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STAY IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE LONG DISTANCE ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES

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etween school, study-abroad trips or just vacation time, there is often some kind of distance between friends and family members. It’s a struggle keeping up with people who are not part of your day-to-day communication routine. Finding the time to catch up or keep someone posted is hard when you have a busy schedule. These 11 ways to keep in contact with that long-distance special-someone you should ease some of those struggles.

#11 • POSTCARDS

Traveling out of state–and especially out of the country for a study abroad trip–results in limited contact with friends and family because of expensive phone bills. It can be a lot cheaper to send home a postcard showing where the trip is and what adventures it includes. The more places you go, the wider the variety of postcards you can send home.

#10 • LONG-DISTANCE TOUCH DEVICES

These devices come in a variety of options, such as bracelets, lamps, pillows and so much more. A simple touch or squeeze of the device will let the receiver know you are on their mind. From thousands of miles away you can feel the presence of a special someone.

rush of reading a note can remain even after time has passed. Notes can be creative and include drawings or a poem that makes you think of the person on the receiving end.

#5 • TEXT MESSAGES

If you live a busy lifestyle, sometimes you may have time for only a quick text message to let someone know everything is going well. Today, you can easily convey your true emotions visually through text message by using emojis, bitmojis and even animojis. Don’t forget—a little voice recording paired with a message can go a long way.

#4 • SNAPCHAT

Social media is becoming the main way through which millennials communicate with one another. And Snapchat seems to be one of the top apps to do just that. Let your goofy side shine, as Snapchat allows filters, gifs, text and many other photo and video edits. Then you can determine whether you want the world to see what you are up to or if just one person should see how wild you can get.

#3 • WHATSAPP

#9 • SLACK/GROUPME

Sometimes you need to keep in contact with a large group of people for work or group school-projects. However, that can be hard to do when everyone has different schedules. Slack and GroupMe are two phone apps serving as the perfect way to track conversations with groups and keep everyone on the same page. These apps still allow direct messages between individuals.

This app is a great way to keep in contact with international friends and family. WhatsApp allows texting, calling and so much more— without those costly international phone bills. Simply use your phone’s internet connection or WiFi, if available, to keep phone calls and video calls free. Like other communication apps, you can make a group chat with your family and friends, or you can keep it to simple, one-on-one messaging.

#8 • EMAIL

#2 • PHONE CALLS

An email typically is a more formal way to communicate with someone. It can also be thought of as more of a long-form text message.

An email can include links to important documents, or even funny memes and party invitations. Emails are a simple, all-purpose form of communication.

#7 • FACEBOOK/FACEBOOK MESSENGER

For the more tech-savvy folks, Facebook and Facebook Messenger are great ways to keep in touch with family members or friends who live across the country. Facebook is one of the easiest social media sites to use, so it’s no wonder people of all generations are drawn to it. It’s also a great way to get in touch with family members to whom you’re not close.

#6 • WRITTEN NOTES

It can be a heartfelt task to take the time to sit down and write a handwritten note to someone. Handwritten notes require intense thought into what you want to say and how to convey that thought. It’s like going back to elementary school and writing a note to your crush, asking if they like you or not and waiting for a response. The adrenaline

Phones are something most people always have on their person, and the original reason these devices were created was to allow connection.

So call someone. Pick up your phone and call the first person you think of who you haven’t talked to in a long time. You don’t need any other reason to call someone other than the fact that you miss them. If you miss the sound of their soothing voice, what better way to hear it again than simply giving them a call? You’d be amazed at how quickly what you thought was going to be a 10-minute conversation turned into two hours of catching up. Sometimes it’s easier to talk over the phone than send a text message to explain the crazy thing that just went down.

#1 • FACETIME/SKYPE

Facetime and Skype are just two ways you can video-call someone.

