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Show t Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 VVV^/^Diversions Page 7 Utah State University Music Department and the School of the Arts in the College of Humanities.Arts.and Social Sciences presents: Planningg for the future s o. today, y I want to talk masters degree, g Taut when to you about plans. I was accepted 1 decided I I've been a columnist didn't want my masters to for this paper for two years be a repeat off my undergrad. d and my topics never seem to . I wanted to walk away from change much. 1 still love what USU at graduation day with I've always loved, dream what no regrets, perfectly content y with myy experiences and my p y I've always dreamed. "' The column has been, in the past, almost a personal outlet for my concerns, frustrations, hopes and memories. I've always justified it by telling myself that my readers and I share a common bond. As students, even as people, we all dream, love and fear the same basic things. The only difference is our view, what is in front of our eyes at any given moment. The thing in front of my eyes right now is grad school. 1 spent four years at USU getting my bachelor's degree in journalism. They were good years. I loved it. But the day after graduation, I found myself looking back with a sting of regret. It was hard for me to figure out why. I did well. I graduated with honors. I'd been involved in different clubs and activities. I wrote for the Statesman. My college experience should have been complete. To quote one of my favorite movies, "by all accounts, it didn't make sense." This feeling isn't the reason 1 decided d d to go on and d get my education. So 1 came up with a plan, more or less, a list of goals to ensure my success. Some of these are educational. Some are not so much, but are equally important. Goal 1: Try something you wouldn't normally do. This goal was at the top of my list. It comes from one of my favorite sayings, "If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been." I didn't want to leave with my masters as exactly the same student and person I was in my undergraduate studies. I want be better than I was, which means I had to expand, be brave and try things I wasn't willing to before. Goal 2: Absorb knowledge like a sponge. I did just fine in my studies as an undergraduate, but I left knowing I could have done better. I don't want to leave with this feeling. I want to know, no matter the grades, I did as much as I could. I learned as much as I !^ could fit in. • Goal 3: Choose carefully what h you participate in, and do your best in whatever you choose. I guess this one is a little self-explanatory. But it was easy for me to get caught up in doing things that didn't matter and missing out on what I wanted to do. There are so many opportunities in college, it's impossible to get to all of them. But it's not impossible to get to all the ones you really want. • . ^ I imagine school is what most of you are looking at right now. We have students on campus who are just starting, who are almost finished and who are coming back after a long absence. It doesn't matter where you are starting from. It's a new semester and you can make the best of it. These might not be your goals. That's OK. But I encourage everyone to make some. Nothing set in stone, of course. All good plans must be flexible, and a little surprising. They have tofitand work. Happy trails to you in your time here at USU. May the road you take lead you where you want to go. On guitar:Vic Juris, Corey Christiansen, and Mike Christiansen On Drums: Danny Gottlieb On Bass:Aaron Miller WB5 7:30 <PW Wed. Sept. 10 Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall Admission $ 13, only $8 for Students with ID 30% Off For USU Students Mikaylie is a graduate student in instructional technology. She loves writing columnsfor the Statesman and would love to hear your thoughts, comments and ideas so send them to mikaylie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu. 'College' too crude for kids By ROGER MOORE The Orlando Sentinel Josh Peck of TV's "Drake & Josh" left his kiddie TV show days behind him with the indie coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness" this summer, playing a pot dealer who finds love and sex over one magical summer before college. Drake Bell of TVs "Drake & Josh", he plays Drake, y see , tries to go Josh one better, or worse, in "College." a raunchy comedy that plays like a Superbad without the smarts, the heart, the originality or the laughs. Oh, to have a 16-year-old son or daughter, just so I could tell them, "No way you're seeing that junk." Kevin (Bell) is a high school senior heading off to his visitation weekend at Fieldmont University. His girlfriend has just dumped him for being boring. His bookish classmate Morris (Kevin Covais) wants to really go and tour the campus, maybe land a scholarship. Bui slovenly, party-hearty pal Carter (Andrew Caldwell) figures it's time for Kevin to get his freak on. After rejecting the dorm room of a chronic masturbator as their home for the week_ end, they stay at a frat house, . where the Animal House "' cast-offs proceed to torment, haze, abuse and rob them in between beer busts and topless parties with all manner of compliant co-eds. Naturally, the high school lads hook up. If only they can stop being distracted by the beer, pot and nitrous oxide abuse, the endless shots of Penthouse centerfolds making out with one another (director Deb Hagan, what are you trying to tell us. hmmm?), maybe they'll find true love with older women. The explicit how-to manual on how to do "body shots," play quarters and assorted other chugging games is more irresponsible than amusing. It should be amusingly irresponsible. The lad's juvenile homophobia isn't funny, either. And Bell? He's relegated to straight-man status, trying to keep the peace between his nerd-cliche pal and his buttgut Chris Farley-clone pal. "Enough, you guys!" Haley Bennett is the dull, somewhat pretty girl who tickles Kevin's fancy. She doesn't have anything funny to do either. Some nudity, some revolting pranks, some more revolting trips into the toilet, and a script littered with f-bombs, and then you see on his resume that Bell is still planning on doing a Drake & Josh Christmas special. Is their Nickelodeon audience old enough for "College"? Or did they mature right past it? If they have good parents, they will. I* Une r DiamondS alien/ t*f " (Dtex/ /o CPersian jiacocAJ 12 l$)esi UlTaJn, Utexhurg, J7Z> 63440 1737 J{urley Qrioe, Tbca/e/fo, 9D 33202 208-<X59-Z500 208-236-9700 (DCex/ to laco be//) (JBocaiedin 7&ca/e//o Square) INKS Solutions Your Cartridge Refill center •.&' " I Troy Oldham :* I Lecturer - JCOM Department! 1. Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting^ Wishing # 2. Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes 3. Issac Hayden - Break This & 4. Issac Hayden - Live from Utah| f. Van Halen - You Really Got All $. Boston - More Than a Feeling 7, U2 - Where The Streets Haye No Name -. •.'-b'.'K 8. The Tubes - She's a Beauty, <; 9;, Live - The Dam at Qttef Creel 10. Bill Cosby - Noah^Each week the Statesman will find one student listening to his or her Ipod and see what is playing on their playlist. \ 4 Information compiled by Kandice Crompton \ I 43 DCor/A UlCain, Boyan, 9£J 64321 What's on your playlist?! ' | 'ne Jewelry1 . ^ N0U PLAyiNG s 2 Visit our kiosk in the Cache Valley Mall 1300 N Main Street Or give us a call at 435-755-0270 |