The Sandspur vol 121 issue 19

Volume 121 Issue 19 Thursday, March 19, 2015

Summer on the brain Professors dicuss their Maymester classes, with topics ranging from video games to rappers. page 3

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Istanbul, Turkey Three British teenagers were placed into custody in Turkey’s capital and subsequently returned to the United Kingdom after attempting to make their way to Syria to perpetuate terrorist acts. Scotland Yard, the British investigative agency, contacted the Turkish government after receiving intelligence about the intentions of the boys.

The boys had travelled to Turkey via Barcelona when they were stopped at the airport and taken into custody. The cooperation between the Turkish and British governments came not long after Turkey accused the United Kingdom of withholding information when three British female teenagers travelled from London to Syria via Turkey to possibly join ISIS.

Australian Air Force has already Port Vila, Vanuatu The small archipelago nation begun to fly C-130s packed with of Vanuatu in the South Pacific supplies in.

São Paolo, Brazil took a direct hit from Cyclone Brazil has seen hundreds of Pam. Communication lines have been wiped out and the country thousands partake in protests over the weekhas been left in what is deend over anger at the current state scribed as an “The small of the Brazilian “apocalyptic state.” The ma- archipelago nation government. The rst wave drew jority of the esof Vanuatu in the fiout about 12,000 timated 260,000 South Pacific took protestors who residents have backed the govbeen displaced a direct hit from ernment, such as due to destrucCyclone Pam.” labor unions and tion of homes social activists and roads and that support cureight have been reported dead rent president thus far. Bauerfield Internation- Dilma Rousseff. The next wave, al Airport in Port Vila has been which arrived the two days folpartially reopened in order to lowing, took place across 74 citreceive aid shipments and the ies with 580,000 people in São

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Paolo alone. Brazilians are protesting a faltering economy and an enormous corruption scandal involving a national oil corporation.

Ferguson, Missouri Two police officers were shot outside of the city’s police headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri, just hours after Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigned when a report revealed widespread racial bias in the department. One officer was shot in the face and the other in the shoulder; they remain in stable but critical condition. The police department made two arrests in connection to the shooting nearly 48 hours after the initial incident. The city has seen an immense amount of protests since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson cop.

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Maymester classes offer everything from monsters to rappers A comprehensive list that explores the various offerings provided this summer at Rollins.

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Beach Reads/ENG 234/M-F/ 9a.m.-11:30 a.m./ Zimmerman/Orlando 213 Escape to paradise this May—with the ultimate beach reads! Join this literary journey to mythical far-away islands, the pristine beaches of Thailand, and the blue waters off the coast of Florida. Soak up the sun while you foster critical thinking skills and build sandcastles as you build your understanding of this literature. We will focus on the island as a timeless setting in numerous literary traditions. The siren song of crashing waves will be our backdrop as we delve into works by J. D. Salinger, William Golding, Ernest Hemingway, and Alex Garlard, among others.

The Global Economy/ ECO 135/M-F/1 p.m.-3:30 p.m./Balak/CSS 230 Explore the evolution of the international political-economy, its institutions, processes, and conflicts. Globalization is so important and ubiquitous but often misunderstood. “The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists,” (Joan Robinson, 1955). This course is structured as a quest-based game with quick feedback, positive reinforcements, flexibility, and project-based assessment (no exams). This pedagogy has been popular and effective, and is even more fun when we integrate actual computer games into the course activities.

Media & Disability/CMC 230/M-F/9a.m. - 11:30a.m./ Coffman-Rosen/Bush 210 Using media as text, this course examines the (mis)representation of people with disabilities in t.v., film, documentaries, graphic novels, and digital media. We will analyze disability

at the intersection of culture and identity, and consider how media varies when created by and for the non-disabled. Several problematic implications include able-bodied actors in disabled roles (“crip face”) and acquired disability as a fate worse than death (Million Dollar Baby). Using a hands-on approach, we will engage in analysis to understand how emerging media challenge stigma and employ contemporary disability theory.

