The Wake

A little nervous.
A little scared.
Maybe, yeah, a little.

I’m dressed in all black. The guy sitting in the next seat is looking at me. I glare at him. He looks away. Dark at eight, in by nine. I get off the bus, hyperalert, slightly sweaty. I’ve done this before but somehow it doesn’t feel like it right now. I start to walk.

When my destination materializes out of the night, I experience my first rush of adrenaline. …

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The RNC is over but, as ever, there are a myriad of ways that you can become more involved in your community! As members of the dynamic, multicultural Twin Cities, there is room for everyone to contribute to bettering our society, whatever your passion. Here’s some ideas on how you can get started!

NEIGHBORHOOD

Rather than taking on the whole city, a good place to start effecting change is in your own backyard! Your neighborhood association, community …

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Many, if not all, of us here at the University of Minnesota have experienced the loud, claustrophobia-inducing walk from the East Bank to the West Bank as a result of the fencing put up on the pedestrian bridge spanning the Mississippi River. Not unbearable, but certainly not enjoyable. Thus, the fact that the restrictions placed on the bridge are finite gives us something to look forward to with the coming of spring. And with the …

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If you’ve seen Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in the recent film adaptation of Sweeney Todd, then you’re probably just as excited as we are to talk with Katrina Yaukey, who plays Sweeney Todd’s foe, Pirelli, in John Doyle’s stage production of the story.

WAKE: As broke college students, it’s exciting to hear about someone else’s journey to actualizing their dreams. How …

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Illustration by Dixon Bordiano

My iPod broke the other week. I didn’t drop it. I didn’t leave it out in the cold. After a year and a half, it just stopped turning on. The little apple stopped popping up to greet me. Sixty gigabytes of music ceased to exist. Since most of that music is on my computer, CDs, or …

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Photo By David Brothers

It was the third night of Crispin Glover’s presentation of his film What Is It? at the Oak Street Cinema, and there was a large turnout to see the eccentric actor-director in person. Vitamn Magazine and the Minnesota Film and TV Board sponsored the event. As the lights dimmed, there was a rustle of the curtain, …

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Environmentalism is trendy. In an era of global warming, we Americans have managed to do what we do best: trivialize our problems. What could be more fitting than to exploit our current environmental crises for monetary gain? Corporate department stores and overpriced teen boutiques stock stylish t-shirts and bags with cutesy environmental adages, and major food companies offer “organic” and “natural” products on the supermarket shelves, all in the name of capitalism. Consumers mindlessly lap …

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Many people dismiss the concept of biofuel as the energy source of the future as a radical, impractical notion. If recent developments from the award-winning Regents Professor Lanny Schmidt don’t change their minds, then nothing will. As Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, Lanny Schmidt has made incredible progress in the journey towards the future of renewable energy. In 2004, professor Schmidt discovered a way to produce hydrogen from …

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