On March 7th, Sigma Pi will present an event on “How Your Makeup is Made?”
They will show how safe your products are and natural alternatives that not only be good for you, but the environment as well. Try, smell, and even TASTE them all with Arbonne International on Sunday, March 7th from 4pm-6pm at the Umass campus center room 101
Prizes for orders placed on the same day of the event!
Rusty Belle has been an underground folk-punk-acousto-roots force that always puts on a great show. What they sound like on their album is also what they sound like live: furious yet contained, archaic yet deliberate, edgy combined with rhythmic meticulousness.
Rusty Belle hails out of the heavy folk & indie scene in Northampton, Massachusetts. But their music sounds so much beyond what one can describe; you can only listen to their work and decide for yourself. Every song has its own imagination; even our pick of the week isn’t a great representation of this band. Check out Rusty Belle’s Myspace page for more of their great stuff.
http://www.vimeo.com/9946040#Gorillaz has released another banger. Their musical machinations with electronics, hip-hop-styled beats, and their penchant to break the mold on song structure, comes together real well in this hit. Stylo will stay in your mind from the moment you hear it; it is crazy enough that it probably won’t get a lot of airplay ( though it should ). Also, Bruce Willis makes an appearance in the music video as well.
Props to @WMUA intern for the recommendation. Should be on every college student’s playlist, no matter what your musical taste is.
Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains Video
#Umass needed a song to represent them. Instead of being known for constant riots showcased on Youtube or the meat-head churning factories of North Amherst and Southwest, this song straight puts it out there.
“No cuts, no fees, education must be free!”
The above quote was the battle cry for many students and activist who protested for public education in California today. There were similar protests around the nation, which were created to promote a need for affordable and cheaper public education. Above photo credit goes to Evan Walbridge of the Daily Cal.
From ASA Night Event group on ‘Da Facebook:
COME SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE WITH THE AFRICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
THIS IS A NIGHT FILLED WITH ENTERTAINMENT(SINGING,DANCES,FOOD AND AFTER PARTY)
March 5th ( Friday )
DOORS OPEN AT 7PM
WHERE? – UMASS STUDENT UNION BALLROOM
5-COLLEGE WITH ID $10 (includes DINNER,SHOW and AFTER PARTY)
GEN ADMISSION WITH COLLEGE ID $12
Music By MASHUP ENTERTAINMENT…Spinning the Best, Hottest, & Latest AFRICAN MUSIK, Zouk, Dancehall, Soca, HipHop, RnB, and more…
Red Velvet @ Umass
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at Umass is hosting a great event at the Student Union Ballroom on Saturday (03.06.10) at 10pm. Music will be brought to you by Killa Instinkt Sounds.
Bob Leverett is the leading expert on old-growth forests in the New England area. He will discuss his many years of locating, mapping and measuring the ancient forests throughout the Northeast. Many of them have not even been discovered yet. His lecture should be a lot of a fun and very knowledgeable to those interested in science, nature, scientific taxonomy, and the local eco-system.
The meeting will be held at Hampshire College on March 9th at 12:30pm in the Cole Science Building.
Winning Writers is a hub for many contests and resources for writers. Here, you can find an assortment of prizes and contests to submit your work.
For example, An upcoming contest called the “Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest” is giving $5,000 in prizes for the best short story. The entry fee is $15, but there are other free entry prize submission contests on the site.
Don’t let your good prose go to waste. Check out the website today.
VITA: The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is on-going from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays up until April 13th. They will have their services from 4:00-6:00pm on those days.
The VITA group at Umass helps those who are low-income tax payers, people whose English is their second language, and those who are physically or mentally challenged. The group also serves international students and scholars from the 5-college community.
There will be no services during Spring Break.
The CBD Student group at Hampshire College is screening the PBS show “Ghost in Your Genes. The documentary showcases a new discovery that genetic inheritance is not only based on genes alone. There is another genetic make-up that controls which genes are expressed to make us who we are.
The showing is on March 2nd at 6pm at Adele-Simmons hall. Dinner will be available ( vegetarian/vegan options.)
Beyond el Campo at Amherst College is a student group who brings books, training, and resources to under-served schools in Costa Rica. You can come to the meetings at Moore Hall Common Room, Thursdays at 8pm.
For more information, please contact Kat Libby at klibby AT readertoreader Dot org.
Death Vessel and Trial & Tribulations are playing tonight ( 2/19 ) at the Elevens in Northampton, MA. 21+ to get in. Not sure about the cover (5 maybe?). Check out the video below to know what the band is about. Indie & melodic, part of Sub-Pop records. Should be fun if you around.
http://www.vimeo.com/4721229
Tonight at Diva’s, be there to take part in the best electronic music party around. The models from ZooMass Calendar will also be there as well. B43 to Northampton, MA, Or 39 Bus from Mt. Holyoke/Hampshire College.
