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Pop-Culture: We make it look good

Music

Ween to the Extreme by Daniel G. Diving into Fame by Erin D.

Leading Ladies of Country Music by Ashley L. The City That Never Sleeps by Erin D. Excluding Planet Earth by Hallie C. One Love, Austin Reggae Festival by Daniel G. LASA Picks by Hallie C.

Movies/Theater

Must See Movies of 2008 by Erin D. 17 Believing in Broadway by Ashly L. 19 Knowing by Hallie C. 21 High School Musical Havoc by Ashley L. 23

Art

Chalk Master: Julian Beever by Daniel G. 24 Egabrag by Johan G. 25

Fashion

How to Hairstyles by Ashley L. 27 Operation Overrated by Erin D. 29

Food

How to Make Creamy Goodness by Johan G. 31 Canoli Joe’s by Johan G. 33 Best Austin Food Trailers by Hallie C. 35

Miscellaneous

Drinks Down by Johan G. 36 Pass the Bong...Legally by Daniel G. 37

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A Letter From The Editors

A term that represents something that is badly put together.

The editors of “Incondite” feel this is an appropriate title considering what the media has done to today’s popular culture. We try to capture the other side of pop culture, by talking less about the mainstream and focusing more about the underground aspects of it. In this issue, you’ll learn more about a local, teenage band called The Diving Captain on page 5, and if you’re an art fan, you can check out the “Chalk Master” article by Daniel, on page 24. If you’re in need of a new hairstlye, check out Ashley’s hair-style guide on page 27, Johan’s “Drinks Down” article for a captivating opinion, page 36. And if you’re in to movies, go read Hallie’s movie review over Knowing on page 21!

Each member had their own idea on what kind of magazine we should create; music, food and fashion were all thrown out there. In the end we decided to combine every one’s idea for our magazine and “Incondite” the pop culture and entertainment magazine was created.

We worked hard on this magazine, so as you read our magazine, enjoy it!

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EDITORS: Erin D. Johan G. Ashley L. Daniel G. Hallie C.

Photo courtesy of “Ween, Live in Chicago”

Ween to the Extreme

By Daniel G.

“Out of nowhere, out of a total musical vacuum, out of total darkness comes one, ONE, ONE, ONE, one ray of light.

And its f*!&king Ween.”

That’s what Black Flag front man Henry Rollins had to say after one of American rock band Weens’ earliest performances in 1990.

Ever since, Weens’ odd and experimental music has attracted fans and gained them some worst enemies. But no matter what the haters say, the fans will always stand up and speak their minds.

“They’re artists, they’re true artists because they do things in a spirit of adventurous experimentation. They

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know that a lot of those things are going to work out terribly, but they don’t care, they get up and just keep playing,” said Corey Snyder, an avid Ween fan, disk jockey, and high school English teacher. The Ween lovers are a very interesting group of people. Ween has always had a love/hate relationship with the world, you either love them to death, or hate them. It’s difficult to find those who say “yeah, they’re ok, I listen to them sometimes.” The fans say this is because Ween always plays different genres; they never stick to one idea. The haters accept this theory, but because of the weirdness and crazy ex-

perimentation, they claim that Ween is making fun of music and trying to give the genres a bad name.

Ween made their first single in 1993 with their song “Push th’ Little Daises” from the Pure Guava record. But many fans say their next record, Chocolate and Cheese is their definitive best work, including Corey.

“And finally, I got Chocolate and Cheese…Somebody just gave me a copy. So I’d thought that was the most brilliant thing I’d heard in forever so then I was sold, I got way into them.”

However, there are also the fans lot of hate resides. that say it is impossible to pick On the opposite end of the a favorite. They claim the music spectrum, the haters are just is so diverse that even trying to as (maybe even more) plenty pick a favorite would be one of as the fans. And if they come the hardest decisions of their across something they don’t lives. Its like, they will not like trying be afraid to speak to compare their minds. On an country internet forum, I Ween is f*&$ing to techno, found this quote by you just “ed”. epic. I love them. can’t do it. “hey !!! are you Ween fans f*&%ing serious? are so nobody gives a -Joe W. dedicated s*&# about gene that weband dean ween!! sites have they sucked in the sprung up eighties and they to share they f*&#ing suck live recorded Ween shows, even more now. pull your head entire forums dedicated to their out of your ass..........ed” music, and even a secondary official web site to hit all the points the main official site doesn’t. On youtube, people have created accounts only to put live Ween videos up. However, it is also youtube where a

This is not uncommon though.

You can find posts like these all over Weens’ youtube videos, on their message boards, and pretty much anywhere else that has to do with Ween.

Whether you love them, hate them, or don’t even know about them, Ween is here and they aren’t going anywhere.

Watch out, they’re coming to getcha!

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The Diving Captain have I would play on the floor – I been together long enough couldn’t even keep tempo. to have talked about what’s I guess it just evolved from in store for the future of the there, slowly.” band.

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“That depends on colthe lyrics to The Diving Caplege,” Barber said. “You know, tain’s songs – usually long cause chances are none of us after it’s been performed. will get into an out-of-state

“Generally, after three school and we’ll only be able or four months of playing to afford places here in Texas. the song in public Jake gets There’s actually a really good around to writing the lyrics. chance we’ll stay together and He’s awful at that, “ Barber try to go for it all the way.’’ laughed. “About half of the

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With drumsticks in his hand and his band-mates at his side, 17-year-old, Wells Barber feels at home. The Diving Captain has been performing together for a long time and can now cite many places. The Mohawk, Stubb’s, Emo’s, and Ruta Maya are a few of the places that The Diving Captain has played.

Unlike most high school bands, The Diving Captain started when they were in the fifth grade and have managed to stay together.

“We formed our first band in the fifth grade and it

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with one another is a big issue among a lot of bands, but he and his band-mates have found a way to release any tension they encounter.

“What keeps up together is a brilliant sport called Trampoline Wrestling!” Wells explained.