Sometimes you just need to see that person you miss because a photo or voice recording won’t cut it. If work or school is keeping you from seeing someone, a video call is the best way for them to see you and all your real emotions—not just an emoji. A video call is also the easiest way to erase the distance between two people and make them feel like they are together again—even if just for a short time. CT ECOLLEGETIMES.COM | NOVEMBER 2019 3

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FIGHTING STEREOTYPES ASU ROBOTICS TEAM SHOWS WOMEN CAN EXCEL IN STEM FIELDS LAURA LATZKO • COLLEGE TIMES

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uring the past few months, the Desert WAVE robotics team garnered attention not only for its strong finish in an international robotics competition, but for its members as well. The country’s second all-female robotics team became an inspiration to girls and women interested in STEM fields.

Recently, the team placed third in the world, only behind the Chinese and Russian teams, in the RoboSub competition for autonomous underwater vehicles.

Hosted by RoboNation and the Office of Naval Research, the contest tests the ability of submarine vehicles by performing a series of tasks. These autonomous underwater vehicles can be used for different types of oceanic research, including coral surveys.

The members of Desert WAVE (Women in Autonomous Vehicle Engineering) were just freshmen when they began building their autonomous underwater vehicle, called “Phoenix,” in the competition.

After starting on equal footing as newcomers, the teammates were able to learn and grow together and they had the chance to ask questions as well as experiment a bit.

Paulina Garibay Jaquez, one of the original members, joined because she wanted to learn more about underwater robotics.

“I did know coming into college that I wanted to be in the autonomous-vehicle field. So, when I heard about the opportunity, it was definitely something that I had to take,” Jaquez says.

The students come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Jaquez was a member of her high school’s automotive technologies program and was the robotics club president. Bridget Koehl, another original member, took part in National Honor Society and served as vice president of her school’s archery team.

With Desert WAVE, the students were able to learn and apply different aspects of robotics, including computer-aided design, soldering and programming skills.

They also cultivated other areas, such as crafting public speaking.

The members of Desert WAVE aim to buck the alarming trends on women face in engineering. Often, women interested in engineering leave or sometimes never enter the field because of male-dominated environments.

Statistics from the Society of

Women Engineers show more than 32% of women starting in the STEM fields switch majors and only about 30% of women who have bachelor’s degrees in engineering still work in the field 20 years later.

Jaquez says that within the ASU team women are able to take on critical roles and have a voice.

PHOTO • DESERT WAVE ROBOTICS TEAM “It is a comfortable Desert WAVE robotics team is setting ambitious goals for next years competition after placing environment in which we all third in this years RoboNation autonomous underwater vehicle competition. know what we are going to do.

We all know that we have to do The team advanced in competition The group is able to specialize, it together,” Jaquez says. faster than anyone expected. Its with students focusing on such Desert WAVE was developed members were aiming for the top areas like electrical or mechanical through a partnership with The 50% and planned to build from facets of robotic vehicles.

Polytechnic School at ASU and the there.

Being at the top of the pack After starting with eight students Si Se Puede Foundation. Wanting was a three- to four-year goal. last year, the team recruited a dozen to promote positive change, Daniel Koehl says from the beginning for the competition. It now has 25 to Frank—a lecturer for the Ira A. students took the initiative and 30 students.

Fulton Schools of Engineering—and expanded on their skills in their own As it expands, the group sets more Faridodin “Fredi” Lajvardi—vice spare time, she also notes Desert rigourous goals, such as building two president of STEM initiatives for WAVE got other teams to see them submarines that communicate, for Si Se Puede—started the team in as competition and not just an allnext year’s competition.

August 2018. female team.

Freshman Laura Roty already Both come from strong “We just wanted to, at the worked on 3-D printing and radiobackgrounds working with robotics very least, not perpetuate any controlled car projects with her dad, teams. stereotypes. I think we were all a software development manager.

As a student at the University of Roty, a human systems engineering Florida, Frank competed on multiple shocked when we ended up being third,” Koehl says. major, is taking engineering classes world-champion robotic-boat teams.

“We went from being the new for the first time. In high school, she He also taught high school robotics team and everyone being like, ‘You never felt engineering classes were teams for the last seven years. built that robot your first year,’ to open to her, she often felt like an For 30 years, Lajvardi was a everyone being like, ‘Hey, how are outsider in computer science classes. high school robotics team coach. you doing that? How are you beating “It was more male-dominated in He worked with the Falcons us?’