“Oh no! More anti-smoking propaganda that will tell me the reasons why smoking is bad. Screw off!”
Yes, smoking isn’t good. But this isn’t about quitting, per se I am not writing this as a blog intervention to your personal vices. But I only want to say this; if you have the power to smoke, you have the power to stop smoking (or at the least moderate it).
Moderation is rarely taught in college. There are classes depicting the horrors of drinking and partying, and the cons of failing grades due to sloth, but the technique to truly moderate our lives doesn’t exist in our textbooks. We have to learn it on our own, through our own mistakes, and our realizations.
Smoking cigarettes has three problems with it. They are not good for you, we can all agree to this. We can also agree that they are not cheap.
(New York Cigs) “$8 bucks a pack! Every time I buy a pack, I think ‘For another 2, I could be smoking crack.’ “
- Dave Attell
The third problem is that no one concerns themselves with moderation. For cigarettes, it is all or nothing. So you will win by letting them go, or lose by abusing your lungs and your pocketbook. With the cost of textbooks, food, and nightclub covers, cigarettes are an expense you might want to tackle sooner rather than later.
If you are in college now, you have just found yourself on the front line of making long-term decisions to control your life. You probably just started smoking, or have been smoking over the course of high school. The decision to buy a pack a day now, will affect you for the rest of your life. It is harder to manage your cigarettes when you are 40 than when you are 20.
Learn to moderate the nicotine sticks now. Moderate, or walk away from them entirely. You are strong enough to do both.
Our Daily Wham Celebrity has its own section today.
Issues & Culture:
Are you an Asian male or Black female? Well, you will be discriminated when you date online. Maybe the same offline as well? (Daily Femme)
If you keep sexting, you could end up as a sex offender. Regardless of your age. (Daily Femme again)
You have a Facebook group, but people keep self-promoting their sites or other groups. How to deal with this dilemma ( Social Publisher)
Sports
Tracy McGrady is pretty much a sure bet to end up being a New York Knickerboxer, while Nate Robinson could be a Celtic. The trade deadline ends around 3pm EST today. (Manhattan Local)
Tech
You still paying $3-4 per gallon to get around in your gas-combustion engine? You got $100,000? Can I interest you in a 300+ MPG automobile? (Complex)
Music
Music night tonight. We will post our picks for music of the week, and recommended tunes. If you have any, feel free to post it!
Lindsey Vonn wasn’t expected to win the downhill skiing competition at the 2010 Olympics. She had a bruised right shin that made it hard for her to even walk, let alone compete in the sporting event. But she took the pain, she competed at an amazing level, and for her efforts, became the first American woman to ever win a gold medal for downhill event.
Such resilience, such persistence; it speaks a lot to her great character. Throughout Lindsey’s story in the Olympics, there are three things that should inspire us all to do better in our own lives.
1. Work Through Pain and Woe.
“She’s a fighter. I knew 100 percent, whether she was going to be sore or not, she was going to be ready to race 100 percent.”
-U.S. Ski Team women’s coach Jim Tracy
There were many people who were unsure if Lindsey was going to be able to compete. Her injury was so painful that she had trouble putting on her equipment. But not only was her competitive spirit there, it never wavered. Even her coach had known that nothing was going to stop Vonn from competing.
In our own lives, many of us need to have this character. We need to work through the obstacles that make our journeys harder, that make our days tougher, that make our goals obstinate and unattainable. Instead of folding up our self-esteem and embrace complacency, we need to rise up to our goals, our obligations, and our journeys.
No matter how hard it is, how many times life doesn’t go our way, we must learn that we can only reach our goals when we live to overcome our obstacles. We will always have setbacks in our lives; we shouldn’t let our ourselves be one of them.
2. Everything Is Impossible, If You Don’t Try
What if Lindsey Vonn gave up? What if she decided that she had no chance of winning the gold medal for her event? The cable station ESPN did a report on the incredible odds of winning the event even if Lindsey Vonn was healthy. No one would’ve blamed her for giving up.
But she sucked it up. She competed, and now she has become the new sports identity and role model for people around the world.
Ok, most of us don’t have the opportunity to influence as many people in our daily lives. But how many goals do we constantly make and never achieve? How many do we plan on doing our best, only to end our days doing nothing? When did we decide to allow procrastination and uncertainty take command our how we live?