This course fulfills the “V” requirement and counts as a CMC or SWAG elective .

Visual Journals/ ART 232/M-F/1 p.m.-3:30 p.m./Simmons/CFAC 110 In Visual Journals, we explore creative writing and mixed media drawing, printmaking, and collage as tools for self-reflection and creativity. As the instructor, I help form a close-knit community of artist-writers who enjoy sharing their work with one another. Each student leaves with the ability to continue a lifelong practice of visual journaling.

Rappers & Ballers: Sports & Popular Culture/ENG 245/MF/9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m./ Mathews/Sullv Hse This interactive and high-energy course explores the intersections between sports and popular culture via film, texts, activities (geocaching, mini-Olympics) and field trips (greyhound racing). Topics include Super Bowl commercials, half-time shows and stadium ‘cities;’ controversies surrounding match-fixing, mega-conferences and paying student athletes; celebrity athletes and rappers who want to be ballers; extreme sports, weird sports, and the populari ty of gladiatorial blood sports (e.g.

MMA and The Hunger Games).

All students are welcome!

This 4-credit course fulfills your L, V, or 100-level rFLA requirement, or it could count toward elective graduation credit.

Constitutional Law/ POL 382/M-R/9a.m.11:30p.m./Maskivker/CSS 226 If you are looking for a fun, dynamic Maymester course, consider Constitutional Law this summer. Not only will you be able to understand the most fascinating aspects of constitutionalinterpretation, but you will also participate in fun mock trials, where you will be able to serve as a prosecutor or a defense lawyer. It’s fun. Does the constitution afford you a right to privacy in the digital age? Why is a right to freedom of speech a guarantee that espousing despicable opinions cannot be a reason for governmental censorship?

Does the Bill of Rights mean that abortion should be legal?

Does the constitution protect a right to carry guns into schools?

Can evidence of criminal activity be used against you if such evidence was obtained without a warrant? Should there exist financial limits to what political candidates can spend when running for office? What is legally permissible when capturing, and dealing with, enemies of war? Is torture legal? This course will examine the foregoing questions, and many more.

Sex on the Brain/BIO 123/MF/1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m./ Fokdis/TBD Why is sex necessary? Why do men and women act as they do? Why are we attracted to certain individuals and not others?

Through discussion, observational experiments, and field trips to the zoo, Downtown Disney, and Daytona Beach, we will investigate the biology of sex, gender, and sexuality. We will explore how sex began, the means by which sex and gender are determined, and gain insight from how animals and people approach sexual reproduction.

We will explore the role of the brain in shaping sexual appetites and reproductive behaviors. No subject is taboo for off-limits for this class.

Fox Day roulette has officially begun Micah Bradley

Staff Writer

Though it is still early in the spring semester, Fox Day roulette has officially begun, for both students and faculty. Of course, no one knows for sure when Fox Day will be—not even those who organize it— until the infamous fox statue is rolled out on Mills Lawn.

“Every year, the President is the one who makes the decision. There are maybe two other folks on campus who are aware of that decision—his right and left hand people,” said Meredith Hein, Director of the Center for Leadership and Community and Engagement. “They might know maybe the day before, if that, or the night before.

But that’s purely because I think they have to go pick up the donuts.”

This year, Interim President Craig McAllaster will chose when to put the fox out on the lawn. Though they started Fox Day planning early last semester, none of the organizers know the date of the event.

“When you get the text message, we get the text message,” said Sarah Christovich, Associate Director of the Center for Inclusion and Campus Involvement.

Once she gets the text, she has to then immediately call venders, to see what they have available on such short notice.

“We put out a wishlist of what we want and start talking to vendors about it,” said Cristovich. “It all is kind of up to what’s available when we call the venders on that morning.”

Last year the Rollins campus had inflatable rock climbing, water slides, and a cotton candy machine, among other atractions. The number of students who stay on campus grows every year.

