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Volume CXXXIII, Number 10
November 16, 2001
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Foodie Fission: Kerry considers Bangkok Garden
KERRY ELSON, STAFF WRITER
Flapping arms and scrunched faces reflected a lack of decisiveness among our group--the small-print menu is the size of my town's phone directory. [read the article]

Film Society presents Communist flicks
JIM FLANAGAN, STAFF WRITER
This weekend, the Film Society tries to compliment last weekend's schedule of American War Films with a group of movies about the Cold War, Communism, and Worker's Rights. [read the article]

Incubus's Morning View is refreshing
BEN KREIDER, STAFF WRITER
This album is still more creative than most of the drivel getting played on MTV these days. "Aqueous Transmission," for instance, sounds more like a track you would hear in Asia than one produced by a mainstream American rock band. [read the article]

The Worst Movie of the Year
MONICA GUZMAN, STAFF WRITER
My movie theater co-workers had forewarned me that seeing this film would spiral me into temporary insanity, but for some reason I just couldn't say no. [read the article]

Rock 'N Roll steps up
BRIAN DUNN, STAFF WRITER
America: A Tribute to Heroes Telethon, which featured a variety of different artists, raised an astonishing $150 million dollars after the airing. [read the article]

Prof. Kibbie presents sci-fi film class
TED REINERT, STAFF WRITER
The films reflect cultural fears such as massive invasion (War of the Worlds), Communism (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and radiation (The Incredible Shrinking Man). [read the article]

Susan Marshall Dance Company
The world premiere of "One and Only You" was recently given at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh under the auspices of the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Bowdoin is the company's second stop on an eleven-city tour. [read the article]

Films challenge Muslim stereotypes
HANNAH DEAN, STAFF WRITER
A young girl caught between the prospects of spiritual salvation and a golden dream of freedom; women simultaneously honored and held prisoner by their own cultures- these were some of the issues raised in Monday's screening of two independent films about the place of women in Islamic societies. [read the article]