“We’ve bought numerous Trampoline Wrestling items such as Sock ‘Em Boppers and giant inflatable balls.

If we just have one of those practices that is too long and everyone’s in a bad mood, we just go out to Erin’s trampoline and we beat the crap out of each other.”

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Leading Ladies of Country Music

Move over Keith Urban, and make room. These leading ladies are redefining the title “Country Music�.

by Ashley L.

Carrie Underwood,

Taylor Swift

born in Oklahoma in 1983, kicked off her music career after winning season four of American Idol.

She has since had two albums, Some Hearts and Carnival Ride, which included top hits like “Jesus Take the Wheel”, “Before He Cheats”, and “Wasted”. In the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs), Underwood won Entertainer of the Year, the biggest honor of all of the awards given, as well as Top Female Vocalist.

is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters of the country music industry. Born in 1989 in Pennsylvania, she discovered her talent young. Her selftitled album sold over 2 million copies. Her most famous songs include “Love Story”, “Teardrops on My Guitar”, “Our Song”, and so many more. In 2009, her second album, Fearless, won Album of the year. In the 2007 ACMs she also won Best New Female Artist. She is the first female solo artist to have written/co-written all of the songs on her albums.

Julianne Hough was born in 1988

Reba McEntire is considered a

in Utah. She has just embarked on her music career, starting in country music. Her first album is self titled and has her hit songs “That Song In My Head” and “My Hallelujah Song”. Before starting her singing career, she became a professional dancer for Dancing with the Stars. On the current season, she is paired up with her country singer boyfriend, Chuck Wicks. In the 2009 ACMs, she was awarded Top New Artist and Top New Female Vocalist.

country music legend. She was born in 1955 in Oklahoma and has had many accomplishments. She has had 15 American Music Awards (AMAs), 12 ACMs, 7 Country Music Awards (CMAs), and 2 Grammy awards. She has had several Greatist Hits albums including two very famous songs, “Fancy” and “Somebody”. She was featured in Brooks and Dunn’s “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” (released in 2007).

She hosted the 2009 ACMs for the 11th time.

Photo by: Drew Loker

The City That Never Sleeps: A Music Festival Guide

South By South West

South By South West (SXSW) happens every year and it’s a big deal in Austin, Texas. SXSW is a festival and it showcases aout 1,800 different artists, from all across the world, on over 80 different stages in Downtown Austin, Texas. This festival causes much of the streets downtown to close, due to the length of the lines to get into various clubs and bars to see different artists perform.

Most of the shows do have an admission fee of $130 to get an entire wrist band that allows you into any show. However, if you look hard enough, you can find great shows for free.

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Fun, Fun, Fun Fest

Fun, fun, fun fest is fairly new to Austin. This festival is somewhat like Austin City Limits Festival, but smaller. Fun, Fun, Fun Fest is held in the fall, aslo. This is held at Waterloo Park.

Tickets cost $60 for a two day pass, this includes all the shows. There are discounts to all students.

By: Erin D.

Austin Reggae Festival

Austin Reggae Festival, commonly known as “Marley Fest” to most Austinites is held every year on the weekend of the infamous 4/20. Typically, all the money raised, the cover charge to get in, is given to the Capital Area Food Bank of Austin.

This past year, the cost was $15 on Saturday and $10 on Sunday.

Austin City Limits Festival

Austin CIty Limits Festival is comomnly known as ACL to most Austinites.

This is a very large, moderately expensive music festival that is held every year in the fall for one whole weekend. The festival is held in Zilker Park. There are vast genre types of music at ACL, and this festival allows many new artists to display their talents.

The cost of ACL, for one person’s three day pass, is $185. However, you can get a VIP pass which allows you good seats at the festival is around $800.

Excluding Planet Earth Althea’s formulation of her CD By: Hallie C.

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I“t’s too early for autographs,” Althea says, sporting a black sweater and jeans, her hair in a tight ponytail.

Althea was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, but came too Austin when she was still very young. Her full name, Althea Soucie Garza was considered to long to be memorable thus the stage name, Althea Capra was born.

After a semester of high school spent working gigs and writing new songs, her new CD is almost done. Althea’s band, which consists of a funkbass player, a gospel style

home-schooled piano player, and whichever drummer happens to be available at the time, has all their songs recorded.

The main problem is, “The way a CD works, since we’re not spending all our time in California all our recordings are done in local studios, which aren’t as high-tech,” Althea says.

The new songs still need to be remixed, rerecorded, and some tracks changed before it can be released.

“The people in California were going crazy ‘cause of the Emmys,” Althea said. But according to her, now that things

are calmed down she expects things to move along much faster.

“Everything in the music industry runs on an opposite sleeping cycle than school,” said Althea.

To compensate, she had begun the AISD Virtual School Program, which allows its users through a school issued laptop, too complete school assignments on their own schedule. It is similar to Rosetta stone, except pertaining to all subjects.

But that was earlier this year. With more free time Althea has returned to school for all her classes

with the exception of Planet Earth and a song-writing elective. It is still uncertain at this point as to whether she will remain at LASA next year or return to the online schooling.

But that was earlier this year. With more free time Althea has returned to school for all her classes with the exception of Planet Earth and a song-writing elective. It is still uncertain at this point as to whether she will remain at LASA next year or return to the online schooling.

“If anything it’s very inconsistent. My life’s very unpredictable right now,” said Althea.

One of the large problems with going to school is that she sometimes has to go anywhere from a few days to a whole week without school to record, write, or play her songs. Because of this Althea goes to tutoring to makeup work regularly, but it is often rather challenging to balance.

“I could postpone tests but they pile-up,” Althea sighs, the hardest class to keep up with being math.

On a day-to-day basis Althea is supposed to do one to five hours of vocal exercises, though it sometimes isn’t equivalent to that amount of time. She plays the guitar, piano, and harmonica, all of which she taught herself to play; though singing remains her favorite musical instrument.

“I felt silly running around telling people how great I was.”

