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Members of the Union Council approved renovation plans for the Memorial Union Tuesday, which include reducing the size of the new student and theater lounge, as well as modifications to the building’s basement and first floor.
Imagine for a minute that the entire world has been transported back to the 1980's. Duran Duran is blasting through every car stereo, suits are as white as the coke its wearers snort in trendy club bathrooms, and without fail, the names Robert De Niro and Al Pacino invoke images of pure, unadulterated badass. Fast-forward to 2008, where the Pussycat Dolls and Hannah Montana reign supreme, popped collars are the style du jour, and Pacino and De Niro invoke images of Meet the Fockers"" and ""88 Minutes.""
As I grow up, I find myself rethinking many of the attitudes and decisions I made when I was a lot younger. The thought of taking care of a Tamagotchi is much less appealing to me now than when I was in third grade, the Ewoks are not nearly as lovable as I once believed and I'm still waiting to get rich selling Beanie Babies. For a long time, as well, I believed that Mike Myers could do no wrong, but like digital pets and a certain species from Endor, I'm beginning to rethink that decision I made a long time ago.
While a few dedicated dreamers still strolling to class in cargo shorts and flip-flops may be ignoring the inevitable, the ugly truth is that summer is over and the fall semester is upon us. It's hard to ignore the clearly inverse relationship going on here—the temperature keeps dropping and the homework keeps piling up.
Last Friday, President Obama tossed out a new smog regulation that had been first announced in January 2010. He cited the condition of the dismal economy and the uncertainty that is holding it down as reasoning for his decision.
Walker worst for Wisconsin
I'm not the most outwardly patriotic dude in the room. Don't get me wrong, my love for this country is intense, but it revolves more around intricacies, subtleties and diversities in government, sports, relationships and conversation and not so much on chest-thumping, brash, in-your-face proclamations of superiority.
Although Madison's weather can't decide if it's winter or spring, sporadically fluctuating from snow to sunshine, it is eventually going to take a turn for the better. In light of this fact, we must be wardrobe-ready. On these random sunny days, collegians all over town are rejoicing and shedding their layers to show off their spring styles. It seems like years since we've been able to walk down State Street without a jacket covering any attempts we have made at being trendy. This spring's fashion is all about mixing masculine with feminine. Dainty meets tough, which is perfect for festivals, bike rides and barbecues. It's time to show skin in unexpected yet sexy and sweet ways. For the boys: a casual beachy look gets a touch of sophistication by mixing in timeless, preppy pieces.
At this moment, I am sitting at my desk in my room at Tripp Hall. My shirt has some pretty serious deodorant stains and I'm wearing really old Laguna flip-flops (that's right, I said, ""flip-flops"") and really old Soffe shorts. Also, I have a grape sucker in my mouth.
Even if you feel like you keep seeing the same mediocre genre movies repackaged with just a different façade, year after year, a few American studios have some surprises in store that promise to change that storyline. A trend has begun among big studios to begin producing so-called ""microbudget"" films that they would have otherwise left to the tiny indie studios to produce. This isn't just the well-established genre of American independent films, but a whole new genre of even ""indie-er"" flicks.
Let's face it, nobody ever agrees with the Oscars completely, and we here at The Daily Cardinal are no exeption. So we crafted our own list of the top 10 films of 2010––our best picture nominees, if you will. We call them the Dirty Bird Awards, and you'll probably disagree with them just as much as you disagree with the Academy. But what makes us better is that you can walk into our office and yell at us in person, which is so much cooler. And the nominees are:
The holidays have come and gone, leaving us with a gray slush that hardly resembles the fluffy white powder of winter wonderland fantasies. And the cinemascape isn't much more appealing since January, February, and early March are the notorious dumping grounds for movies that studios know are flops and have been looking to dump quietly.
Everyone sounds like the Beatles; that's the whole point. The reason the Beatles are so universally popular is because they undressed pop music to its fundamental hooks, excising the fatty matter that distracts or bores listeners. Thus, to draw comparisons to the Beatles is to say a band writes catchy, agreeable pop music—which means close to nothing.
Madison's Majestic Theatre hosts semi-regular late-night screenings of the beloved Coen-brothers cult classic ""The Big Lebowski."" These screenings, dubbed the ""Brew and View,"" usually sell out quickly and end up packed with avid fans, some dressed in costume, sipping $4 White Russians. Despite positive critical reception, when ""The Big Lebowski"" first opened it was a box-office flop. In 1998, it opened at number six at the box office, made less than $6 million and left theaters after just four weeks. However, slowly but surely a fan base for the movie grew purely by word-of-mouth. Eventually DVD sales put ""The Big Lebowski"" in the black three times over. Like ""The Big Lebowski,"" ""Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"" opened this summer to critical praise but box office failure.
Many of you probably know at least one person who is absolutely terrified of going to the bathroom in public. Some are merely frightened of publicly relieving themselves when they have to go number two—yes I am using the term you learn in kindergarten to avoid saying the word ""poop"" 30 times in one article. Others cannot even go number one in a public bathroom without freezing up the second someone else walks in.
On Thursday the wait will finally be over. Training camps will be over, the final cuts will have been made, the skates will be sharpened, the sticks will be taped and the 2010-'11 NHL season will get underway.
Madison's Urban Design Commission held a special informational meeting about the proposed high-speed rail station Wednesday.
""Going the Distance""
Some may argue that comedy doesn't belong at music festivals. The comedians often struggle outside their comfort zone of a nightclub or auditorium, and are relegated to being an overlooked sideshow. Pitchfork's series of comedians had their moments, but did very little to dispel that notion.
Summer just isn't quite the same without the World Cup to watch, which is why I'm so excited for the upcoming one. The whole world comes together to watch the purest world championship in all of sports, and the passion of the countries involved is inspiring. So without further ado, I give you five players to watch this June and July in South Africa (assuming they get their stadiums built on time).
Solutions by The State News
