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Show Life B O O K Monday • January 26, 2009 . , B j [ •HIS**,1 - R E S T A U R A N T R E V I E W If you haven't read it On The Road R E V I E W Benvenuto in Italia Forget the passport; Italy is right here I JACK KEROUAC & JASON GIBBONS Life writers RIEI Life writer P ublished in 1957, On The Road is the ultimate tale of wanderlust and the joys and perils of the open road. The largely autobiographical novel revolves around many of the major players of the Beat movement including the apocalyptic poet, Allen Ginsberg, and Kerouac's sometimes muse, Neil Cassady. While writing the book, Kerouac employed the idea of spontaneous prose to capture the frenetic pace of the main characters and their fastpaced search for "kicks" and meaning. The effect is an often sparse, bare bones kind of beauty which has inspired musicians, artists, and many other writers since its publication. On The Road definitely makes my list of must read novels for the college student, so if one of your teachers doesn't make you do it sooner, go find a copy in your spare time. Here's an excerpt from the novel: "I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn't know who I was — I was far away from Amazon.com On The Road by Jack Kerouac is a modern American classic. home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap hotel room I'd never seen, hearing the hiss of steam outside, and the creak of the old wood of the hotel, and footsteps upstairs, and all the sad sounds, and I looked at the cracked high ceiling and really didn't know who I was for about fifteen strange seconds. I wasn't scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost. I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future." In the heart of downtown Provo, you can be just a step away from Tuscany. No need for a passport; Gloria's Little Italy Restaurant brings Italy right to you, literally. Almost everything in the kitchen is imported from Italy, including the antipasti, Misto Delia Casa. Rich imported cured ham, dry sausage, and young peccorino cheese pair perfectly with marinated' artichoke hearts and briney green olives. Gloria uses Fettunta bread, which is tender on the inside and crisp on the outside. Rubbed with garlic, seasoned with salt, fresh ground pepper and a drizzle of superior tasting olive oil, this combination brings new light to regular garlic bread. No Italian menu would be complete without a host of pasta offerings, and Gloria's is by no means lacking. In the Primi Piatti, there are 8 different types of pasta, 8 different sauces and several types of specialty and recommended pasta dishes. It may take a while to decide. For those who just can't choose one, go with the Tricolore Italiano. An elegant presentation of 3 fabulous sauces in the colors of the Italian flag. Green: Pesto, a rich blend of pine nuts, fresh basil .and olive oil; white: Besciamella, creamy, decadent and delicate; and red: Pomarola, tangy tomato and herbs. All 3 sauces are drizzled generously over your choice of pasta. cheese filling spotted with chocolate chips. Gloria's cannolis are by far the best cannolis this side of the Atlantic. Or, make your escape with a fresh gelato. From use of warm colors and lovely wall paintings give the feeling one is looking out the window at the Tuscany countryside. Because this restaurant is family operated, you are treated as family upon entering. Whether you come to dine, or purchase goods from the counter or the small Italian imports store, you will be welcomed with warmth and smiles. More Info Entrees: $9.99-$19.99, higher prices due to imported ingredients. Alyssa Lewis/UVU Review Benvenuto in italia. For those with a penchant for chewing, select from the Secondi Piatti. Classics are always a favorite, such as Polio Alia Parmigiana, more commonly known as Chicken Parmesan. This dish is comprised of crisp chicken with spaghetti, smothered in GIo : ria's Pomarola red sauce and melted mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Let yourself indulge in a cannoli. The crisp cannoli shells are imported, as well as the creamy, sweet rich chocolate to tart raspberry, there are many flavors to tempt your taste buds. Gloria's dessert counter boasts at least ten wonderful desserts,, all .freshly made. Also, for all of you who want to try Tiramisu but have refrained because of religious beliefs, hold back no longer. Gloria's Tiramisu is made with coffee flavoring instead of the traditional espresso. Gloria's Little Italy is beautifully ^ Slumdog Millionaire It's too poor to win an Oscar Children's menu: $5.99-$6.99 M-TH Lunch: 11am-3pm Dinner: 5pm-9pm FRI-SAT L u n c h : 11am-3pm Dinner: 5pm-10pm Closed Sunday Gloria's Little Italy 1 East Center Street Suite 100 Provo, UT 801-805-4913 Bad Teachers Good teachers = happy students Bad teachers = unhappy students P PARKER DON AT Ufe writer •MATTHEW A. JONASSAjNI j Life writer When Slumdog Millionaire was