The Wake

On Tuesday, November 6th, the University of Minnesota hosted its third annual Student Parent Visibility Day. High school student parents from around the metro area gathered in the St. Paul Student Center Ballroom to participate in the event. Student Parent Visibility Day is put on by the Student Parent HELP Center and co-sponsored by the Student Parent Association. The purpose of this event was both to recognize the student parent population on campus and to …

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Unless Daddy picks up the credit card tab without asking any questions, college students are under constant pressure to make ends meet. After all, you can’t party if you can’t afford the booze. And damn it, you can’t pay for the booze if your landlord kicked you out of your run-down old apartment after you neglected to pay the rent for the last three months. Let’s face it: most of us are unmotivated, lazy, apathetic …

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Asian food is a lot like pizza. It’s hard to get it really wrong, and when you taste the good stuff, you know it’s good, and there’s nothing better.As college students, we have a social and moral obligation to eat as much Asian takeout and drink as much coffee as humanly possible. Luckily for us, we are blessed with a campus that provides numerous options for satisfying these cravings, and the options we are given …

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The University of Minnesota’s athletics department has taken a firm stance that they will not be playing teams with American Indian nicknames and mascots that are regarded as offensive. Well, except for the eight games the men’s and women’s hockey teams will collectively play against the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux this year. And then there was the football team’s homecoming match against the University of Illinois Fighting Illini earlier this month, along with …

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According to Wikipedia, the most reliable source for any information, the word rickshaw in Japanese literally translates to “human-powered vehicle.” Though actual rickshaws are not used in the United States, bicycle rickshaws, or pedicabs, have been around for a decade.Right here on campus, you may see one of them zipping around on game days or when you are extremely intoxicated. The driver of that “party bike,” as he calls it, is Ben Young of Local …

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Dear Uncle Ethan,I spend a fair amount of time at the Rec Center, which is mercifully populated by exceedingly attractive girls. But what are the rules about approaching girls in that setting without creeping them out?-Ripped RickyDear RR,The single biggest complaint about the Rec that I get from girls is that guys are too busy with their weights and treadmills to pay any attention to the co-eds. Reading Cosmo on the Stairmaster is …

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I. SETTING SUNI remember:Another late summer day rolled by; the sun climbed over the sky and stopped to slowly and dramatically disembark. As its last rays crept over the horizon, they seemed to illuminate a group of people standing at the corner of 3rd Street and Cedar. They huddled together into a small mass, their movements excited yet synchronized. “STOP WAR,” the signs waving over their heads read. I remember turning to a friend and …

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Opening the “M”-emblazoned light silver box of Mariah Carey’s new perfume, M, one encounters something entirely predictable–a stylish purple bottle adorned with a platinum necklace and a butterfly cap.The packaging is relatively tawdry, like stepping into a Claire’s Accessories store in the mall. But from Mariah, what else would we expect? She has built a career on showing just a little too much chest and back. But also like Mariah, M is wrought with …

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It was as prolific a run as any since the dawn of time. The Roman Empire of family entertainment, Disney was a seemingly unstoppable force. Commencing in 1938 with the release of Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, it has been a nearly 60-year run of utter dominance. With Pinocchio and Bambi in the 40’s, Peter Pan and Cinderella in ‘50s, Jungle Book in the ‘60s, Robin Hood in the ‘70s, and the classic string of …

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What’s great about the local music scene is that there is a diversity of styles and bands prepared to satisfy whatever tastes you might have.Pictures of Then is a five-dude alternative-indie rock band from right here in Minneapolis. And their debut album, Crushed By Lights, has the potential to put the group on the map on a national level, mostly because of its middle-of-the-road sound.The 14 tracks don’t pave any new ground, which isn’t necessarily …

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For Trip Shakespeare, the rock star dreams were just taking off when they were dropped from A&M Records in 1992. They had spent almost seven years building a following and making connections in the music business.The Minneapolis band seemed destined to breakout at some point. But when Nirvana brought the grunge scene to the mainstream, Indie pop wasn’t exactly what labels were looking for. Meanwhile, drummer Jacob Slichter was toiling as an …

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There is a man who lives in Elliot Park. 622 16th St. A fine house. The man’s name is Melchior Scheldrup, of Norwegian descent. The year is 1894 and he works as the local pharmacist. One day Mr. Scheldrup gets out of bed, has breakfast and heads off to work. His pharmacy is only a couple of blocks away, on East 14th Street. He can stroll there easily, as most people do, to …

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I know it might seem a little tardy of me to be breaking out my top-ten list of do’s and don’ts on how to date a Chemical Engineer now, after the romance of midterms and Homecoming. But this advice is worth the wait. Let’s not even narrow the field that much; this list not only applies to Chemical Engineers, but to anyone who has taken introductory-level physics by choice. My previous rants about the stress …

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University economics professor Leonid Horwicz recently received the Nobel Prize for lifelong work in his field, but no one seems to know why. Is Horwicz’s theory too esoteric for the Average Joe, or is the media deciding that Horwicz’s work isn’t important? According to professor Narayana Kocherlakota, head chair of the University of Minnesota economics department, the basis of Horwicz’s theory is not only simple, it is essential to understanding what people will do in …

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Let me preface this by warning anyone whose reaction to this review would be, “If this game is so realistic, why don’t you go out and actually skateboard?” Would you say the same thing if I was talking about a first-person shooter? The purpose of a video game is entertainment, challenge and (hopefully) stimulation. Video games are not meant to operate as a flimsy substitute for reality.Alright, onto the meat: the first couple Tony Hawk …

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