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February 14, 2018
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Goldrick-Rab shares how education and lifestyle go hand in hand
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Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology at Temple University, spoke at the ASC on Feb. 9 about the importance of adequate food and shelter for students.
Olivia Belcher Tejano Tribune Where is my next meal going to come from and will I get to eat at all today? Am I going to be able to sleep on their couch again or will I have to find elsewhere? These are just two of the questions that students enduring food and shelter insecurities ask themselves on a daily basis. More than 30 percent of college students are living with food and shelter insecurities in Wisconsin universities and colleges alone, according to the Wisconsin HOPE Lab founded by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab. Goldrick-Rab is a professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology at Temple University and an activist for not only students who are living in poverty, but for all students. Goldrick-Rab gave a speech on Feb. 9 at the EPCC Administrative Services Center, to an audience of EPCC faculty, staff, students and fans. Goldrick-Rab, visiting El Paso for the first time, said, “I knew the work that I do would resonate here. I just didn’t know how unique of a situation you all have being on the border, especially when it comes to education and lifestyle. You all have a lot to teach the nation.” Her main point is that yes, financial aid is available to students to take care of tuition and supplies but it does not include
living expenses aside from the fact that okay to just sit in your house and be fine. the financial aid department frowns upon When we sit down for dinner, I think of using aid money for living expenses. the people who don’t have dinner and I At EPCC alone, 85 percent of its worry about it all the time.” 29,000 students are receiving financial She has devoted almost 20 years aid and 97 percent of those students to this issue and has raised awareness receive Pell Grants. nationwide through many forms of On the one hand, the student’s media. schooling is taken care of but on the Goldrick-Rab has appeared on the other hand, how is the student supposed Daily Show with Trevor Noah, been to succeed without proper shelter and published in the New York Times, wrote regular access to food? an Amazon best-seller "I knew the work that I “Paying the Price” and Goldrick-Rab expressed that, “It is do would resonate here. even testified before the insanely sad that so I just didn’t know how United States Senate many people go home unique of a situation you Committee on Health, to their families and are all have being on the Education, Labor and not even aware that there border, especially when it Pensions, chaired by are homeless college comes to education and Senators Tom Harkin students, with no food or lifestyle. You all have a lot and Lamar Alexander. place to sleep.” Goldrick-Rab says to teach the nation." Her sights are set on “the fact that I get to turn taking action and finding to my 11-year-old and - Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab solutions for hungry and say ‘mommy is going to homeless students rather be on the Daily Show, than not acknowledging it; “the one thing and not only that, but mommy gets to tell I like more than data is action.” the whole nation that there are homeless Goldrick-Rab did not personally go college students’ and he gets that. It is through food insecurity and homelessness just so amazing that we get to tell people as a child or college student but her passion what is really going on. By telling Trevor is driven by something deeper, “My Noah, suddenly everyone knew.” grandfather has been really important in Speech Communication Professor my life and he always talked about the Rebekah Bell’s thoughts on Goldrickimportance of education and has always Rab’s speech are, “I have never seen told me that we have an obligation to someone put the issue so succinctly. each other. He taught me that it isn’t I have heard people say, ‘oh it’s bad at
Mission [del Paso campus] or we have a lot of students in need at VV’ but I haven’t seen someone connect all those dots and say, ‘it is everywhere.’” Bell also shared that, “I had a student in my class just last week who told me that he has an instructor buying him and his family groceries because he can’t afford them. I feel like we need to act on that. We need to start being creative about a solution because if there was one solution, the students would have already found it. I know President Serrata and his team are more than ready and willing to act.” EPCC Student Government President Andrea Porras-Portillo shared a personal comment about Goldrick-Rab’s book; “Her book and shortened essay were very enlightening and I realized that I’m going through a form of food insecurity myself. There are times I can’t afford to go out and I don’t have anything at my house to make so sometimes I only eat once a day or not at all. I didn’t realize it, but I felt it, if that makes sense. There is a joke in my family that when we tell my mom ‘I’m hungry’ she says, ‘are you sure you’re not thirsty’ so that we would drink water and fill up.” Portillo also voiced many strategies that she felt would be effective here at EPCC. See Food and Shelter page 6
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Students get ahead of the game at Z building
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The architecture Z building at Valle Verde allows students to learn and interact in its innovative facilities as they work towards their degree.