-Althea Capra

“I’ve been [singing] forever, but I’ve been performing since I was ten,” Althea said.

Her rising fame has not increased her ego and she has not pointed out any new performances she has to anyone other than her good friends or those who ask.

“You sit next to someone at lunch and you don’t suddenly tell a huge story,” Althea points out.

When she first began performing at clubs she

spent a good deal of time handing out fliers and trying to gain a familiar audience.

Althea said, “I felt silly running around telling people how great I was.”

Some people don’t always want the latest news.

“Most people you talk too either want to know everything or have little or no explanation,” Althea said.

But despite this Althea gathers a good audience and many new fans when she performs at her regular locations; the Nutty Brown Café and Ruth Maya to name a few, but she won’t be performing again soon because of the recording and CD production.

Althea plans on returning to LASA though is still unsure. “It’s kind of strange not knowing” she says. She wants a bonified record deal, so the return to school is to be or last.

If she does return though, next year she’ll be selling her new CD and taking the long put-off Planet Earth class; finally.

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ne Love: Austin Reggae Fe The Austin Reggae Festival, commonly known as Marleyfest, is a music festival where all the rastas and reggae lovers come together to see live music and benifit the Capitol Area Food Bank. It’s the longest running festival at Auditorium Shores, going for over 15 years.

1) The festival banner hanging high near the entrance.

2) Lots of great music, including headliners Skatalites and The Wailing Souls 3) The weather gets hot, so cool drinks are provided.

4) And if you’re hungry, all the delicious food you could hope for is at your disposal.

5) Lining the festival walls are all types of vendors with quality products.

6) A vender selling a flag of the legend himself, Bob Marley 7) Glass blowing, one of the many forms of entertainment at the festival.

8) A large group of people walking around looking at all the different shops.

9) The main area of the festival where thousands of people set down their towels and enjoy the music.

10) For those who don’t want to fry in the hot Texas sun, tents are set up.

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The Killers

An alternative rock band, they are part of a pos-punk revival group bringing back music styles from the 1980’s. They formed in 2002, they considt of four members

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Must-See Movies of 2008

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Iron Man. Making over $318, 29, 180 in the-

aters, Iron Man is placed in the number two spot for films that made the most money in 2008. Iron Man’s main characters are played by A-list stars, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr, and Terrance Howard. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a very wealthy industrialist who sells weapons of mass destruction. Stark is kidnapped by Middle Eastern terrorists, and is then forced to build a special suit in order to save his own life. Just prior to building the suit, Stark finds out that his company is supplying weapons to terrorist groups without his knowing. Once back home, Stark perfects his suit. To fix what his company did by selling his weapons to terrorists, Stark flies back to the Middle East and begins to kill terrorist groups attacking citizens. In the end, Stark finds out just who is behind his company’s corruption, falls in love with his assistant and announces that he is “Iron Man.”

The Dark Knight. You may have heard

the tagline “why so serious?” that follows the Dark Knight. The movie with an all-star cast: Christan Bale, the late Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, made over $533, 316, 061 in theaters in 2008. The Dark Night is set a year after the events of Batman Begins. Batman, Lt. James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman’s struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to “confront everything he believes” and improve his technology to stop the Joker. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.

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Hancock. Hancock, featuring Will Smith,

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Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman made $227, 947, 274, holding it at the number four spot for movies that made the most money in 2008. Hancock is a movie about an infamously outcasted and clumsy super hero, by the name of John Hancock (Will Smith) residing in Los Angeles, California. On a mission to redeem his good super hero image, Hancock begins cleaning up his act. Hancock doesn’t change his image alone, he has someone helping him along the way. Ray Embry (Jason Bateman) , a citizen whom Hancock saved from danger, helps clean up Hancock’s repuataion. When Ray Embry introduces Hancock to his wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), the truth unfolds. Hancock got amnesia over 80 years ago, and Mary reveals that they’re both super hero’s and they are connected through a special bond that has held the two togther for over 3,000 years.

MY RATING: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was one of the much-anticipated films of 2008. Ranked third, the latest Indiana Jones made $317, 011, 114. Once again, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) embarks on one of his famous adventures, but this time his undiscoved son turned sidekick, is Mutt played by Shia LaBouf. Set in the era of the Soviet Union Indiana and his crew head to Peru, where the Incas once dominated. Once in Peru, they find a crystal skull, and continue on to an onld Inca ruin. Once at the ruin, they come across a room of “Inter-demensional Beings”, as it turns out the skull belonged to one of the Inter-dimensional beings and held the key to infinate knowledge, Indiana and his crew return the skull to the beings and once again finished a mission.

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Thirteen-year-old Alina Vega sits at her kitchen table, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, rehearsing her lines for her upcoming musical, Wanda’s World. She is involved in a local theater group called Zachary Scott Showstoppers.

“I’ve always loved acting,” she said, “I haven’t been involved in theater that long but I hope I can do a real main-stage musical.”

Alina has been interested in choir and theater since she was a little girl. Someday, she dreams of becoming a professional performer on Broadway.

“I know a few people who have gone and done professional musicals,” she said, “I hope to get into that.”

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Believing In Broadway

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Alina is working very hard managing school, theater and everything in between.

Starting back in September, she has been rehearsing four hours or more every week. This might not sound like much to the average person, but in rehearsals it’s tough.

“Lately [rehearsals] have been increasing because of the production. They are intense,” she said. “The choreography is pretty hard, and vocally it’s hard.”

In a way, Alina started theater to challenge herself at something that she loved.

Alina was considering school choir and theater, but Zach Scott hit it out of the park for her.

“I thought about doing choir at school, but the mu-

sic didn’t seem challenging enough,” she said. However, Zachary Scott was. “It’s hard.

You have to drink a lot of water!”

Although Alina has been around acting and film her whole life, that isn’t what got her started in theater, it was summer camps at Zachary Scott.

“I started when I was really young doing one weeklong summer camp every year,” she said. “Then I got invited to a special summer camp and one a year later.