It was cool to see everyone so high school, but it doesn’t always Robotics Team at Carl Hayden excited for us when we were doing have to be that way. I’m going to Community High School, which our final run and doing really well.” take control and not let that hold me gained national recognition when The team entered the final down. If it’s something that I want it beat a Massachusetts Institute of round in fifth place and was able to to do, then I’m going to do it,” Roty Technology team. advance. Lajvardi says the use of a says.

Lajvardi says with the ASU team, fiber-optic gyroscope and surveying Cecilia Alcantar, a freshman he and Frank wanted to foster techniques helped the teams success. pursuing mechanical engineering, an atmosphere where students The teams impact was joined the group at the beginning wouldn’t feel silenced. more substantial than just the of the school year. She comes from “We are trying to create this competition. The students became a background as a chapter officer environment that is completely safe role models to all ages, especially of the Future Farmers of America, for the students to open up and take girls in elementary, middle and high and says learning skills such reading the risks that they might not take in electrical diagrams appealed to her a co-ed situation because of all of the schools.

This school year, the group started because she could apply them in subliminal effects of being in a coed working with the Chandler-based other arenas of her life. group,” Lajvardi says.

Degrees of Freedom all-female high “With this, I can learn the realFrank says his and Lajvardi’s school team. world skills that I’m going to be roles changed last year as students “I think it is important to have using in my classes and afterwards,” became more knowledgeable. female roles models who are like, Alcantar says.

“As they started to pick up more ‘This is a good choice, and this is Joining Desert WAVE at the confidence and they started to something you can do even if you beginning of the school year has become more familiar with the don’t feel like you are the typical allowed her to get involved in technology, he and I have backed person who would become an something bigger. off a lot more to give them more engineer,’” Koehl says.

“Desert WAVE really stood out to ownership of the team,” Frank says.

Desert WAVE grew and attracts me, being an all-female engineering This year, the veteran members new students from human systems, team. Just seeing what they had of the team undertook leadership software, electrical and mechanical accomplished, I wanted to be a part roles from the start by planning engineering as well as computer of something like that, Alcantar meetings, structuring the group and science. says. CT generating robot designs.

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ASU EMPLOYEE/STUDENT ELISHA THOMPSON SHARES HER JOURNEY

Elisha Thompson, an ASU undergraduate coordinator and master's degree student, now also teaches the art of yoga.

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ometimes, your life can change for the better when you least expect it.

In December 2012, Elisha Thompson—an ASU undergraduate coordinator and master’s degree student—began taking yoga classes when a friend needed a test subject to teach as she worked in a yoga teaching training program.

“I immediately fell in love with the practice,” Thompson recalls. “Within a few days, I purchased an unlimited class package from a studio near my home and began taking one, sometimes two classes a day, every day. No other physical activity had ever made me feel so good. I looked forward to my next yoga class as soon as one ended.”

Fast-forward to today, yoga became an integral part in Thompson’s life.

“Since starting, I have continued to practice nearly every day. I attend classes at a studio at a minimum of three to four days a week and practice at home other days,” she says.

“Yoga has helped me to manage my anxiety and depression, grow mentally and physically stronger, become more confident, get to know myself, and develop a much-needed connection to myself. I would not be the person that I am today if I had not found yoga.”

To help others potentially find themselves with this ancient practice, Thompson now teaches classes. One such new yoga class is

Yoga for Body Positivity, which she teaches on Sundays at Yoga Nirvana in Tempe. The class is open to all body types and levels of experience.

“The unique thing about Yoga for Body Positivity isn’t in the poses that I offer or the sequence of the class. Instead, it is in the focus on body acceptance and gratitude,” Thompson says. “I was overweight for most of my life until I had a gastric bypass at age 30. I hated who I was prior to my surgery and was convinced that once I was able to become thin that everything would change and I would suddenly be happy forever. I lost over 100 pounds after the surgery but happiness did not follow. I was lost at that point and hit rock bottom emotionally. I had no idea how to be happy now that I was thin and unhappy. When I found yoga I finally saw a spark of light, a possibility of happiness.

“With the love and encouragement of my partner, I began a long and sometimes painful journey of personal growth,” she continues. “It took a lot of hard work, but I am incredibly happy these days. My yoga practice and the study of yoga philosophy is a huge factor in my happiness.

