The Wake

As academics and intellectuals, we tend to devote our time and studies to examining the subconscious meanings of our actions. Why does she wear tight jeans and green shoes? Why does he gel his hair into a faux-hawk every morning? What does your Members Only jacket say about your outlook on life? We spend so much time analyzing and getting lost in the maze of the subliminal that we fail to note the obvious. For example, what does wearing a shirt with the Confederate flag on it say about you? Does it mean that you support the confederacy and, thus, …

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“This next band is Rock … the way it used to be, Rock … the way it SHOULD BE, and ROCK … THE WAY IT ALWAYS WILL BE … WOLF-MUTHAAA!!!” This summer, Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell bestowed the band with this grand introduction on the festival’s second day. The band, feeding off the crowd’s excited roar, took the stage at a run. They picked up their instruments in mid stride and threw the riotous crowd into a time warp frenzy of free loving, eternal rock. This powerhouse trio from Australia has been blowing minds around the globe since their full …

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Elvis Perkins grew up surrounded by fame and suffering. This 32-year-old singer- songwriter lost his father, Tony Perkins (most famous for his role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock’s Psycho), to AIDS in 1992. It was a very public, controversial death due to the homosexual pretenses of his affliction. Elvis’s mother, Berry Berenson, was on American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked and flown in to the one of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. His new album, Ash Wednesday, released on its namesake has been in the works since 2002. It’s a mix of songs written before and …

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Many children dream of growing up to become astronauts and explorers only to abandon these dreams before even reaching middle school. Kobie Boykins, a mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, would like to convince children that those dreams can actually become reality.Boykins states that many children stop dreaming of having an atypical career once they reach about ten years old. “And why should that happen?” says Boykins, who grew up knowing he wanted to build space equipment. “And now I can,” he says.At 32, Boykins is renowned for his work on the solar arrays of the 2003 Mars Expedition …

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There are certain places that young women are advised not to travel alone to at night. Whether well-earned or not, Northeast Minneapolis holds a reputation as the “bad part of town”. For a neighborhood that boasts the highest concentration of children in the Twin Cities, it looks in poor shape, full of traffic, liquor stores, and fast food restaurants. In little steps at a time – one group is trying to change perspectives of Northeast from the inside out. Juxtaposition Arts’ initiative, aptly titled “Remix: Creating Places for People on West Broadway,” is responsible for the mysterious bursts of life …

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“We have become spectators to our own culture.” These are the prophetic words of Sandy Speiler’s vision “Invigorate the Common Well,” being staged at the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater. Both hopeful and painful, the theatrical performance is a passionate combination of public art and social justice. “Come to the Well,” the first in a three part series, confronts the problems of water distribution throughout the globe, from the suburbs of the Midwest to the slums of India. The show begins with a slideshow/live action performance piece. Images of streams are juxtaposed over poverty-stricken children; …

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Who: Jazzy Literary Soiree
What: Jazz and readings with authors Sheila O’Connor; Patti Frazee; Maureen Millea Smith; Pamela Carter Joern.
When: Wednesday, March 21st, 7:30 pm.
Where: First Universalist Church (3400 Dupont Ave S, Mpls.), FREEWho: Deborah Keenan
What: Poetry.
When: Thursday, March 22nd, 7:30 pm.
Where: Weisman Art Museum (U of M), FREEWho: Vincent Wyckoff
What: The mailman discusses ‘Beware of the Cat and Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier.’
When: Thursday, March 22nd, 7:30 pm.
Where: Lyndale United Church of Christ (810 W 31st St, Mpls.), FREEWho: Kamau Brathwaite
What: The Carribean poet discusses ‘The Arrivants: A New …

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a time and a place
a time and a place
a penny saved
a penny earned
a penny earned
if at first you don’t succeed
try try again
try try again
try try again
mind your p’s and q’s
mind your manners
pleases and thank yous
the early bird
catches the worm
catches the worm
the early bird
you’re never fully dressed
without a smile
a smile
smile
smile
silence is golden
and actions speak louder than words
actions speak louder than words
actions speak louder than words
sincerely yours

The body is not a prison
it is a temple;
not a cage from which the soul escapes,
but a holy place built
for sanctification, redemptionon that Day
bone and ash will rise
from graveyards and cisterns,
swirl upward like smoke
re-creation of fingers, palm, wrist
glowing gloriously in light
toe by toe, a foot, a leg
dancing as they rise
a people resurrectedlips sealed from life’s last kiss
open to holy, holy, holy
for they did not feel
the sting of death.

This semester the Institute for Advanced Study is hosting a weekly series of events titled “Thursdays at Four.” As one might assume, the lectures are held each Thursday at 4 p.m. in room 120 or 125 of Nolte Center. The series hosts a broad range of lectures and features people from all disciplines and areas of work. On Thursday, February 22 University of Minnesota psychology professor Bruce Cuthbert enlightened listeners on the new science of emotion.Feelings and emotions have always been regarded as mere roadblocks on the way to higher human intellect; a not-so-close second to the sophisticated …

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Leonardo da Vinci once said, “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” This philosophy has possessed skydivers’ lives since the dawn of the parachute and continues to do so still. But skydiving is in danger of losing its population. Not from skydiving related misfortunes, but from low participant numbers. The media only likes to focus on extraordinary survival stories of skydivers hitting the ground from parachute malfunctions and ignores the amazing breakthroughs in the world of human flight. In …

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A tumultuous season of Gopher basketball finally concluded, leaving much more to be desired for next year. Coach Dan Monson resigned seven games into the season and left Jim Molinari to pick up the pieces of a struggling ball club. The team dealt with injuries, a transfer and mounting frustration. This group faced tall challenges all season and did the best they could with the talent they possessed. Jamal Abu-Shamala summed the season up as disappointing but added that it might help build character for next year. The most positive thing this team will take with it from this season …

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Minnesota’s indoor lacrosse team, the Swarm, have looked for quality opportunities for the public to take notice of their achievements throughout their infancy. The team made the playoffs last year at 8-8 and lost their playoff game to the Buffalo Bandits by one goal. The games between the Bandits and Swarm have started to become a rivalry since the playoff loss the Swarm suffered last year.On March 4, the Swarm played the Bandits at home, looking to exact some revenge. What transpired on the field, though, seemed a replay of the playoff game with the Swarm losing by one goal …

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