Karen Ostrander
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A cacophony of sounds
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Ville “Darude” Virtanen had only been to Beta once before, but he remembered it fondly. “The place was bangin’, and the crowd really got me going and I enjoyed getting them going,” the Finnish DJ said. On March 16, Darude returned to the Uptown Waterloo bar, looking to relive the raving memories that he had…
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Fashion ‘n’ Motion ‘ignites’ passion
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With every passing year at Laurier, Fashion ‘n’ Motion (FnM) proves that it’s not about the quality of the performance, it’s about igniting the passion behind it. Not to say that FnM’s shows, on Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16, fell short in any way. While the technicality of the dances was at times…
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The Justin Bieber Experience enthralls all
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Everyone knows it was Justin Bieber’s birthday on March 1. Girls across the world flocked to their Twitter accounts to wish the teen pop sensation a “Happy Birthday.” Despite Bieber stating that this was his “worst birthday ever,”he certainly will be happy when he makes a stop at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener. THEMUSUEUM recently hosted The…
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Don’t go to Oz
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Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful is a prequel that returns viewers back to the world of the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz. The story that the film revolves around the mysterious wizard known only as “Oz,” who in the 1939 movie worked behind a curtain in order to portray himself as an…
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The return of Woodstock
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On June 16 1967, the music world experienced a groundbreaking event and whether they knew it then or not, this event was going to be the single force behind the emergence and forever-changed outlet for how we experience live music. This event was The Monterey Pop Festival. The Monterey Pop Festival was a three day…
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Arts Bites
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At least they’re being honest … . Kings of Leon are currently recording their follow-up album to 2010’s Come Around Sundown but that’s easier said than done. Bassist Jared Followhill decided that getting smashed on wine was a much better idea than recording: “…Just tried for a sequence to the new album … I can’t…
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Where’s the value in my Laurier arts degree?
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In the past two and a half years, I’ve been a student in Laurier’s faculty of arts and I’ve learned next to nothing. I know exactly what words and terms to use to beef up my essay to get it to 2,000 words or eight to ten pages, depending on what professor you ask. I…
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A lyrical slam dunk
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Take hip-hop, remove all the noise and just let the message speak. What you’re left with is slam poetry. On March 12, a large audience in the Turret was finding this out for themselves as Laurier Sociology Student Association’s (LSSA) hosted their third and largest slam poetry event entitled Poetic Justice. With Poetic Justice, LSSA…
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Idle ‘know’ more
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Unless you knew beforehand that Sonny Assu was Ligwilda’xw First Nation, you wouldn’t be able to tell. Assu admits that because he looks white, he has to struggle with the discourse of being half white. So when he’s presenting a selection of his work and how he mixes traditional native art with pop culture, it’s easy…
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Opera Laurier does ‘Figaro’ justice
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Over 150 people gathered in the Theatre Auditorium this past Sunday to experience Opera Laurier’s production of the Mozart classic, The Marriage of Figaro. The Marriage of Figaro, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is based on the stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. In short, Figaro is engaged to be married to Susanna; both characters are…
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