Last year about 300 students signed waivers to participate in the activities. Rollins does not sponsor any off-campus trips on Fox Day, since many of the beaches do not allow Rollins organized visits anymore.

It also means that Rollins cannot provide off campus transportation to the beach. Theme park tickets will still be available for purchase that morning, but the college will not provide busses due to a lack of interest in the past.

T h i s is the first year that the college has asked for student involvement with planning on-campus Fox Day events. The Fox Day “Kit” Committee was created to give students a voice in the process. Some of the main student desires that came out of the committee meetings were better communication of events, the inclusion of Holt students, and better food choices.

To better communicate events throughout the day, there will be banners, schedules, and a partnership with social media.

The official hashtag for this year will be #FoxDay2015. There are also talks to use the soccer stadium speakers to play music and make announcements.

Though A/S day students get the entire day off for Fox Day, Holt students just get shortened classes, and the Crummer students get no time off. However, “this isn’t just for undergraduate day students,” said Cristovich.

To help try to include these groups in the festivities, there will be a table set up with iced coffee and several snacks after the all-campus BBQ dinner. Fox Day T-shirts will also be saved for the Holt and Crummer students.

Funnel cakes, deep fried Oreos, ice cream, and other carnival foods will probably be served in Dave’s Down Under.

Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and other snacks will also be available. Though students have expressed an interest in having a local restaurant cater, Sodexo must provide the all-campus BBQ dinner, due to the one-day notice and volume of food needed.

No one really knows what this year’s on-campus Fox Day will look like, exactly, much less when it will be.

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Claire Evanich A male construction worker begins to attach the window settings, making the structure look more like a home. Help from professional builders speeds along the progress of the house.

That means a family is able to move in sooner and enjoy their new home!

Claire Evanich Builders begin their day working on the 9th house on Butler’s Preserve. After completing 8 houses in 5 days, Habitat for Humanity continues to expand the neighborhood. With only a few months left, the volunteers help finish the foundation structuring of house number 9. With the help of volunteers, Habitat for Humanity hopes to fill the neighboorhood with houses that families can finally call home.

Claire Evanich One volunteer begins to nail down the tiling for the roof after a quick demo on how to use the proper tools. All volunteers are given a lesson on how to use each tool and shown what to do before starting their work each day. This training helps volunteers with different types of experience.

Claire Evanich After two months of working on the house the foundation has finally been completed. The next step is to finish the roofing and to work on the walls within the house. Most projects take anywhere from four to six months.

Building hopeful futures Hope is being restored in hard times through the use of powertools and the work of volunteers.

Claire Evanich

Claire Evanich Habitat for Hamnity is located all around the nation and has built over 1 million houses for over 5 million people since 1976.

Claire Evanich Habitat for Humanity receives many kinds donations from various housing compainies. For example, different wood companies donate a certain amount of wood for each house, and Whirlpool Applicances makes sure each home is complete with a fridge, washer, and dryer.

Claire Evanich Above: “What a wonderful house to make your home” is one of the many quotes written on the structure of the house to bless it.

Bottom Left: There is a lot of heavy machinary used around the site. This saw is one of the main tools used to help spilt the wood board into the right size. Many volunteers come with no experience with powertools and leave site with more knowledge.

Writer

With the help of Habitat for Humanity, more than 5 million people are now able to say they are homeowners, something some thought they would never be able to say.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that helps create homes for people who have some form of hardship in life. All Habitat for Humanity asks for in return is the sweat equity hours from the new homeowners to help make this dream come true for others as well.

With help also coming from volunteers, this program has spread

nationally, finally giving people the oppurnuity to have their own home. However, Habitat for Humanity doesnt just stop at handing over the keys.

Once the home is completed, the homeowners must complete their sweat equity hours as well as classroom hours. In these class es, people are taught about managing budgets and the odds and ends of owning a home, such as mortgage.

