Most sixth graders can tell you what plate tectonics do or what kind of cloud produces rain, but I bet that they have no inkling that 40,000 Americans were diagnosed with HIV this year. Which do you think will more greatly affect these young people's lives?
Amanda: 1. Where are you from? Kevin: I am from High Ridge, Missouri, which is just south of St. Louis. A: 2. What is your hometown famous for? K: My home town is famous for the largest independent methamphetamine producing area in the history of the world.
This weekend, the theatre department is offering both a break from worrying about finals and a chance to see the creative results of some hardworking students - all for just a buck. Five student-directed one-act plays will be performed on both Friday and Saturday night.
Nathaniel Carroll has a big Christmas wish: he wants to sell 500 records. And he's going about it with true Christmas spirit. At $4 a record, he's practically giving them away. Carroll, a Drury sophomore, is a singer-songwriter with one full-length CD under his belt.
"With the lights out/ It's less dangerous/ here we are now/ Entertain us," those are the words of one of Nirvana's most famous songs, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and ten years after the death of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana is still entertaining us. After years in the making, the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out has finally been released.
Misery loves company. And if that be true, miserable people love miserable people. But that's about the only thing I got out of the new dramatic movie, Closer. Directed by Mike Nichols (of HBO's 'Angels in America'), Closer explores the constantly intertwined relationships of two couples, Dan and Alice and Anna and Larry.