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April 20, 2009 www.theAccent.org Volume 2, Issue 5

Austin police
out for blood
ACC phlebotomy The moderator, David
Kobierowski, presented

certificates for the Supreme Court

case Beeman

cops a possibility
v. Texas as a
possible way
around 724.103
to the panel
Trevor Goodchild and audience of
Staff Writer Austinites. Knowel
Beeman appealed
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo backs the drawing of his
Senate Bill 261, sponsored by Senator Bob blood because his arrest
Deuell, which amends laws to allow drawing didn’t meet the Texas
blood from DWI suspects who refuse a breath transportation code’s
test. criteria, but lost.
As of March 31 the bill is in the senate In an aside, Francis
Criminal Justice Subcommittee and has not Montenegro, a criminal
yet reached the House. defense lawyer who Everyone signs
If Acevedo’s plan to increase blood draws attended the event called off on legal
succeeds, ACC might be used to train Austin this “judicial activism,” documents. Let’s say
police officers to be phlebotomists. The City and stated it does not rewrite the Texas Law you were accused of
Counsel and the Austin Police Department that is already in place. Bush spoke in detail a DWI. How do you
are debating the issue right now. in the panel about the rights guaranteed know that blood was
“The program would require us to go by the Ninth Amendment and the right to actually yours? Because
to Austin Community College; it is one of privacy he felt would not be protected with we don’t have forensic
two phlebotomy training programs that blood draws. capabilities, we cannot
are nationally accredited in the country,” “I know if we continue this practice of say in a court of law that
Acevedo said. forcible blood withdrawals, the city of Austin that was your blood,”
The phlebotomy program at ACC is a one- residents are not going to lay down without Berkowitz said.
semester, stand-alone program. The program putting up a fight,” said Bush. The federal grant to
can be taken without having a higher degree The chief of police had another viewpoint train officers at ACC
plan. about the drawing of blood authorized under would come from
Eileen Klein, Dean of the Medical the implied consent laws. National Highway
Technology and Phlebotomy department and “I don’t know how to break it to people, but and Traffic Safety
Department chair Terry Kotrla, are aware of when you break the law you lose some rights,” Association (NHTSA).
the police chief ’s plan to train officers at ACC. Acevedo said. Despite this, hospitals
“We [department chair and Dean] have He also justified wanting to train police aren’t alone in their
been in constant communication about this... officers at ACC because hospitals were scrutiny of this policy.
this is not set in cement yet. Until they [APD refusing blood draws from DWI suspects due Some of the City Counsel
and City Council] have their ducks in a row to liability concerns. Even the jail nurse at members criticize its
we’re not going to go for it,” Kotrla said. the Austin Police Department will not draw price tag.
There are many ducks that need to be in blood for the APD to prove if someone is over “It is going to cost
many rows, as Austin’s City Council cannot the legal limit. millions upon millions of
rewrite Texas law. “When you look at the economic toll, dollars to collect and store
According to Texas Transportation Code the emotional toll and the toll on our the DNA and maintain it
724.013, taking blood samples from DWI communities...I think personally it’s kind of in a secure process. There
suspects who refuse to have it taken is illegal irresponsible [for nurses to refuse],” Acevedo are too many questions
unless the criteria of death or serious bodily said. and until those questions
injury have been met. Brackenridge, Seton, and St. David’s get answered I don’t
Some of these issues were discussed hospital were all mentioned at the forum, think the city of
at a public forum hosted by Texans for and identified for refusing to do blood draws Austin should be
Accountable Government (TAG). when DWI suspects were brought in by APD. engaged in taking
On March 30 at City Hall a forum was Dr. Steven Berkowitz, the Chief Medical blood samples and
held with a panel comprised of Acevedo, Officer of St. David’s hospital’s five locations storing them,” Martinez said.
Council Member Mike Martinez, American in Austin shared his perspective on Acevedo’s Acevedo cited that Arizona
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Mothers proposed policy. has been doing blood testing
Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the “A forensic lab has certain policies and since the 1990s and claimed
Jana Lelek • Layout Editor
TAG Executive Director John Bush. procedures...they do a chain of custody. ȩȩ COLLEGE continued on page 3