Then I got a letter in the mail saying ‘You’ve been accepted to the Zach Showstoppers’”.

Her first production, called Wanda’s World, opened in January of 2009.

“It’s a musical about

a girl named Wanda who struggles to be accepted,” said Alina. “She has a fantasy TV show, called Wanda’s World, and is able to make her fantasy become a reality.”

In this musical, Alina plays a sports announcer in the song, “Blow Them Away”.

In other scenes, she plays a jock.

“I actually really do enjoy sports,” she said. “So I think it does relate to my personality.”

Alina isn’t the only person in her family that has to make sacrifices for theater.

Her parents and younger brother, Will, also dedicate a lot of their time to watching performances and taking her to practices.

“It’s a performance every Saturday and Sunday, three a weekend,” she said.

“That definitely eats up all of our time.”

Alina’s dad, Sebastian, gets involved with Zachary Scott, too. As a filmmaker, he has filmed movies like Spy Kids and Grindhouse.

“They [Zachary Scott] asked him to videotape because they know that he has a history in film,” she said.

“A few other things we have done extracurricular in theater, he’s videotaped too.”

Sebastian’s career in filmmaking has helped to inspire Alina, and may have even caused her interest with acting when she was a young

girl. rehearsals in a shorter span

“When I go on set with of time. I hope I can get into him, I can see what it’s really that.” like to be a professional,”

Her constant work Alina said. “It’s different with towards being the best is getfilm that theater. In theater, ting her one step closer each you have to play it up a bit day to accomplishing her more and in film, there is a dream of being on Broadcamera right in front of your way. face.”

Alina’s hard work towards her goal of being a professional on Broadway has certainly been paying off.

She gets to work with professionals, like her role model, Beth Falcone.

“Beth Falcone is the musical director and writer for Wanda’s World [on Broadway],” she said. “She came down to help us turn it into a children’s musical that middle school students could perPoster C form.” ourtest o f Zachar

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Knowing Although it doesn’t reach apocalyptic proportions, this film still provides a good movie expericence

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On Saturday nights action movie lovers make their way to theaters with groups of friends or family to see the latest film. In the 1950’s it was Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous movies, in 1979 it was Star Trek, in 1990 it was Edward scissor hands; through the years while effects have grown better, peoples tastes have not much varied in action. If you are one of the lovers of these action films with great story lines and unexpected endings, you might want to check out Knowing.

In Knowing, an elementary school class opens up a time capsule made 50 years earlier. Caleb Myles (Chandler Canterbury) finds a list of “random” numbers written by an unsociable child from the time it was made. His father, professor Ted Myles (Nicholas Cage, best known among teenagers for his role in National Treasure), discovers the numbers correspond to precise dates

of events that had occurred in the past 50 years.

And with his discovery, Ted Myles realizes that the remaining numbers predict future disasters.

The movie evokes many different emotions and doesn’t follow the usual tendency of action films to be entirely set on the “saving the world” objective. While it isn’t by many viewers, found extremely captivating, or even compare to movies like the most recent batman movie, it is generally agreed that the movie’s special effects (especially in the case of the disasters which are almost life-like in their amazing realisticness) promotes a positive opinion.

Many critics dislike the plot’s absurdity, favoring only a few select scenes, such as the disaster scenes and ending, if anything at all. Online raters on the website Rotten Tomatoes give it a general rating by critics of about 4/10 and by fans about

7.7/10. Although it is only considered an ok movie, anyone who enjoys movies like Jumanji, Armageddon, or others incorporating apocalyptic and disaster topics or scenes would likely also enjoy this movie.

With great acting done by all parts, some __.

Such as Canterbury who gave a serious acting job not normally supplied by such young actors; it further creates the illusion that the viewer themselves are experiencing the events first-hand, often strongly relating to the emotions felt by the characters. You share their fear, confusion, and pain, their reluctance and reminiscing.

The movie incorporates many different, and sometimes subtle, themes. It involves the idea of a higher power, even with unusually strong perspectives on who or what God is and expressing a somewhat alternate Adam and Eve idea. Ted Myles doesn’t believe in God and even rejects his pastor father,. While in the beginning, God is only a minor topic discussed on occasion when relating to Ted Myles’ father, it becomes more related to the story line as the movie progresses.

Those familiar with the movie Signs may recognize the idea that there is “no such thing as coincidence” in this movie. There are several mentions as to the question of whether everything occurs strictly by chance, or if every event occurs so that the next event may. Because of its multiple themes Knowing can be interpreted in many different ways, allowing for a wider range of viewers to enjoy it.

Overall, while this movie doesn’t have games boards that bend reality like Jumanji, or mind twisting physiological parts like Alfred Hitchcock’s movies, it still contains some worthwhile scenes and is worth the money you pay. Check this movie out at your local theater or, if that is unavailable, wait for it to come out on DVD.

Director

Alex Proyas

Cast

Nicholas Cage Rose Byrne Ben Mendelsoln Terry Camilleri

Release Date

March 20, 2009

Theaters in Austin

Alamo Draft House South Park Meadows

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High School Musical Havoc

After providing viewers with High School Musical 1 and 2 as well as three seasons of Hannah Montana, on its regular channel, Disney Channel thought that it would be okay to charge viewers movie ticket prices to see High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Hannah Montana: The Movie in theaters. Newsflash, Disney Channel, it’s not.

To be fair, many Disney Channel series, such as Even Stevens, have also been made into full-length movies.

The only difference was that the charge that came with them was the cable payments, not theater tickets.

High School Musical 1 and 2 aired on Disney Channel and in the viewers’ homes , no gas or movie ticket necessary. High School Musical 3: Senior Year was released October 18, 2008 to theaters all over the United States, but with a price.

The target audience for HSM and Hannah Montana includes preteens and younger children, with some high school viewers here and there. These viewers do not have the money to pay to see these movies in theaters. They are completely reliant on their guardians to pay for the movie and provide transportation. In this way, kids and teens who cannot pay to see the movie in theaters are put at a disadvantage. For young viewers who really do enjoy these movies, this is extremely disappointing and unfair, especially since they have been able to get the first two High School Musical movies for free.