This organization has saved many lives, because they take in as many people as they can and try not to turn away anyone. They have helped to keep kids in school and families out of finacial problems. Many of the

homes have helped families from becoming homeless, which is a growing problem in our society.

Often, when one has to worry about paying the rent, it becomes hard on a family to keep up.

With recent hard economic times and job losses, organizations like Habitat for Humanity do not just hand over an oppurtunity, but instead extend a hand out to help others achieve better living standards.

Without the help of Habitat for Humanity, many people would have to turn to homelessness. This organzation is truly a light of hope for those in need.

To learn how to get involved visit http://www.habitat.org.

This photo essay was made possible through classroom collaboration between The Sandspur staff and students enrolled in Dr. Brian Klocke’s course CMC 250: Photojournalism as Activism.

Claire Evanich Above: After a hard five days completing eight houses, known as the Building Blitz, these homes are now ready for their new owners. The Builder’s Blitz happens once a year with a large team of professional builders.

Left: One of many inspiring street signs named by Habitat for Humanity has been put up on Butler’s Preserve.

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2014 The South Carolina Nu chapter at Clemson University was suspended after hosting a “Cripmas” party in reference to the Crips gang in Southern California. The Arizona Alpha chapter at the University of Arizona was also suspended after attacking members of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity.

2002 The New York Delta chapter of SAE at Syracuse University was suspended after a member appeared in blackface.

1982 Members at the University of Cincinnati’s chapter were suspended after having a “racially insensitive party corresponding to Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.”

2013 The Missouri Beta chapter at Washington University in St. Louis was suspended after members were caught signing racial slurs to black students.

2015 The University of Oklahoma’s chapter was suspended after a video surfacing, depicting SAE members participating in a racist song.

Racism triggers rapid response from university The president of the University of Oklahoma has suspended the university’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon after a racist video emerged.

Lauren Waymire

Head Content Editor

The Oklahoma Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was recently suspended after a video emerged on a social media platform of members of the fraternity singing a racist song to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” University of Oklahoma’s President David

Boren was praised for the swift action he took to disband the organization on campus. Members living in the SAE house were given 48 hours to gather their belongings and leave, and two students who were identified in the video were suspended days later. The incident came a year after the fraternity announced at the national level that it would eliminate pledging and the clas-

sification of pledges after cases of hospitalization at Arizona State in 2013 and the passing of a student at Cornell University in 2011. A special board formed to represent the disbanded chapter at OU recently hired Stephen Jones (Timothy McVeigh’s lead defense attorney in the Oklahoma City Bombing Trial) for legal counsel and have supposedly “not ruled out a lawsuit.” The

chapter members will have the chance to appeal their case in front of the national headquarters based in Illinois.

The only fraternity to be founded in the Antebellum South (University of Alabama, 1856), the organization has had a long history of racial controversy with incidents spanning decades and chapters, not all of which have been confined to the

South. From the University of Oklahoma to Syracuse University to the University of Arizona, the social fraternity has seen bad national press more than once.

Though the incident is disheartening and seen by many as a step backwards in the fight for racial equality, others have used this as an opportunity to engage in open dialogue about the work that clearly still needs to be done.

Frazier broaches sorority and fraternity topic Aubrey Frazier, Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority life, reveals that her job is more than disciplining Greek organizations.

Kate Stefanski

Writer

Walking into Aubrey Frazier’s office is like stepping into the future that every sorority girl hopes for. Just about 50 times more intimidating. There are papers strewn about Frazier’s elbows, a bottle of Lipton tea, and a pair of aviators. But it is difficult to call a desk cluttered when the woman behind it emanates confidence, organization, and power.

From the outside, Frazier appears to be a few things. She appears to be sharply intelligent, she appears to be involved, and she appears to be totally and completely terrifying. But inside the walls of her cozy little office in Chase Hall, where her coworkers lovingly close the door to muffle the excited and motivated sounds of her voice, Frazier is obviously three things.

