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Show 4 Take Note: Don't miss the Shevy Smith concert at 7 p.m. Friday in the TSC Sunburst Lounge. FRIDAY, APRIL 1,2005 T A T E S M A N U T A km Contact: 797-1769 features@statesman.usu.edu 'Guess Who': A predictable good time Movw Review: "Guess Who" (PG-13) Grade: B + Cascj T. Allen In the midst of the recent, and ultimately unsatisfying, season of sequels, most viewers can count on "Guess Who" to deliver something slightly more fresh than what has lately been topping the box office. Although this film does not provide anything original in terms of the storyline, it does have a good heart and effectively tells a love story that is surrounded by racial boundaries. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan ("Barbershop 2: Back in Business"), "Guess Who" is a modern adaptation of the Academy Award winning "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," an emotional and highly controversial drama from 1967 starring Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn. In the 1967 version, a young white girl brings her black boyfriend home to meet her shocked parents, resulting in a wave of conflicting emotions and premonitions about interracial marriage. "Guess Who" provides a much different portrayal of a similar situation by putting Ashton Kutcher ("The Butterfly Effect") and Bernie Mac ("Ocean's Twelve") head to head for a non-stop comedic battle. Kutcher plays Simon, the clumsy but good-hearted boyfriend of Theresa (Zoe Saldana, "Center Stage"). As the story begins, we see the loving couple prepare to meet Theresa's family and announce their plans of marriage. Without Theresa's parents being informed of the clear racial difference between the two lovers, they G\ IFSS WHO See Page 7 Michael Sharp/michaekharp@cc.usu.vdu ABOVE: SWILL TOOTS AND HOPS through one of their songs during the MHR 3110 benefit concert. Swill was one of five bands to attend. BELOW: DARCIE WAITE MARKS an entrants hand before he walks into the concert while Shelly Owen takes the cash and books to be donated by the MHR 3110 class project. READING ROCKS Benefit concert collects books for local literacy program BY ANDREA BEAN Staff Writer A Cache Valley man is now able to "enjoy the little things in life," such as reading to his grandchildren and picking up the daily newspaper, after participating in the Bridgerland Literacy program, his tutor Janet Jensen, said. "He has gained more confidence," Jensen said. "He believes that he is a reader." Through the efforts of several students here at Utah State University, other Cache Valley residents will also be able to discover the world of reading. Five bands participated in a benefit con- cert Tuesday evening, during which book donations were collected for the Bridgerland Literacy organization. The bands included Jasmine Michaelson, Tanner Jones & The Rock Bandits, Swill, National Holiday and Anesty. Approximately 150 people attended the concert, which was one of several projects organized by Recycle Reading. Recycle Reading consists of nine undergraduate student who are enrolled in MHR 3110, Managing Organizations and People. As part of this class, students are organized into groups, each planning and implementing a large scale service project. The members of Recycle Reading are working on an extensive book drive, gathering books that will be donated to Bridgerland Literacy for use in their tutoring programs. "We are collecting any and all kinds of books," said Jasmine Michaelson, the CEO of Recycle Reading. "Bridgerland needs books to fulfill all interest levels, from children's to adult's." Bridgerland Literacy was founded in 19S7 by Cindy Yurth and group of volunteers who were troubled by adult literacy rates in Cache Valley. Its vision is to "help our community READING CONCERT See Page 6 Interior designer inspires students BY ANDREA EDMUNDS Assistant Sports Editor Michael SUarp/michaelsharp@cc.usu.edu Charolotte Moss speaks with one of the students in attendance after her lecture Wednesday afternoon in the ESLC Auditorium. Inspiration can come from many sources. For Charlotte Moss, it came one morning during breakfast and she saw . the shadow the balustrade cast and she said she thought, "That's a carpet design in the making" Moss, a nationally recognized interior designer, was the final guest lecturer in the Caine Lecture series put on by the Interior design department at Utah State University. Moss spoke to students Wednesday about inspiration and where people can get it. "You truly can be inspired by everything" junior Julie Yates, an interior design major, said. "And people like Charlotte are an inspiration in and of themselves. To see how they got where they did ... and to know that you can do great things with your life too." "She's definitely one of the grand dames of design," Damn Brooks, a faculty member in the interior design department, said. "We want to expose our students to really the best design has to offer [and] she's definitely the biggest designer Utah State has ever had." Brooks began working in February of 2004- to bring Moss to USU. She was unable to make it to the lecture series that year, but Brooks kept in touch. His persistence paid off when Moss contacted him and said she would be available to come this year, and then the planning began. "It was a year of hundreds of phone calls, e-mails, a visit to New York and various other things that brought it all to its culmination," Brooks said. Showing pictures of her travels and many of her designs, Moss said one of the most important lessons to learn in her field was to observe, she said, because it doesn't cost a dime. The award-winning designer said she has found inspiration the world over, but she said one of the greatest sources for inspiration has been people. "I think people are one of the greatest untapped resource for inspiration," ' she said. "I can't stop drawing on people for inspiration in my work." She talked about several women that she has looked to over the years. Design-great Edith Wharton and Audrey Hepburn were just two of the women she said she admired. Her colleagues have called her the epitome of a professional designer, and Moss is trying to use that to her advantage by changing one of the reigning philosophies in design today, "Moderation is so overrated," she said. "I will be vindicated with more and more as a philosophy of decorating yet." Something that has really stuck with Moss over the years was a quote that said a woman's home easily reveals what she is like. Moss said her mother was a perfect example of that. When she would go on trips with her family, Moss said she would always find her mother inside fluffing pillows one last time before they left. The Virginia native also said her home in New York says a lot about her personality as well. She said her home would let people know, among other things, how much she loves chairs. After graduating from the Virginia Commonwealth University with an English degree, Moss went to Wall Street. That was here her career as a designer began. "I left Wall Street... took my bonus and went to England. I bought a container of antiques and I started a shop," she said. "My first boss from Wall Street called me to decorate his apartment and it just went from there." After that, it was only a matter of "working longer hours than the next guy" to get to where she is at today. Moss said after spending three days with students in the interior design department, she has learned a lot from the students and it has been a great experience for her. "If I can sort of advance somebody's learning curve by giving them the benefit of some of my experience, then I feel that's what I am here to do," Moss said. The students weren't complaining. "She's so personable and has truly taken an interest in us as students,*1 Yates said. "She so wants to spread her knowledge and is so genuinely helpful. She's not a person that sits at home. She's incredibly busy" "It's a very unique opportunity to have someone of this caliber come to Logan and share her knowledge," said Janelle Fairbanks, also a junior in the interior design program. "It's really an opportunity that people with better access don't get. It's really marvelous." "This was once in a lifetime, I'll never forget this," Yates said. -aedm unds@cc. usu. edu |