Javier De La Hoz Tejano Tribune Last semester EPCC opened their newest facility, the architecture building. This spring is the second semester the “Z building” has been open. Students cannot get over it, the outstanding all-window design and state of the art professors make this building and this department, one of EPCC’s most innovative majors. Alejandro Mireles, EPCC Architecture Coordinator, mentions that he, other faculty members and students, voiced their opinions to David Alvidrez, from Alvidrez Architecture, as to what they would like and need for the building. “Before we were in a portable and one classroom, so everything that you see was in those two spaces. It was very hard to teach architecture but we still had success,” Mireles said. “Now with the facility, not only are they taking pride of the building but also, pride of their designs.” Mireles mentions that the students have outdone themselves and are always willing to improve with each project and improve their craft. All the displays and pieces in the lobby are student made. The students work hard and put in a lot of time in order for them to be prideful about displaying them around the building.
The Z building is filled with new features and teaching methods that seem unorthodox but is standard to other architecture programs. For example, building Z has no inner walls, it is one, open and connected floor plan.This feature improves students’ creative development and gives the necessary space for all their projects. Foundation Studios, a program that most architecture schools follow, typically consists of 8 studios. EPCC only hosts three at moment with the fourth one coming soon. Foundation Studio classes hold up to 15 students per session. Studio 3 is mainly about construction, in which you make a lot of models, so having a big space is essential. Before students had to keep stuff in their homes or even their cars. Here at EPCC, the foundation studio allows classes to use the entire facility. One of the unconventional methods in the program is that some projects have midnight deadlines called ‘Pin-ups’ and students have to pin up their work by that time for professors to grade. There is a myth that non-architecture students aren’t allowed to go inside, this is not true; both students and faculty are encouraged to walk into the lobby and even upstairs to a certain point. Everyone that walks in, however, needs to understand that there are still classes
going on and any noise must be minimal. Mireles mentions that visitors can relax and study in the lobby if they are quiet. Like other architecture programs nationwide, the Z building is open 24 hours, seven days a week. However, the building is closed to the public at 8 p.m. and only architecture majors (or professors) are allowed in afterwards. Students seem to enjoy this feature. “It’s very great to have this space that is open 24 hours because sometimes we don’t have the space at home,” Pricilla Morales, Architecture major, said. This 24-hour rule isn’t new, it also applied when the department was a portable and one classroom. Mireles shares that all of this was possible through a grant from the Department of Education since hispanic architects are scarce. The nearest architecture school to El Paso is Texas Tech in Lubbock, at least 5-hours away.Texas Tech brought their School of Architecture to El Paso with a campus located downtown. So now, EPCC students are able to complete the first two years of their bachelor’s program and then transfer to Texas Tech without having to move away from the Sun City. Since the process to become an architect is so long, EPCC encourages students to graduate as fast as possible to they can start their professional careers right away.
Parking garage proposal upsets nearby residents Brandon Le Master Tejano Tribune The El Paso Community College District is proposing a brand new parking garage at the Rio Grande campus. The project is scheduled to start construction summer of this year and scheduled for completion in late 2019 or early 2020. This project is one of many that are being laid out for the EPCC “Master Plan.” The entire project will cost about $115.2 million dollars that will be rolled out over a period of years. It will include expansions and numerous other projects to help improve the college in the future. According to Ruben Gallardo, EPCC Purchasing Director, the project will add “three additional floors of parking spaces for students, faculty, and staff.
The last four floors will house additional classrooms.” It will offset 100 parking spaces and add approximately 400 more. The cost of this project is 23.1 million dollars and is expected to add 65,200 gross square feet of classrooms and labs space. As of right now, there is not enough parking to accommodate all students, faculty and staff. Often, students who commute by bus must walk a mile and half to the Rio Grande Campus on foot. While others who drive, must park farther away from campus depending on the time of day. Most students must park farther away from campus. “This plan will ensure that future students at El Paso Community College students will have some of the best advances in technology both on campus and in the classroom and will ensure that future
generations will have the best and most affordable college education possible. The El Paso Community College District was able to secure these funds without raising taxes,” Gallardo said.