She is sharply intelligent, deeply committed to and involved in the Rollins campus, and one of the most positive things that

ever happened to Greek life at Rollins College.

At Rollins the majority of people who realize that Frazier exists are members of Greek organizations. However, even those who know of Frazier tend to have no idea what she really does.

For Greeks, having a meeting with Frazier has a terrible connotation.

“Whenever there are big problems within a Greek organization, that organization has to meet as a group with Aubrey,” said Alexander Augustus ’17, a member of Rollins’ chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. “I guess we just assumed that her job is to handle the organizations when they really screw up.” But in actuality, that assumption could not be more wrong.

“I don’t handle conduct, actually. Community Standards and Responsibility does. But, I do have a really great partnership with that office, and so every single week I meet with the director and the assistant direc-

tor,” said Frazier. “So we have this team approach to handleing conduct issues.” So, if Frazier’s job is not to deal with conduct problems, then what is her job?

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For Greeks, having a meeting with Frazier has a terrible connotation.

“Pretty much whatever is happening on campus, I have a hand in it,” said Frazier. “One big part of my job is to be the liaison between the Greek organizations on campus and their national headquarters.” This means that Frazier has to meet with the presidents of all of the sororities and fraternities every week and attend executive board meetings of Panhellenic and IFC,

the governing bodies for Greek life on campus. She is also one of the main figureheads of Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL), which is an organization that helps the Greeks connect not only with each other, but also with the other students and organizations on campus that are not necessarily Greek.

Frazier is also a main component in the organization and preparation of Greek Week in charge of organizing women’s and men’s formal recruitment every spring.

“At the end of recruitment last year, 36 percent of our student body was affiliated. After this year, it has jumped to 44 percent. That’s an eight percent jump.”

If anyone deserves the credit for this jump in numbers or for the increasingly positive reputation Greek life is developing on the Rollins campus, it is Frazier.

Not Frazier the scary woman who lets you know when you step out of line (although that side has a hand in it too). No,

it is the Frazier who spends all of her time brainstorming and planning and logging endless grades and GPAs, who constantly has the livelihood of the Rollins Greek community in the forefront of her mind.

“I’m very proud of my sorority,” said Laura Sullivan ’17, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi at Rollins, “and I trust Aubrey wholeheartedly not only to communicate with our national headquarters, but to put a positive vibe out for Greeks. It makes professors like us more, and it helps us get more new members.”

Seemingly all business, getting enough done every day to imply that all she does is work, making the Greek community look better and better every day, Frazier is not scary at all. She has a great sense of humor, a warm and friendly demeanor, and a voice that her coworkers would recognize anywhere.

“Am I being too loud? Sometimes they shut my door on me when I’m being too loud.”

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CFAM curator discusses her artistic passions Amy Galpin expands on what led her to pursue a career in curating musuems and how students can get involved at CFAM. “Having artists responding reasons I love coming to work.

Professionally, Amy has been to the land, to this topography, a role model for me. She works not just modernist sculptures very hard, but she makes sure that we plunk into the ground, to have a balanced personal life but really having artists like Robtoo.” In her free time, Galpin en- ert Irwin who has often respondjoys going for long walks, watch- ed to specific environments in ing movies, and spending time the creation of large-scale sculpwith her husband Russell and ture. Something like that would be really amazing, and sometheir dog Xabi Alonso. thing who Galpin’s anyone could passion for appreciate, enher work at I would stay up gage with, and the museum interact with.” shows when all night reading Another she imagines the books for this idea she has the potential from of what could class, and I realized stems her roots as an happen in the art historian future if given that I was really studying varthe opportuinterested in art. ious aspects nity to work of the colonial with an inperiod of Mexfinite amount ico. of funds.

“I’ve often thought that a “We can all dream, right? I think if I had unlimited resources dream show would be to do I would love to expand the walls some 17th and 18th century of this museum and really have paintings created in Mexico from some major contemporary art the colonial period when you commissioned for our space both have some of those luxurious fabrics and jewelry worn by the inside and outside,” she said.