Many parents would not pay for their kids to see High School Musical or Hannah Montana: The Movie in theaters.

Photo available in High School Musical 2 CD cover.

by Ashley L. Kerry Long, a mother of a fourteen-year-old girl and twelve year old boy, says that she would take her kids to the theaters but wouldn’t give them extra money to see the movies; that’s what allowance is for.

Still, nothing is ever really free. The average cost of cable is around fifty dollars. However, when people pay for cable, they are already paying to support the channels they subscribe to. Most of these channels, such as Lifetime or Nickelodeon, don’t start making movies or shows that are available on the channel, and then make viewers pay to see the sequels in theaters.

Viewers aren’t the only people paying money to the entertainment industry. Producing a movie is expensive, too. Everyone on set has a specific job- -whether it be acting, choreographing, or being on the makeup crew- and has to be paid. However, the High School Musical movies were not so expensive that Disney Channel was actually losing money; the corporation actually made $1 billion, with a production budget of $4 million on the first High School Musical alone.

High School Musical 1 and 2, as well as three seasons of Hannah Montana, have aired on Disney Channel, available to all with a subscription to Disney Channel (usually through the cable companies), without the extra cost of a movie ticket. Many Disney Channel movies and series have been turned into movies, very few of which have ever required a viewer to pay to see the movie in theaters. Although High School Musical 3, within the first week in theaters, had made $42 million, the best opening ever for a musical, it put its youngest viewers at a great disadvantage.

Chalk Master: Julian Beever Who The chalk-master’s name is Julian Beever. He is based in Britan, where he grew up. He does not only chalk art, but murals and freelance projects for companies as well. Many of his non-chalk drawings have a musical theme or an inner meaning.

Where Even though Julian is based in Europe, he travels all around the world to do his art. Often, he will do his art in a place where his art has a special message or meaning. His “Make Poverty Hisory” drawing was drawn for the music event Live8 to support the poverty campaigns.

By Daniel G. What

Julian’s chalk art is called anamorphosis, which is drawing a 2d picture that looks 3d when viewed from a certain angle.

These drawings look very real when viewed from the correct position.

Why Julians art has been used mainly for entertainment, but it also has a deeper political and social meaning. As I said before, his “Make Poverty History” drawing was made to spread the message of anti-poverty campaigns and to give the world the message of peace.

All Photos courtesy of Egabragart.com

Egabrag

By Johan G.

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George Szepesi is an architect/artist who is filthy. He finds art in your old trashcans. In Szepesi’s studio the phrase, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure, is put to good use. He works with junk so much some would say he is a garbage man.

This kind of art maybe isn’t the art that some would want to display in their living room. Some don’t see garbage as art but this new type of art is quickly gaining popularity.

“First let’s understand what garbage is. It’s not pizza bags or an old cup from a fast food restaurant; it’s the process of transformation,” he said.

He picked up a knife, a bottle, and points to a refrigerator and says this all turns into garbage.

“It’s a process that nature does. Everything is going to be garbage one day.

Everything in museums is garbage but I use selective garbage,” said Szepesi.

Szepesi has been an artist/architect for more than 35 years. He attended The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT; this is where he got his inspirations for his garbage-art. At the time when this new type of art wasn’t so popular and it was new, he created his own style.

“At the time when I was a student at MIT, all I could do was take pictures of garbage covered in snow, but I liked how pristine and clean the garbage was when it was covered in snow,” said George.

The art was so different yet graceful to him. Even after he left MIT he decided to stay with the new type of art and expand on it. He made a new company called Egabrag, which is garbage spelled backwards. He got the name from when he was a student at MIT. When he is designing a building he tries to use as much recycled materials as possible to keep with his ideology of garbage.

“I started to understand the transformation of matter. I can’t say

how I choose my art, I am just observant of everything that is around me,” explained Szepesi.

Szepesi not only make sculptures or installations with garbage but also uses photography with garbage. He tries to come up with new ideas for art with garbage because he likes to keep things new and interesting.

“Sometimes I take pictures of telephone poles. There are staples on the poles that are left behind after a notice of a lost cat or a garage sale is put up. The paper is gone, the information is gone, but the staple is still there. To me that is garbage”, said Szepesi.

The day that I interviewed Szepesi he slammed his finger on the car door and it broke his finger in two places. He went to the hospital and got x-rays of his finger. He asked them to put it on a CD and I asked him if he is going to make art with those pictures.

“Of course!” exclaimed Szepesi.

Szepesi is a pioneer in this new type of garbage art. As this new type of art gains popularity, other artists will begin to see its creative and artistic value. But Szepesi says his art is different than most others.

“Other people use what they call as found objects which they call trash. Artists in all times have used some sort of garbage in their art because artists see the beauty beyond.”

Pictures: Photos of a section of a phone pole that George Szepesi took and edited to change the color

How-To Hairstyles: From Hollywood to Home

by Ashley L.

The Poof To make the poof, gather bangs in the front of your head. Bobby pin about a two inch section of bangs from the hairline. Making the hair Claires. bend to make a poof, pin the hair Bobbipins. $6.50 halfway back on the head. Hairspray for maximum hold. The poof looks best with straight hair or in a messy bun.

Girly Twists To get girly twists, work volumizing serum throughout hair. Take sections two inches wide from the hairlin and twist them to the ends.

Full Volume Mousse. Secure with clear elastics. Make Ulta. $20 a few throughout your hair.

Loosely curl other strands of hair from the best look.

Boho Braid To make a boho braid, take a 2-4 piece section of hair from the part and make a french braid, incorporating hair from all the way down the side. Pin the finished braid Snag-Free Hair Elastics. Sephora. $3.50 behind the ear with bobby pins or a clear elastics. Boho braids look great with wavy hair or in a messy updo.