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OPINION
3 February 14, 2018
What the past three years have meant
Molly Schrader Molly's Mentions
I keep getting asked “what I plan to do” after moving away from my significant other for college. The answer to this is not a simple one but in pondering this, I’ve reflected on my three-year relationship and what I’ve gathered from it. To begin with, I went into the relationship without the intention of it lasting long. Both he and I originally thought we were going to move right after senior year of high school. I think chemistry, as opposed to time, played the bigger role, if not entirely the reason, why we decided to start exclusively dating. Even if it would only be for a few months. Chemistry played such a significant role for me that even though we only knew each other for a few days, I felt confident in the boyfriend-girlfriend label within the same week. This doesn’t work for everyone but I realized in that week that I would rather dive in than test the waters with this person. If someone were to ask me what
our first date was, I wouldn’t really But, there is also beauty in becoming know how to answer that because two halves of a whole. our relationship was very much I find it wonderful that you can based on conversation. become so in sync with someone Conversations about travel, why and grow to be two peas in a pod. the world is the way it is, other It’s a beautiful concept but people, politics, television, history, it’s not healthy or realistic. In my religion, anything. experience, distance really does We didn’t make the heart grow necessarily have a fonder. "I like that our foundation first “official” date to It wasn’t just wasn’t about spending the movies or had a money on dates or an in the beginning of fancy dinner. All of obsession with intimacy our relationship that that came later. or going to parties or just moving away was a There was never simply having someone possibility. any ice that needed to there because everyone Throughout all be broken, it felt more else had someone." three years it was like I was swimming always imminent. around in his mind Yet, we still kept and his thoughts. going. I like that our foundation wasn’t People on the outside of your about spending money on dates or relationship can’t help but gossip an obsession with intimacy or going about you and assume things. to parties or just simply having The ones who knew we had someone there because everyone future plans that didn’t include one else had someone. another, would ask us ‘what is the Our friendship and point of staying together’ and that, companionship was established so ‘if we really loved the other person, quickly that it became symbiotic. we would just break up.’ There was a time when we were Hearing that really emphasizes too dependent of one another and to me how much a long-term spending too much time together. relationship becomes a little world. Everything can’t be about the One that other people don’t and other person and after being with can’t understand. someone every day for so long, you It’s worth it to me to have each become one half of the same stayed in a relationship that has an person. impending expiration date because I had to realize early on that in it’s all an experience and worthwhile. a balanced relationship each person In three years we’ve traveled, has to be their own entity. cooked, watched Star Wars, fought, It’s easy to say and easy to think matured and supported one another; but when you’ve already immersed but I am also his best friend. yourself in a relationship, it’s also There are just too many frivolous easy to forget who you were before, relationships in this world and if your opinions, your idiosyncrasies people would put more meaning and and sometimes your own friends. effort, it will work out. It did for me.
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Whats the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? "A stuffed poodle it was really big and my dad gave it to me. It was significant to me because he surprised me at school when he came back from Iraq and I was really emotional when I saw him."
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Well, well, well, look who’s back again for more affection. I get that I’m the ‘Will Smith-Hitch’ “love” guy but sometimes I just want to talk. When do I ever get my attention? Whatever, while we’re talking I might as well talk about codependency and how this year you don’t need to be with someone you’re not supposed to just for the sake of having a hand to squeeze. Are you buying what I’m selling? You’re beautiful and deserve flowers
Kafka-esque how relentless I am in finding your merit based future relationship. Be patient in joining “the rest,” this is just a suggestion. For you’re free to pick your master in this. The game has no rules but guide lines are present, don’t forget. Present yourself as a present as only God, mother nature or the progress of evolution intended. Did I mention the tremendous ascension of the heart is eminent and intense? Prepare for the take off or should I say, the plunge into the lovbyss. Ratatat I upgraded and shot some runaways. Quick! Go follow the trace, make that one cutie get a taste. Take the bait, don’t debate, race to the chase. In flight to fight for great times and days that turn into the next, there’s no sense of pace. On its face, everything seems strange but even solitude will make you an acquaintance. Muah, trust with much love, don’t valentine the saint.