“Now I want to give back to the yoga community that did so much for me. It is my hope that Yoga for Body Positivity will help inspire others to acknowledge and accept that they are beautiful and perfect just as they are. Yoga is accessible for all bodies, no matter their shape,

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size and level of flexibility. I want to share yoga with anyone willing to try it.”

Not only does Thompson practice and teach yoga—she has completed 400 hours of yoga teacher training— she also is incorporating the study of yoga into her master’s program.

Next May, she will graduate with her second master’s degree, which focuses on the benefits of mindfulness practices, including yoga.

Added to that, she will release a book next spring that might surprise some of the students she works with—“Yoga for Kink.” “‘Yoga for Kink’ is something I’m both excited about and proud

of,” she says. “I’ve always enjoyed doing fun and kinky things with my partner. One evening, I wanted him to tie my hands behind my back for fun. A few short minutes later, my shoulders were sore and irritated, which killed the fun part of it.

“This experience, along with others, pushed me to write this book.

I spent about a year researching the best yoga poses to help with certain types of kink play. I’m excited to say it should be released in February or March of 2020.”

To learn more about Yoga for Body Positivity, visit yoganirvanastudio. com. To follow Thompson’s yoga adventures, follow her on Instagram @redheadedyogi. CT

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Elisha Thompson will soon release a toga-inspired book titled, "Yoga for Kink."

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Tea Time TEASPRESSA FOUNDER ALLISON DEVANE SETS SIGHTS ON EXPANSION

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ocally-owne and- operated tea in June 2018, when a friend from out on the weekend shop Teaspressa is continuing DeVane’s time at Arizona State and have a drink and its success with its third new University came to her with an hang out.” café in two years. opportunity to open a Teaspressa The aesthetic of the Owner and founder Allison in Ann Arbor, Michigan. store speaks to the DeVane opened the downtown “It was an opportunity that mellow environment Phoenix location in August and presented itself,” DeVane says of DeVane envisioned. is already planning various new the Michigan location. “When I Plants line the walls, offerings alongside her patented went out to look at the space, it just the seating is clean and SUBMITTED PHOTO tea technology. felt right.” modern, and a neon Teaspressa owner and founder Allison DeVane opened DeVane, a longtime coffee Opened in August, the new “C’est La Tea” sign her new downtown location in August. drinker, came up with the idea downtown Phoenix location hangs above artistic in January 2015. She knew she is the largest, with a spacious wanted to start a business but 1,500-square-foot café. The wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. storefront is across from Portland “I was brainstorming a lot of Parkway Park and neighbors a free ideas and I couldn’t come up with parking garage.

Teaspressa's an idea,” DeVane says. “My dad “It’s going to be innovative, downtown Phoenix was like, ‘If you were to get paid modern, but approachable,” location now serves delectable new a million dollars doing anything, DeVane says about the treats on its menu. what would it be?’ and I was like, new location. “Apple meets ‘Make coffee, duh.’”

Anthropologie.”

The Phoenix-based business In addition to selling all the owner was passionate about coffee, offerings of the other Teaspressa but she disliked the negative stores, the downtown Phoenix side effects, including headaches and caffeine café where it’s outside and seating crashes. She decided to faces outside to lookout. It’s a lot of find a solution to her classic and modern.” problem.

DeVane’s products are already “I didn’t want to open in Teaspressa stores in two another coffee shop,” states as well as retailers such DeVane says. “There are as Anthropologie and Neiman so many great ones out Marcus, but she says she would here already. So I thought love to continue expanding maybe I should just focus Teaspressa to other states. on the tea, and I started “We do brick and mortar, online experimenting with that.” sales and licensing, so if other DeVane developed cafés want to sell our product we’ll a patented production license it, and then we do (business process to deliver a to business) and wholesales,” concentrated tea shot, DeVane says. much like espresso, that DeVane insists that the new features all the caffeine downtown Phoenix location is a of coffee with the natural In addition to putting together a beer and wine selection, Teaspressa downtown location also offers great platform for more growth. health benefits of tea. it's famed tea's.