Beachy Waves To get beachy waves, apply a curl serum to dry hair and blowdry starting at the roots. Curl hair using a wide-barrel curling iron and release after 5-10 seconds. On Loreal Hairspraylow setting, blowdry cool air onto Target. $13.49 the curls to make looser. Spray with hairspray for maximum hold.

Messy-On-Purpose Bun To get a messy-on-purpose bun, spritz hair with a shine spray. Gather hair into a loose ponytail on the back or side of the head. Seperate Kimble Shine Serum. the pony into sections and make Target. $11.99 loose curls. Pin the curls to the scalp, in different variations, using bobby pins.

Run fingers through the pinned pieces of hair to achieve the messy look.

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Operation Overrated: High Fashion By: Erin DeConcini

xtravagantly thick black eye make up, teased hair done Strike up a conversation with any fashionista, up on a stick-thin model wearing unrealistic clothing Nayeong L. for example, and you’ll get the point that is the reality of today’s fashion world. Clothing lines she doesn’t think high fashion is overrated by any such as Vivienne Westwood, Juicy Couture and Mis- means. “If you think about it, fashion is not about how soni make and sell ridiculously expensive clothing; pricy an item is, it’s about the way the garment makes in my opinion, it’s you look!” To try and undernot the most atstand Nayeong’s point of view, tractive clothing, I went to the Missoni store on- Average Model Size: 2 either. By realizing line and took look at prices and this, I came to see if maybe I was wrong about - Plus Sized Model Size: 8 one conclusion: - Average American Woman Size: 14 high fashion. What I found the high fashion in that online catalogue was world is overrated. a little shocking! A bikini was Other than extremely rich people and those who risk $405, a shawl was $1,505 and a floral hat was $310, throwing themselves into massive debt by buying high these were some of the cheapest garments on the fashion clothing, nobody can afford it, not to mention online store. The thing that was most shocking from you have to be a size two or four to even fit into the this experience was not the pricing of the clothing, but clothing. The fashion world just isn’t built for average that I could get a highly similar bikini at Target for $20 people. and one of those floral hats for $10.

Model By Numbers:

People might have started to realize how out-ofcontrol high fashion prices are; in the recent economic crisis, less and less people have been buying clothing from high-end stores like Chanel. New York Times reported that Chanel has already cut back 200 jobs, and that other big-name companies are likely to have to do the same. Perhaps the fashion world needs to think a little more about current-day economy when pricing their clothing if they want business to stay at a steady rate.

When doing more in-depth research on high fashion, I stumbled across a Chinese designer named Yumi Katsura. Katsura designed a black and white, lacey corset top that flows into a downy comforter skirt, cut up to just below the crotch. This is an example of an outfit that is definitely unrealistic. For example, imagine wearing Yumi Katusra’s original to work one day. My guess is that that dress wouldn’t be suitable for a working environment. I can also make an educated guess and say that just about nobody would wear such an outfit around their house as casual clothing. Sure, someone can wear it out to a lavish party, but that’s one of the only places one can wear it.

Whitney Thompson, size 10, was the first woman to win America’s Next Top Model as a plus-sized model.

Taking the cost of the clothing and the nature of the actual garment into account are just two things to consider about high fashion. The models are just as unrealistic as the clothing they tend to model. They are stick thin with extreme make up done by professionals, and yet most little girls want to be one. A model’s weight and what is considered “plus-size” has always been controversial, but it’s become even more shocking lately.

Recently, the fashion world declared that a woman who wears size 8 clothing is now plus-sized. Is this what should be taught to little girls? That if they aren’t stick thin then they can’t be beautiful and live the good life of a model? I think not. Young girls should be taught to love themselves just the way they are, not brainwashed to believe that a size 2 is the only way to go.

The world is obsessed with an overrated high fashion world and this is a problem. NEWS FLASH FASHION WORLD: Make cheaper clothing items, that way just about anyone can afford it, create more attractive pieces, and realize that the models don’t have to be stick thin. But for now; high fashion is a raging fire that needs to be put out.

How to make...

Creamy Goodness AKA “Peanut Butter�

1. Pour 2 cups of roasted peanuts into a food processor bowl that has metal food processor blade attached.

3. Scrape down the food processor bowl, if needed, when processing the peanuts.

2. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil.

Cover the bowl with the food processor lid and chop up the peanuts continuously for 2 to 3 minutes or until the mixture forms a ball.

4. Taste the freshly made peanut butter and add a touch of salt, if needed.

5. Add small quantities of brown sugar or molasses for a sweeter taste.

6. Spoon peanut butter into a jar and seal. Store in the refrigerator and enjoy.

Peanut Choice Awards The age old question...

Creamy or Crunchy?

Creamy

Crunchy

73%

27%

Favorite Brands: 53%

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Gourmet Italian Feast or Bad Buffet?

By Johan G.

Cannoli Joe’s is an Italian styled restaurant

back to get dessert at least 10 times. My with a buffet, which isn’t very common in favorite dish of the night was the Gemelli Italian restaurants. The new idea style was Alfredo. It is pasta with different spices either going to be a big hit or a flop beand a creamy Alfredo sauce. Man it was cause of the quality of the food. good.

Before going to Cannoli Joe’s I was

The service at Cannoli Joe’s was expecting a “gourmet Italian fest,” but exceptional because when you are seated after going I wasn’t so sure of this. Some you are first taken on a tour through the of the food was subpar quality and didn’t restaurant by a host/hostess. I found the have much flavor to it. Most of the food tour tranquil and new because this the first seemed like it had been sitting out for a time that I had ever gone on a tour of a while. A good thing about Cannoli Joe’s is restaurant. It made me feel like a celebrity that there are all types of Italian food, from when the host was taking me around. The pizzas to fillet minon, so you’re bound to food was also made very quick and when like some of it. There is also a variety of a dish was gone it would be back there in different desserts which I thought was bet- 5 minutes but this might also be the reater than the food because it made me go son why the food doesn’t have very much

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flavor.