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"I received a really big bear in eighth grade and it was significant to me because he was my first and only valentine. For a matter of fact, he will be my valentine again."
"A teddy bear and chocolates that my girlfriend got for me. I know it’s a basic thing but the intentions of the present are where it meant a lot for me since we are both on a tight budget. I wasn’t really expecting anything. "
Here's to looking at you, Valentine not to amend but just for the occasion of being Tuesday and perhaps on the third before the Fourth of July and also on all 12 days of Christmas. I get it, everyone’s got a bae but everything’s not right when you’re a slave. Gosh darn it, be brave, break the chains, buy the flowers yourself and redecorate your mental estate. Send messages to your best of friends on that special day and tell your parents and grandparents to behave cause you still want them to celebrate but are afraid they’ll outdo your rage. Engage, don’t go gentle if the two roads always end up in the same place. Explore new territory, journey onward. The fill in the blank disaster passed and when the punchline hits, try to embrace the joy and laughter. Oppress the urge of devoting to a quest filled with meaningless stress. The connection is coming, don’t question the best lover of all epics and even rarest legends. I got your back, period. I’m determined to bring nothing but elegance. It’s
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SPORTS
4 February 14, 2018
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EPCC baseball and softball trying to find their way Staff Report Tejano Tribune
With just four games left before the start of Western Junior College Athletic Conference play, the EPCC Tejanos baseball team is hoping the start of league action will lead to a reboot of a disappointing season. The Tejanos dropped four straight to Central Arizona over the weekend to fall to 4-13. After sweeping a short two-game series against Eastern Arizona on Feb. 6, the Tejanos were clobbered in the four games by Central Arizona. Things got so bad for EPCC that they dropped two of the four games by identical 23-0 scores. The Tejanos will have to improve their pitching numbers if they’re going to have any chance in league play. The pitching staff is allowing nearly eight runs per game while the offense is only scoring half that. Adrian Gomes, Isaac Corral and Alejandro Moreno lead the tea with 14, 13 and 12 hits respectively. Gomez and Corral are tied for the team lead in runs scored with nine. Moreno leads the team in runs batted in with 10. The Tejanos hitters will also have to get better at putting the ball in play and getting on base. They’ve
walked only 23 times this season while striking out 93 times. EPCC will travel to Douglas, Az. this weekend to take on the Cochise College Apaches, who are 2-4 on the season. The Tejanos and Apaches will play two games on Friday and two more on Saturday. Both doubleheaders get underway at 2 p.m. EPCC begins conference play on Feb. 23 against New Mexico Military Institute. The four-game series, in Hobbs, NM, will consist of a doubleheader on that Friday and another on Saturday.
The EPCC softball team dropped two of three over the weekend to fall to 3-10 in 2018. The Tejanas competed in the Midland Spring Classic tournament, beating Lamar 8-3 for their third win of the season. EPCC returns home for an eight-game home stand beginning with four games this weekend. The Tejanas face Cisco at 11 a.m. and then Colby at 4 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, they’ll host Colby at 11 a.m. and then Cisco at 4 p.m. A week later, the Tejanas take on Northwest Kansas
Tech in a four-game series. The first doubleheader takes place on Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. and the final two games get underway at 1 p.m. on Feb. 24.
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Alejandro Moreno is batting .343 this season and leads the Tejanoas with 10 runs batted in.
Tuition & Fees Committee to meet at the Valle Verde Campus The Tuition and Fees Committee will hold a meeting at the Valle Verde Campus, Conference Room B240 on Monday, February 19, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed tuition and fee schedule for the 2017/18 academic year. For more information, please call Josette Shaughnessy at 831-6401.
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ON THE SCENE
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Architecture students getting the most out of the new Z BUILDING AT the Valle Verde Campus as it enters its second semester.