“There’s going to be a lot more Her favorite is Black programming here in downtown Rose, half-sweetened and Phoenix, so stay tuned on that,” hot. location has a larger seating area, chairs for the perfect photo op. she says. “Every single store that “The tea caffeine lasts longer an enhanced food selection and a DeVane loves to travel and infuses we have is always somehow really than espresso, so it’s actually a grab-and-go food case, and DeVane that passion into the design of her involved in the community. I think smooth ride instead of a pick-meis in the process of putting together Instagram-worthy stores. we have a lot of potential here.” up and a crash,” DeVane says. a beer and wine selection.

“I did them all myself,” DeVane For tea drinkers who cannot Business picked up quickly, “It’s really neat to be a part says. “The inspiration is from make it to the store, the four with the first store opening in of changing a place (downtown international travel. This one, for signature tea blends are available March 2018 in Phoenix’s Arcadia Phoenix) where you can be all the example, is going to have outdoor online at teaspressa.com. CT neighborhood. Her second came time,” DeVane says. “You can come seating, which is like a Parisian ECOLLEGETIMES.COM | NOVEMBER 2019 7

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BASKETBALL CHAMPION PROVING HE DESERVES TO BE AT GCU CHRIS FAHRENDORF • COLLEGE TIMES

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s a preferred walk-on, freshman Ethan Spry knows he has a long way to go to earn a full-ride scholarship from Grand Canyon University, but he is ready to put in the work to get there.

A graduate of Scottsdale Christian Academy, Spry is no stranger to proving people wrong.

Even though he led the Eagles to a 2A state basketball championship, was named the 2A Metro Region Player of the Year, averaged 17.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game his senior year, and is 6-foot-8, Spry says many coaches and recruiters doubted him due to the small conference in which he played.

“To be honest, coming out of a 2A school, coaches looked at that with skepticism,” Spry says. “I’m not here at Grand Canyon because someone just offered it to me. I worked pretty hard to be here.”

Scottsdale Christian is a small school with a little over 200 high school students, and it competes in one of the smallest divisions in the AIA. Even so, Spry believes the competition in 2A is a lot better than most people think.

“I don’t think the 2A competition is quite as bad as a lot of people make it out to be,” Spry says.

“We were originally in a bigger division, but they (the AIA) made all the schools go back to the division of their school size, and so there were kind of a lot of other private schools that had really good basketball teams that were kind of in the same boat as us and were forced to move into a smaller division.”

While the competition he faced at Scottsdale Christian may have been a step down from club, Spry believes playing for the Eagles turned him into the player he is today.

“I think it was good for me on a personal level because every game I kind of felt like there was a certain level that I had to perform at,” Spry says. “Knowing that (you’re one of the most talented players in the conference) kind of helps you hold yourself to a higher standard.”

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down offers from Army and Dallas Baptist, but he believes GCU is the right fit for him. He chose Grand Canyon in order to stay close to his family and prove that he belongs at a successful Division I basketball program.

Spry plans on proving he deserves to be at Grand Canyon by doing anything he can to earn a full-ride scholarship.

“My goal of being a full D-1 athlete hasn’t been achieved yet,” Spry says. “That’s part of the reason why I chose GCU, is because I had a lot of coaches over the years tell me that I wasn’t ever going to be a D-1 basketball player.”

Now, Spry is working on becoming the best player he can be both on and off the court.

Off the court, Spry believes becoming a “culture guy” and setting a good example for the team during practices and before games will help him earn that full ride.

“Just handling my business; not being a trouble player,” Spry says.

“Not causing issues or anything like that I think goes a long way with coaches, knowing that it’s a player they don’t have to worry about. I think those are all kinds of things I’ve been focusing on here as ways to kind of set myself apart in hopes of getting that scholarship.”

On the court, Spry is trying to transition to be more of a guard.

This season he is specifically looking to improve his three-point shot and his ball-handling skills.

“I’m not really a center anymore,” Spry says. “In high school, I was kind of like that center who could shoot threes. Now I’m kind of a bigger guard, and so I have to be able to have that three-point shot.