The atmosphere at Cannoli Joe’s was like being at a 5-star restaurant. When I walked in all I heard was the slight chatter

of the people and the quiet Italian music. I felt calm in the resturant and it was somewhat peaceful. It was clean, the food was made cleanly and there was no mess in the buffet, and the people working there were friendly. It’s a nice place to take the family for a night out or to take a date for a quiet evening.

My rating for the restaurant would be a 6 out of 10. The service and atmosphere were great but the food wasn’t and I was expecting mor out of this “gourmet Itlaian feast”.

Canoli Joe’s is located at 4715 US Hwy 290 West, Austin, TX 78745 near Burger Stadium

Best Austin Bites

Stuck in a food rut? Try Johan’s top picks Thai Kitchen

Why I choose it: Thai kitchen has some of the best Asian cuisine that I have ever tried. The food tastes very fresh and most of the time is served in an uaual way, either is pippin hot or served in a bowl being boiled on an open fire.

What to order: Phat Zee-Eew Sai Kai with chicken and for desert the sticky rice with mango Location/Hours: 803 E. William Cannon Austin Tx 78745 Mon - Sun: 11:30am - 2:30pm 5:00pm - 9:30pm

Taqueria Arandinas

Why I choose it: The food at Taqueria Arandinas reminds me of my moms home made Mexicano food.

The food is cheap but also made very good.

What to order: 3 cheese enchiladas with green salsa and rice Locartion/Hours: 1011 Reinli St Austin, TX 78723

P. Terrys

Why I choose it: The first time I tried P. Terry’s I knew this was the burger for me. P. Terrys also some of the best fries ever.

What to order: Double combo meal with lemonade Location/Hours: 404 S. Lamar blvd., Austin, TX 78704 Daily:11am-11pm

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BEST Austin Food-Trailers

by Hallie C.

Holy Cacao-open 12 PM-8 PM on Sunday and Tues-Thurs and 12 PM-10 PM Fri-Sat

Located in south Austin 1207 S 1st austin, TX 78704, the Holy Cacao is best known for its cake balls on a stick, commonly eaten at parties and other special occasions. This trailer’s deserts are all orignal recipes, ranging from a frozen hot-chocolate to cake-shakes; probably one of the better desert trailers

Hey Cupcake-open Tues-Thurs N. 9AM-PM S. 12PM-9PM; Fri N. 9 AM to 10 PM S.12PM-10PM;

Saturday N.11AM-10PM S.12PM-8PM There are two sites of this trailer, N. Austin at 5530 Burnet Road and S. Austin at 1600 Block of S. Congress each with a large cupcake upon the roof. Both food-trailers have sweet and sugary cupcakes that have the customers returning often, the red-velvet cupcake and michael jackson their most popular.

Torchy’s Tacos-Mon-Wed 7AM-10PM; Thurs-Fri 7AM-11PM; Sat 8AM-11PM; Sun 8AM-10 PM Looking for tasty tacos? This is the place. Toppings range from bacon to chorizo and a variety of spicy sauces. The trailer is located at 2809 S. 1st St. and 2801 Guadolupe St. This food trailer won’t deliver its tacos but offers catering and parties to all its customers.

The Best Wurst-Open Wed-Sat 8PM-3AM

If you enjoy juicy and spicy sausages, then head over to Best Wurst, a favorite of many downtown foodtrailer lovers. This trailer knows how to lay on the grease while keeping it at a managble level. Check it out at 6th St. and Jacinto Blvd.

Kebabalicious-Open Sat-Sun 9AM-3AM and on Wed 11PM-3AM

Head down to E. 7th St. and try a gyro. This food-trailer is one of the few that doesn’t fall into the category of “street meat” and can provide a variety of delicious turkish wraps and kebabs. This trailer offers foods that are appatizing to everyone and has a truly tasty sauce for their kababs.

Drinks Down

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By Johan G

Underage drinking in a big problem in high school and college students because of the deaths related to underage drinkers. Every year underage drinkers are forced to drink in secret at friends house’s or some other place that they had to drive too, making them have to drive while drunk when they go home. But if the drinking age was lowered then those underage drinkers could drink in a supervised environment making them less of a danger on the roads and to themselves.

The legal age for drinking should be lowered from 21 to 18.

This means that teens will be able to buy alcohol too. But I think anyone 18 to 21 should only be able buy alcohol in bars or restaurants so there is someone watching them purchase the alcohol.

When they turn 21 they can start buying alcohol in stores.

Every year 5,000 young people die under the age of 21 die from underage drinking, mostly either from drunken driving or homicide. This is because these people were unsupervised when they were drinking so they couldn’t stop themselves from drinking too much. If the drinking age

is lowered then the underage drinkers can drink is bars or when an adult is supervising the party so they will be safer. This will reduce the number of deaths a year related to underage drinking. If the drinking age is lowered and parents accept that their son or daughter drinks then they will be able to trust each other more.

When you turn 18 you are considered an adult. I mean you can do everything that an older person can do except buy alcohol. You can vote, drive, smoke, and even go into the army. Why would you let someone join the army but not give them the right to drink? If someone thinks that they are not mature enough to drink at 18 then why do you think they are mature enough to vote for the next president or be in the army. Also when someone turns 18 they have to be more responsible because at that time most students are going to college and have a job so why not let them drink.

Some say that 18 year olds make so many mistakes when they drink but that’s only because they have just started to drink. A 21 year old is going to make the same mistakes if they start to drink.

Lowering the drinking age also won’t affect the younger kids as much. Some might say that this will tempt younger kids to try alcohol or make it easy for them to get it but right now teens are already able to get alcohol. Right now 71% of eight graders say it’s easy for them to get alcohol. So it’s going to be the same, even if the drinking age is lowered.

Today alcohol is always going to be a problem so having the drinking age at 21 is a bad idea and should be lowered to 18. This will show to teens how important alcohol is and how mature they need to be when they are under the influence.

