piano,
Cold, wind season bring on hibernation
BY ALEX HAGANS
Staff Writer
the arrypage.com
but then comes back and sur-
prises with a strong sweeping
electric feel which makes the
song a powerful ending to a
tonic solo record. All-in-all, I
give this release a nine out of
ten, and recommend it as a great
album to do homework, fall
asleep, or do just about any-
thing else to; enjoyable, mel-
low, and easily able to be re-
played over and over.
the date winter ends.
The cold and windy season
has begun when it is constantly
cold and windy outside. It has
started when you do not have to
watch the news to know that-you
need a heavy coat on to go out-
side. It ends when instead of
wearing your heavy coat, hat, and
gloves you just wear a light
jacket.
The cold and windy season
changes people’s mindset. Now
that it is cold outside you might
think twice about going to the
hall from the gates or vice versa.
You may notice that the dorms
are quieter and more relaxed as
opposed to-the spring and sum-
mer when people are energetic
and loud. It is the cold and windy
season that forces the brains of
students without cars who are
forced to walk from place to
place to think it sure would be
nice to have a car right about
now.
For these people who are not
feeling the cold and windy season
love, I suggest that you bundle up
and find a friend with a car be-
cause this season is a long season
and no one knows when it will
end.
The cold and windy season
has gone into full effect! If you
look around, you will see that
things have changed. The cold
and windy season does not have a
specific date on when it begins
and it does not have a specific
date on which it ends. It does not
start when fall starts because it is
not immediately cold on Septem-
ber 23 which is the beginning fall
date. It does not end when winter
ends because it is not immedi-
ately warm on March 19 which is