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subjects, and to actually have the jewelry in cases and then have the paintings behind. I think that would just be super, super fabulous,” she exclaimed.

Although museum attendance has been up 47 percent since last year with 15,000 people visiting and an additional 30 percent this fall, she still feels that there are lots of misconceptions when it comes to museum-going, and that students should make the effort to take advantage of everything the museum has to offer.

“Sometimes I think we have this idea with a museum that we can only go if we’re going to spend like two hours, or we can only go if we’re going to have deep thoughts. If you have 20 minutes in between a class, come in and just walk by a painting or a sculpture. The museum doesn’t have to be this church-like experience, and it can be a lively space with noise, and you can come in and go out as you please.”

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Finding Amy Galpin’s office is quite the journey. Tucked away in a corner of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum’s gift shop is a discreet doorway leading to a narrow spiral staircase. The stairs open up to a small office full of character: a space that one would expect of an art museum curator.

Galpin is an extremely eloquent, put-together lady. Her red hair falls slightly below her shoulders, and she is dressed in a purple and black patterned dress, black cardigan, and silver necklace adorned with rhinestones and pearls. Given her professional appearance, the sight of her office may surprise many. She apologizes for the disorganization of her small office, with books upon books about art from any given time period and artistic movement filling shelves.

Whatever does not fit is strewn across her desk. “Organized chaos,” she declared.

Galpin has been the curator of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum since October 2013. Her interest in art stems from her childhood, when the New-Jersey-born curator dreamed of venturing to New York City to see a Georgia O’Keefe retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a BA in Film, an MA in Latin American Studies, and a PhD in Art History, it was somewhat of a process before she realized that art could become a central part of her career.

“When I was getting my Master’s in Latin American Studies, my first class was a course on Mexican modernism, and I just found myself completely enthralled in the art and the history and the political situations of the time in Mexico City,” she said. “I would stay up all night reading the books for this class, and I realized that I was really interested in art, and I wanted to pursue a career in the arts.” After interning at a museum near where she was studying in San Diego, the experience forever changed her path.

A typical day for Galpin involves lots of emails, voicemails, and meetings, but she always tries to walk through the galleries at some point everyday, sometimes even multiple times a day.

“I find that engaging with a work of art, whether it’s for five minutes or ten seconds, is always inspiring,” she said. “We’re here as caregivers of these works, and the works of this collection and outside in the world always give me great inspiration.”

Lots of commotion can be heard below in the lobby of the museum when a crash rings out, the source of the noise unknown.

Galpin is not at all fazed. Apparently this is a regular occurrence.

“You can hear lots of noise right now,” she said. “It’s an environment most conducive to that type of work, but also one of the reasons why I chose museum work, because I really love the interaction with people. I love the interaction with colleagues both within the museum and on campus, and coming together to work on different programs.”

Cornell Fine Arts Museum Member and Guest Relations Coordinator Dina Mack is just one of many colleagues with whom Galpin works regularly to keep the museum a consistently positive experience for all who visit. She and Galpin have been working together for the past two years, and both started at the museum around the same time.

“She is a joy to work with,” said Mack. “She’s very smart, approachable, and a thoughtful collaborator. One CFAM member, who also attended Amy’s lecture to UCF’s Lifelong Learning Group, shared that ‘Amy was spectacular as usual.’ She has cultivated more than a few fans in her short time at Rollins, myself included.”

Visitor Services and Education Coordinator Louise Buyo shares the same sentiments when it comes to Galpin’s work at the museum.

“The depth of her knowledge of contemporary art is inspiring. Wonderful things are happening in Central Florida’s local arts scene, and awareness of CFAM is growing in the community. Amy’s work is a big part of that,” said Buyo. She shares that Galpin is not only a force to be reckoned with in the workplace, but also a superior that can connect with coworkers on a personal level.