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Pass the Bong...Legally

By Daniel G

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For those who aren’t high enough on life, a opposes efforts for legalization put forth by certain “herb” will take you even further. It the public, regardless of the legitimate stagoes by many names: candy, grass, ganja, tistics that are brought to the table. About pot, and cannabis to name a few. But its 850,000 people were arrested in the year trademark name is “marijuana”. The ston2007 for pot-related crimes (most for simple ers think of it as possession), an obthe holy herb; noxious and unthe government called-for number. thinks of it as Even though most their worst nightof these citizens mare. don’t deserve to go

Marijuana to jail for having an has existed ounce of pot, the throughout all of government insists recorded history otherwise. as we know it

From a logical (the oldest stash standpoint, most dated to about ganja smokers 2,000 years aren’t even crimiago), but has nals. Having some only been illegal marijuana in ones since 1937. If rehome only disrupts legalized, reguthe public because lated, and taxed each purchase fuels for recreational the black market. purposes, mediThe users themcine, and textile selves are not danhemp use, the gerous. Most likely, Photo courtesy of marijuana industhey’ll just light up try could easily bring in a few a reefer, sit on the couch, and Salem News billion dollars more of govlisten to Pink Floyd like the ernment revenue every year. stereotypes suggest. But the We would save money we waste on current government still insists that marijuana users prohibition and have a new source of inare a large threat to the public. Take a look come, and there is evidence to back this up at what places like Vancouver and Amsterall over the place. However, the government dam have done with drug policy. In Van-

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couver, it isn’t legal, The idea of but the police force medical maridoesn’t do anyjuana is a fairly thing about posforeign concept session because to those who those people aren’t interested aren’t harmin legalization. In ing anyone. In a nutshell, people Amsterdam, can use the psychoacyou can buy the tive chemicals called drug in coffee shops. No cannabinoids (the most violent crimes in these cities common being THC) to “Medical Marijuana” have a direct correlation with relieve uncomfortable Photo courtesy of pot use, so these policies have and possibly harmful side wise4living.com obviously worked. Too bad our affects. There is an FDA government thinks they haven’t. approved drug called ma The danger in marijuana resides in rinol which is basically synthesized THC, how it enters the country and makes it into but this is less effective than the plant itself American homes, the drug cartels. This is because other cannabinoids like cannabithe one thing the government can logically dol are necessary for the correct relief. The back up and the smoker community can government has a very hypocritical stance agree with. The guys who work on the car- on medical marijuana because though they tels are quite literally the scum of the earth, insist that marijuana doesn’t have mekilling anyone who could cause any type dicinal benefits, they allow prescription of of problem (including looking at your boss THC, the same chemical they consider very with a strange face). Look at Juarez, Mexico dangerous and harmful. Many movements for example. The town is filled with chaos are being made in individual states to make and death because of drug cartels. This medical marijuana legal, and to those makes a users source unreliable and posstates, kudos. sibly even dangerous is the drug is laced

It’s about time the government stops with a more dangerous drug. If the govern- ignoring facts and realizes the truth; it’s a ment could safely regulate the herb, no one plant, just like all others, but with a little would buy from these unreliable sources, psychoactive cherry on top. So government, and the cartels would instantly run out of listen to the 20 million people who have money and dissapear. The cartels live on been innocently arrested for living life to only because they are the only sources of the fullest. Legalize it, don’t criticize it! drugs.

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Meet the Staff Johan G is a freshman at Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, Texas. He is 15 years old and his music taste consists of Kanye West, Wisin y Yandel, Cartel De Santa, Calle 13, Grandmaster Flash, Common and Lupe Fiasco. Johan’s music centers around rap music. He always likes to be in a good mood, so it’s rare that you catch him down. He hates when people put labels on other things. The reason he wrote his favorite article was because of his love for food.

If you ever want a good meal, then give Johan a call and have him fix you up something real nice. Go look at Johan’s article on peanut butter.

Daniel G. is a guitarist, all-around music

lover, and has recently discovered the world of Taoism. His favorite bands are Ween, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Boards of Canada, and Anberlin. However, he is open to whatever music you can throw at him. In his free time, he usually plays his guitars; a BC Rich Warlock and a 1970’s Martin Acoustic (worth around 3000 dollars). He also likes to walk around downtown with friends and goof around on his computer.

His favorite article to write was “One Love: Austin Reggae Festival”. He enjoys music festivals and reggae, so he was excited to do a photo essay on a combo of the two. Check it out!

Erin D. is a freshman at

Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School in Austin, Texas. She is 15 years old, and music is her life!

The reason Erin wrote most of her articles on music is due to her love of it. Saosin, Bring Me The Horizon, Nevershoutnever!, Hadouken!, A Day To Remember, and Enter Shikari are a few of the artists found in the “most played” section of her ipod.

Erin is currently forming a band with her friends, so if you’re in the need of a jam session, go ahead and give her a ring.

Check out her Austin Music Festival guide on page 9.

Ashley L.

is fourteen and lives in Austin, Texas.

She enjoys soccer, volleyball and horseback riding in her free time.

Her musical tastes revolve around country music and pop, pretty much anything played on 96.7 KISS FM or 100.7 KASE 101.

She enjoys chick-flicks and Harry Potter when it comes to movies and is a huge fan of musicals, especially ones starring Zac Efron. She got her first taste of modeling, along with co-writer Erin D. in “How-to-Hairstyles: From Hollywood to Home”. In the future she hopes to attend either Texas Tech or Texas A&M. Anything but UT! Check out Ashley’s country music spread on page 7.

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Hallie C. is 15 and lives in the live music capi-

tal of the world, Austin, Texas. She likes music genres ranging from country to alternative rock.

Her favorite bands are Sum 41, Three Days Grace, Nickelback, Rascal Flatts, Submersed, Kelly Clarkson, Evanescence, Avenue Q, Greenday, Linkin Park, Bowling for Soup, and Skillet. Her hobbies include reading, listening to music, riding her bike, and being with her friends.

Look for her articles ranging from the topics of

favorite bands to the different cultural foods.