It is always impossible to do anything if you never bother to do it. Lindsey Vonn could’ve failed. She could’ve injured herself more, she could’ve come in last place, she could’ve put herself in danger. But does it matter that she achieved the greatest Olympic accomplishment of winning gold? No.
What matters, and what should matter to all of us, is that she tried. We should all be so lucky to be able to try for a gold medal, but we are already lucky. We are blessed with ability to try to do anything we want to do. Why waste it on procrastination and doubt? Work hard, don’t worry about failing, and take control of your life.
3. Think about Fitness, Not Weight
Lindsey Vonn is a plus-sized woman. She is around 160 pounds. Both men and women reading this can understand that the issue of weight in our own lives always takes on some form of importance. There are women and men who would think Vonn is “too big”. But we can all see that she is a very attractive woman.
At the end of the day, Lindsey Vonn also represents a tally in favor of the plus-size community. It isn’t weight that should matter, but it is the ability to be fit. Many of us think about attraction around weight ( “I need to lose xx pounds”, “I won’t date anyone of XX pounds”) but what matters most is how one molds their body to be fit.
All those dieting routines, reflections on your stomach size, and gym memberships should revolve around your athleticism, and not around the scale. Even Vonn’s weight caught negative criticism from other competing coaches, and these remarks demonstrate how our society still demeans women who don’t fit the norm of the skeleton default.
Regardless of your sex, Lindsey Vonn should inspire us to think about our athleticism and character before we think about how much we weigh.
Other articles:
Influence: #Athletes, #FemaleAthletes, #CollegeStudents, #Everyone
Tags: #Sports, #WinterOlympics, #Motivation
Snowzees in Sunderland is having their weekly Karaoke night tonight starting around 8-9pm. They have something cool to do almost every night. Also, check out their website; they are going to detail their upcoming Karaoke Idol with about $1,000 for the winners.
Tags: #Nightlife
Campus safety at colleges, be it on campus or off, has always been a hot button topic. College administrators have done their best to promote better safety measures, yet there are things we can do as students to make our dorms and communities safer for everyone.
1. Know Thy Neighbor
One of the easiest things you can do to be safe is to make friends with people who live closest to you. Well, maybe not friends if you don’t like them, but at least acquaint yourself to who is around you. This will help you decipher between your neighbors and those who are not your neighbors.
2. Roommates: Keep tabs on each other
You don’t have to illegally wiretap your roommate or become obsessive on their whereabouts. We already have parents, guardians, and RAs; we don’t need another supervisor. But try to be aware of your roommate’s routine. Be sure to let your roommate know when you plan on returning if you leave at night or for a long period of time. If something were to happen, your roommate would be able to notice your change in routine a lot more quickly.
Some people are not very friendly with their roommates; the least you can do is leave a note. If not your roommate, seek a neighbor who can accomplish the same goal.
3. Keep Your Dorm Door Open
It sounds contradictory, but keeping your door open while you are in your room is a lot more secure than closing it. For one reason, you are making the dormitory more open and public. This would actually deter someone from doing anything bad because they will know that someone is around and will notice them. If someone is trying to break into a dorm room, they would be more likely to do it if no one is around ( doors closed ), than if someone is around ( door open ).
Also, keeping a door open creates a good community vibe. If a door is open, people will assume that the dorm hallway is social and safe. If the doors are closed, it makes the dorm hallways non-communal and seem unsafe. Doing #3 will also facilitate #1 and #2. Keeping a door open will build community between neighbors, and will allow others to keep an eye on each other. If someone was trying to steal a laptop from a dorm room, they will less likely do this when everyone knows each other, and doors are open while people are inside their dorm.
4. Keep Your Dorm Locked (When No One is There)
This is optional, but it doesn’t hurt to lock your door when you leave for class. Some people don’t lock their doors, and some people do. Even in a safe dorm, you might have a neighbor with sticky fingers. Or you might have someone a passer-by who might be curious. Taking five seconds to lock your door keeps those people from randomly coming into your dorm room.
5. Be Aware of Your Surroundings
Sometimes, you see someone that you’ve never seen before in your dorm. Or maybe your friend’s door is open for a long period of time but they usually keep it closed. Be aware of people and changes around you. You don’t have to call the police for everything you think is sketchy; most schools and dorms may have other people (such as custodians, administration, roommates’ friends etc.) around the dorm you don’t usually meet.
But just keep people in mind. When something happens, you will at least have some information on things you have saw to help.
Remember, if you make friends and be neighborly, you will go a long way in making your dormitory, your college, and your friends safe. You have another suggestion? Please leave it below, and we will add it to our list.
Part Two Tomorrow