“Amy has a great sense of humor. We have a small staff and a big vision, so laughter is important. It’s in the air we breathe around here, and it’s one of the

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Recapping AURA

Jonny Scoblionko

Columnist

This year AURA Music and Arts Festival proved itself a major player in the national festival circuit. Here are a few of my most memorable moments: 5. Thursday Pre-Party Arriving before the rush is always a plus, but only when you are able to do so and then have the opportunity to rage to some of the best acts of the weekend, that is a definite WIN! Ghost Owl, the Motet, and Dopapod provided a fantastic kickoff for the rest of the AURA festival.

4. Lasers. Lights. LOVE. The AURA production team really stepped up their game this year with an incredible laser show combined with some of the most talented lighting directors in the industry. Every act had a fantastic visual presence, which added dimension to the live music experience. The lights during moe. and the Disco Biscuits were some of the best visuals I have ever seen during a show. Watching the sheets of lasers and lights dancing in the Spanish moss was breathtaking.

3. The Main Squeeze These guys have blown up recently, and they deserve it. In a scene where too many bands sound nearly identical, Squeeze has cultivated an original, distinct sound that is impossible not to love. Their first set of the weekend fired on all cylinders, fusing funk, jazz, psychedelic, and rock and roll with elements of rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel, ultimately culminating with a cover of “I Believe I Can Fly” by R. Kelly that nearly left me in tears.

2. moe. Biscuits!

With two of the biggest names in the festival circuit, the headlining sets certainly packed a wallop. This being my first moe. show, I had very high expectations, which were certainly met. Both sets on Friday were high-energy fusions of jazz, psychedelia, and rock and roll. The highlights included a stellar “Billy Goat” to open the second set and rocking “Meat” with Mike Dillon sitting in on percussion.

Though it took the Biscuits some time to really heat up on Saturday, the “Great Abyss” into “Catalyst” followed by “Little Shimmy in a Congo Line” left the audience pining for more after the first set. The second set

was a nonstop, flawless dance party. “I-Man” into “Crickets” was the highlight.

1. American Babies late night I will admit that I typically try to avoid the Music Hall Stage when at Suwannee, but this was too good to pass up. After seeing Brothers Past play at AURA in 2012, I fell in love with all things Tommy Hamilton (guitar), and I was ecstatic to see his main project, American Babies. The highlight of the set, and the weekend, was “Shakedown Street” by Grateful Dead with Aaron Magner (keyboard) and Marc Brownstein (bass) of the Disco Biscuits joining the band on stage into a scorching “Little Lai” by the Disco Biscuits, where they were joined by Jon “the Barber” Gutwillig (guitar). With less than 100 people in attendance, the ‘Baby Biscuits’ jam was the prfect combination of an intimate setting and incredible music.

Biggest Surprise - Stinky Pockets ft. Emily Carroll Playing a tough time slot on Saturday night (during RAQ and Mike Dillon Band), this South Florida-based jam-band really showed up, with special guest Emily Carroll on vocals and trumpet. The Vibe Tent had surprisingly great visual production. Although I have seen lots of Stinky Pockets shows during my years in South Florida, this set still pinballed me around the dance floor.

An Afterthought This being my fourth straight AURA, it was a blessing to be able to see how far the festival has come, and I am very curious to see what is next. Although the weekend was packed with great acts, the schedule seemed a bit wonky at times, with bands like TAUK and Consider the Source—very intense, high-energy acts—playing afternoon sets rather than having acoustic acts start the day (think Brock Butler’s set from 2013). I would love to see some new acts at future festivals that add more diversity to the lineup and may not exactly fall into the “jamband” genre. Although the music was great, there were quite a few bands that sounded almost interchangeable. That being said, all in all, I think this year was a wonderful demonstration of how AURA, a grassroots-style festival, has grown into a nationally acclaimed event.

Jonny Scoblionko

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