announced the winner of the Golden Globes for Best Picture, it was lavished with glowing Oscar predictions. But acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie told the New York Times that he wasn't a fan of the film, saying the storyline felt implausible, "And I'm the only person who thinks this," he added. inconsistent. It wants to take itself seriously but almost tries too hard. An early torture scene seems to set the tone for a violent thriller. But this has nothing to do with the rest of the film. The 1993 Bombay Riots set the stage for some important plot events, but the ri- falls so comfortably into place that it feels contrived. Most frustrating is the love story itself. The protagonist meets and loves the girl early on, but the audience must assume that he loves her just for the sake of it. This would be fine, except that there's no other reason trary dance number over the credits. Throughout Slumdog Millionaire, rules get set up only to be broken later. The world isn't tightly wrought; the film never seems to know whether it's a fairy tale, a crime drama, a coming-ofage story, or a love-story, •* Slumdog Millionaire has the makings of a great fable. There are orphaned main characters, a Fagan and some financial scheming that all smack of Dickens. There are hints at mysticism. There's sibling rivalty. Desperate escapes and :* ladnapping. Rags to riches. A dark and dangerous city underworld. Destined (and distanced) true love. ;.' That's all definitely intnguing on paper. However, Slumdog Millionaire doesn't fully deliver on any of this. There is an uninteresting character set up against the protagonist's brother; similarly, it seems like a contrast is at work between the game show host and the protagonist but this contrast is never explored. The transitions between a few events feel jumpy. For all the poential of good storytelling, jlie characters are largely abused for the sake of moving the movie along. *i film is also.terribly KtJ Bad teachers—you may have had one. A class where snoring, drooling, and yawning is the main course may be an indicator of a bad professor. On campus, students struggle with professors and grades but rarely realize the rights that entitle them to be treated fairly and with respect. If you have a problem with a professor, it is important to address it early on, rather than later. If you currently have a bad professor, what do you do? Evaluate your professor. Courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Dev Patel and Anil Kanpor in Slumdog Millionaire ots are an impulsive setting taken out of their historical context. A divine visitation that could contribute some magic realism isn't anything but plot device. There's note made of a human being's materialistic value that sets up a working morality in the film but is contradicted when a character disregards such structure. The ending to care about the couple. Calling Slumdog Millionaire a tribute to Bollywood seems as misleading as calling Brokeback Mountain a movie about gay cowboys. Bollywood films involved destined romance and melodrama, but they also invoked song and dance numbers to further the plot. The only trace of that here is an arbi- and it feels too loose in all the wrong places to reliably be all of that at once. Too fabulist to be serious and too insistent to be inconsistent, Slumdog Millionaire looks and sounds beautiful, but it lacks any true substance beneath its colorful and self-conscious surface that could merit an Oscar for Best Picture. Does your professor treat students fairly? Does your professor show respect to students? Does your professor make you feel comfortable? If you said no to any of these questions, then you may consider finding another teacher. It may be personality clashes or that the work load is too much. The point is, if you don't like your professor, chances are the outcome will be a bad experience or a bad grade in the course. Change your professor. You are not stuck with a bad professor. Look at your schedule. Find a professor you like and change out of the class. Make sure to know all deadlines are for withdrawal. This semester the deadline to drop and not have it show on your transcript and get a full refund is January 28. Work with your professor. During the semester things come up. Personal issues and situations make things hard. Work with your professor; respect him or her and his or her class regulations. While students are probably the ones slacking or avoiding confrontation, teachers are the ones who give out grades. Respect your teachers as you would like to be respected in return. Know who to talk to. If there seem to be no solutions to the problems you have with a professor, talk with the Ombuds office, located in the Student Center across from Scoops in room SC 107, if they don't have a solution they .can at least direct you to someone who does. Know your rights. Many students don't know their rights. For example, the UVU See BAD • 66 |