If I can be the best shooter on the team, I think it’s going to be hard to take me off the floor. I feel like it’s going to be difficult to not give me a scholarship.” CT PHOTO • GCU ATHLETICS

Grand Canyon University star freshman basketball player, Ethan Spry knew it would be a long road to earn a full-ride scholarship.

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On The ‘L ookout ’ TWIN PEAKS IS FILLING ITS FALL TOUR WITH NEW MATERIAL AND THE CLASSICS HALEY LORENZEN • COLLEGE TIMES

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win Peaks singer/bassist Jack Dolan describes his Chicagobased band as “purely rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s a little bit trippy these days as well.”

He will bring his high-energy live show and psychedelic, garage rock sound to the Crescent Ballroom on November 18.

“We came to Phoenix on one of our first tours, and I think there was this band who used to play there called the Diners who hooked us up with a show when we were like 18,” Dolan says. “So, I always remember the really early days of going out there.

“It’s a really nice little community of music folks out there that we respect because we have such a strong one ourselves in Chicago.”

Twin Peaks was formed in 2010 by childhood friends Dolan, vocalist/ guitarist Cadien Lake James, vocalist/guitarist Clay Frankel keyboardist/guitarist Colin Croom and drummer Connor Brodner.

Twin Peaks’ debut album, 2013’s “Sunken,” cemented the band in the Chicago music scene. Since then, it has released three other albums, including its breakthrough album, 2014’s “Wild Onion.”

Its latest release, “Lookout Low,” is roughly 40 minutes of live, unabashed rock ‘n’ roll. Released September 13, the 10-song album’s recording process was full of firsts for the band.

“This record was the first one we’ve done as a live band,” Dolan says. “It was the first one we’ve done overseas and the first one we’ve ever done with a legitimate producer.”

In between tours, the group began writing demos, before taking a “pretty significant” amount of time off, Dolan says. Then, it headed out on a six-day tour, where it roadtested the new songs.

“You never really know how people are going to react to it, but people have really taken to it really well, especially live,” he says.

“Once we started really practicing for the record, it was about a month

Twin Peaks will bring its high-energy live show and psychedelic, garage rock sound to the Crescent Ballroom on November 18.

of playing every day, trying to get all expect the same sort of energy every another single series, or a record, or the sounds right.” something in the next year. We’ll time you see us,” Dolan says. “We’re After rehearsals, the band traveled always going to be that sort of band, see.” CT to Wales, where it spent three weeks but we get better every time.” recording the record with producer As for what’s coming next for Ethan Johns, whose credits include Twin Peaks, Dolan says he’s not albums with Paul McCartney and sure.

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“The plan is to keep touring as Crescent Ballroom, “I think the goal was to get out of much as we can on the record 308 N. Second Avenue, our comfort zone a little bit, and I now that it’s out,” Dolan says.

Phoenix, 602.716.2222, think we definitely achieved that “We want to have a little time to crescentphx.com, 8 p.m. this time around,” Dolan says. continue writing and build on all the “It really lent well to our strengths, music we can still write with four Monday, November 18, being a really solid and really tight songwriters in the band. We always tickets start at $17. band, and just one with chemistry have stuff we can work on. Maybe that people feel transfer over to the record itself.”

Writing the album was quite simple, as four of the five band members penned the songs.

“Individuals will bring a song to the group and then we flesh it out together, add our own little visions to each piece, and then we decide whether or not it’s good enough for the group,” he says.

“Sometimes it’s not and sometimes it’s really easy and it just instantly clicks.”

On its upcoming tour, Twin Peaks will perform new songs PHOTOS COURTESY TWIN PEAKS and plenty of classics.

Twin Peaks' latest release, "Lookout Low," is roughly 40 minutes of live, unabashed rock 'n' roll.

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✔ The chances of filling out a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion.

✔ Former Princeton Tiger and former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley holds the single-game Final Four record, scoring 58 points in 1965.

✔ “Pistol” Pete Maravich set the NCAA career scoring record in only three seasons, with 3,667 points.

✔ North Carolina head coach Dean Smith won the most games in college basketball with 879 wins in his 36-year career.

✔ The 1979 Final Four championship is the highest-rated college basketball game on TV with approximately 18 million households watching. The game featured future NBA stars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

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