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CAMPUS LIFE EPCC Science Bowl showcases students' genius 6
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On Feb. 10 at the Valle Verde campus, the Science Bowl took place in the A building. The Science Bowl is a middle school and high school competition but in El Paso, they only host it on the high school level. Plans to extend the competition to middle school, is in the works. The two teams that competed this year were Valle Verde (Team A) and the Northwest campus (Team B). Valle Verde (Team A) came out victorious after shutting out Northwest (Team B) 42-0. “The Science Bowl is a Jeopardy style competition and it’s a combination of math, science, engineering, physics, astronomy, renewable energy, biology and geology,” Mendoza said. This is a yearly event held by EPCC that has been going on for 11 years so far. Gabriel Mendoza, mathematics instructor, described what the Science Bowl is and the types of questions given from different related subjects as the event goes along. “You get five players, four get to participate and then at halftime you get to switch one of your players,” Mendoza said. “All four players from both teams have a buzzer to buzz in an answer. The way it works is simple. If one team buzzes in and doesn’t get the answer right, the other team has an opportunity to get the correct answer. If both teams don’t guess the correct answer, the person asking the questions will then give the correct answer then move on to the next question.”
Food and Shelter Of course, there is no one way to fix this that will be effective alone. I feel like it is going to take multiple strategies and multiple groups of people collaborating everywhere, not just here at the college.” One of them being, “I thought about having a budget
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The Valle Verde campus Science Bowl, which was composed of two teams, had an array of science related questions.
Whomever wins the competition is given the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. with all expenses paid for. That includes lodging, airfare, buffet style breakfast, lunch and dinner and they get to visit local
congressman, Will Hurd. The winning team will also get the opportinity to walk through the National Mall and explore all of the Smithsonian museums.
from page 1 set up for the concessions that we have here on campus, like Subway, and give them say $1000 to feed needy students for free. Portillo wants action to be taken and change to happen as much as everyone else does and she says, “I appreciate the position that I am in where I
can actually say something, and I can address the board and the President with solutions.” There are many ways individuals can help alleviate the hardships many students are going through. Donating to food pantries and donation closets are
simple things that make a huge difference. There is a food pantry located at the EPCC Valle Verde campus that works to “minimize hunger among our students by providing free, accessible, and nutritious food” and they are always accepting donations.
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For those who are in need of the food pantry’s services, there is information online at www. epcc.edu. An appointment can also be made through the Director of Student Leadership and Campus Life, Arvis C. Jones ajones22@ epcc.edu or 915-831-2712.
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FEATURE Chinese New Year
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El Paso Community College is presenting their second Chinese New Year’s event on Feb. 16 in the Valle Verde Cafeteria Annex. Campus Life is organizing this cultural celebration complete with dancing performances, food and presentations honoring Chinese culture. This year, the Chinese calendar falls under the Year of the Dog. According to The Sun, a UK based news outlet, if you are born on a dog year, you are serious person who can take care of things and has a straightforward personality. The event will have dance performances by Edgemere Elementary and Western Hills Academy Dance. You can also expect to see and taste traditional Chinese food such as dumplings. “We are trying to convert the annex like a little Chinatown. We are going to have Chinese lanterns and decorate as much as possible to resemble as much as possible,” event director, Karen Salinas, said. “I’m mostly excited for the presentations because it going to be authentic, the performances, the food; so, it will be a real taste
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of what happens during new year event.” It’s a first for such an event to be done here in Valle Verde, “The first event was held at the Northwest Campus in 2008 so after 10 years I really want people to experience this event with their families. We hope the event is successful, so we can continue to bring it every year,” Salinas said. The event is free, families can go and current students will be asked to bring their school ID for the event. It will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. So, if you are free this Friday, stop by the Annex and enjoy a little piece of China right here in your community. Any student organization who would like to participate can contact Karen Salinas at (915) 831-2660 by Feb. 15.
2018 is the Chinese year of the dog.
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COLD STRESS PART 2 ILLNESSES Hypothermia occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can return to normal. Symptoms of hypothermia such as shivering can begin when your body temperature drops to 95°F or less. More severe symptoms are you stop shivering, loss of hand coordination, confusion, slurred speech, heart and breathing rate slows, and loss of consciousness. Death is also possible if nothing is done. Frostbite starts when your skin and tissues underneath freeze. Low temperatures or a wind chill factor can cause frostbite to occur faster. Symptoms can include reddened skin with gray or blue patches, numbness, your skin feels hard/firm, and blisters may form. Amputation may need to occur.
ENTERTAINMENT Call Me By Your Name exceeds expectations
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(L-R) Armie Hammer as "Oliver" and Timothee Chalamet as "Elio" star in the film adaption of Andre Aciman's 2007 novel, "Call Me By Your Name."
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Intertwining graphic simplicity and a dormant love affair, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Call Me By Your Name highlights the struggle same-sex couples faced in the early 80s. The film is set in northern Italy and follows the blossoming relationship between Elio, played by Timothee Chalamet, and Oliver, played by Armie Hammer. My first impression of the film was adornment for its
camera work. Since the film was primarily shot in an unnamed Italian countryside, the film is decorated with lush orchards and still rivers, making each shot more aesthetically pleasing than the last. Paired with a soundtrack that features indie song writer Sufjan Stevens, the music creates a sense of nostalgia that accurately evokes each emotion felt by the couple. What really makes this film intriguing is the growing passion between Elio and Oliver. Oliver, visiting on business with Elio’s father, seems
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in denial about his sexuality, while Elio struggles to understand his own. While both men attempt to avoid their feelings for each other, they find it hard to stray. This passion is emphasized by each character’s performance which brought to life the chemistry felt by both performers on screen. What makes this lengthy film unique is the fact that the story’s climax happens toward the latter part of the movie. This technique wraps up the symbolic love felt between the two and helps us understand the true theme of the film which highlights the internal conflict that follows a person unsure of their sexuality. I didn’t find myself bored with the film but it is relatively lengthy. With a running time over two hours, the film’s lingering storyline was reflective of the time it took the pair to realize their true feelings for each other. I would recommend this film to anyone that enjoys a thoroughly written love story. The plot might have taken a while to build but for me, it reminded me of the reality of falling in love. It doesn’t happen overnight and for those that have the additional burden of facing backlash for who they choose to love, the result is rewarding and realistic. From character development to cinematic excellence, Call Me By Your Name exceeded my preconceived expectations and taught me that the little details within a film can make the biggest impact. I would generously give this film five out of five stars and advise audience members to have plenty of Kleenex on hand.
Black Panther soundtrack is a true masterpiece Juan Granados Tejano Tribune
Although it’s much bigger, the panther, like a cat, always lands on its feet. The black panther is no different and so begins the roll out for Marvel’s next big project with the early release of the Black Panther album, curated by none other then T.D.E. One of the most influential, provocative and critically acclaimed hip hop labels. Masterminded by the visionary and multiple Grammy-award-winning artist Kendrick Lamar, the album boasts features from prestigious mainstream acts such as Anderson.Paak, SZA, Zacari, the Weeknd, Vince Staples, Swae Lee, Travis Scott, Future, 2 Chains, the El Paso raised kid Khalid and fellow rap elite Black
Hippie members Ab-soul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q as well as performances from James Blake and Jorja Smith. Considering the amount of ethnically diverse talent driving the piece forward, it’s easy to predict that this film is gonna be a much different entry from any other superhero stories even blade. Something big is said when a potentially billion-dollar-making franchise has chosen to go with a soundtrack aggressively drenched in conscious hip hop. The album itself conceptually follows the struggles of the black panther or king Kendrick losing his way and becoming a slave to killmonger. After touching base with his African roots both sonically and lyrically, he is able to be redeemed and the celebration is ready to commence.
Lamar, like with his personal work, does an amazing job blending the accessible with what needs to be heard by not lamenting his heritage or white washing his usual approach. As to be expected, some tracks do stand out as weak when placed next to some of the truck knockers on here like in “The Ways” and “All the Stars.” Others stand out just for their aesthetically pleasing and eclectic execution such as “I am”, “Bloody Waters” and “Seasons.” Other intense hits include “Black Panther”, “X”, “Opps”, “Paramedic!” and to an extent, “Kings Dead” which would be a contender for song of the year if they would’ve cut out Future’s most corny appearances to date. Lamar has many guest spots besides the songs where he is credited as the main
artist like near the end of “I am” when he dances around Jorja Smiths vocals like a butterfly but stings like a bee on “X.” All in all, the album as a stand alone is a solid project with a lot of replay value. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Chadwick Boseman in Marvel's "Black Panther."
February 14 - February 22