Interest in teaching drives ACC nursing Administration opposes six drop rule
student back to school after five years Officials ask Leg. to they have to drop a class to
Jamie Carpenter
Campus Editor
Lisa Heap dropped out of
school her senior year as a
biochemistry major. Five years
passed before she returned to
college.
Since summer of 2007,
Heap has worked on her asso-
ciate degree in nursing at ACC.
While attending ACC, she has
decided to become a nursing
teacher. She credits Professor
of Nursing Helen Harkreader
as helping to inspire her.
“I would like to become
a nursing professor and she
[Harkreader] formed a lot
of my ideas of what a good
nursing professor looks like.
Nurses can be very particu-
lar. There is a very fine line
between being too strict and
being too lenient. They have
to be strict with us because
we could hurt someone, but
they have to be lenient because
we are beginners and we are
trying to learn.”
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free community colleges from
take care of those responsibili- the burden of the six drop rule.
exempt community
college students
Chris Smith
Staff Writer
The ACC administration
is asking state representatives
to back legislation that would
remove community colleges
from the six drop rule.
“We feel that our students
at community college are not
just students who pay their
full tuition, take a full load
and then all the other things
they do in their life is study,”
said Linda Young, special
assistant to the president for
External Affairs at ACC. “They
are people who work, some of
them work two jobs, some of
them come part time, some of
them take a full load and work
full time.”
“Students at ACC many
Kevin Forester • Staff Photographer
times have responsibilities
Nursing Student Lisa Heap is likely to be found in the learning lab early
outside of the classroom, like
mornings at the South Austin Campus helping students in need of
health science tutoring. Heap recently won the Common Knowledge family obligations and jobs,
Scholarship Foundation’s National Nursing Scholarship. and there will be times when
ties,” said Young.
The current policy states
that students may only drop
six courses throughout their
entire undergraduate career.
There are some exceptions
to the policy. For example if
there is a death in the family
or there is a change in work
schedule, a student can drop
a course without it counting
against them if they provide
the proper documentation.
“The key is for students to
be successful in their courses,
and that is what we really
concentrate on,” said Kathleen
Christensen, Vice President of
Student Support and Success
Systems. She feels the six drop
rule is unnecessary because
ACC already monitors the
course completion rate of
all credit students and has a
policy in place for dealing with
students who drop too many
courses.
Representative Roberto
Alonzo, D-Dallas, has submit-
ted a Bill, HB 3518, that would
“I had an uncomfortable
feeling,” said Alonzo of the
six drop rule when it was first
made part of Texas Education
policy. So when ACC’s office
of External Affairs asked if
he could write a Bill dealing
with the issue, Alonzo gladly
complied.
“For junior college folks it’s
kind of a different situation,”
says Alonzo. “I think we need
to look at helping students
out.”
The Bill is in the House
Higher Education commit-
tee, and Alonzo thinks it has
a chance at being passed but
encourages students who have
a strong opinion on the six
drop rule to e-mail him and let
him know how they feel.
“It is important if there are
students who feel very strongly
about it to let me know,” said
Alonzo. “I think it’s right, and
that’s why I introduced the leg-
islation, but the more support
that you have for it the better.”
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R edress of
Grievances
Graduation
Jamie Carpenter
Campus Editor
Soon it will be gradua-
tion time here at ACC. There
is actually a light at the end
of the whirlwind tunnel of
exams, homework and long
lectures. Come the end of the
semester, many students will
possess an associate degree
or a technical certificate. Yet,
some will choose not to walk
across the stage at the Frank
Erwin Center come May 14.
According to ACC’s
Newsroom Blog Archive,
there were 1,800 graduates in
the class of 2008. Only about
370 students attended the
ceremony.
Really? Only about 370
out of 1,800? Granted, some
people probably couldn’t
attend because of personal or
work conflicts with the day
and time. However, I am sure
that does not explain why
all of the over 1,300 missing
graduates did not walk the
stage.
Personally, I am more
inclined to believe that most
people did not walk the stage
for two reasons: 1.) a lack of
interest in spending an hour or
so sitting down and watching
a lot of people they don’t know
walk across the stage or 2.)
the belief that an associate /
technical degree / certificate is
not worth walking across the
stage for.
I strongly and sincerely
encourage people to walk
across the stage. Yes, you may
be bored while you are sitting
there waiting for your turn to
go up, but almost everything
that is fun, interesting or of
Slave to Ticketmaster
Devon Tincknell
Staff Writer
Dear Ticketmaster:
Hey Ticketmaster, how’s it
going? Pretty good, I bet. It’s
almost summer and music
fans across the country are
getting ready to shell out big
bucks for outdoor festivals, U2
concerts, and, of course, all the
big reunion tours. Can you
believe Phish is finally back
together after five longs years?
I know! But despite being in
the midst of a rapidly worsen-
ing economic depression, con-
cert tickets are more expensive
than ever. The average price
for nose bleed seats to see a big
name artist is $65, double what
it was ten years ago. You guys
must be stoked.
Unfortunately, a lot of fans
aren’t as excited about all of
this as you are. Once upon
a time, attending a big rock
concert was a rite of passage
for America’s youth. It wasn’t
just the show that was special,
it was the whole ordeal. People
saved up their minimum wage
salary for weeks to buy tickets,
camped out in front of the box
office to get primo seats, and
then handfuls of young entre-
preneurs bought more tickets
than they needed so they could
make a little cash scalping. It
wasn’t legal, but it allowed fans
to get into those sold out shows
for a few extra dollars.
Now that ritual is gone.
Fans are forced to rapidly
click reload on your website,
then watch with horror when
“SOLD OUT” pops up a
mere fifteen minutes after the
tickets went on sale. I guess
it was inevitable. You saw
those sleazy denim clad
burnouts hawk-
ing tickets in the
parking lot and
said, “Hey, we
should be making
that money,” and
now you are, in the
most suspicious way
possible.
You’re the number one
ticket retailer in America,
Forum
importance in life is coun-
teracted with the boredom of
waiting.
You want to ride The
Rattler at Fiesta Texas? Have
fun waiting in line. Need to
get your driver license? Have
fun sitting for hours waiting
for your number to be called.
Your wife, sister, or aunt is
going into labor? Have fun in
the waiting room for countless
hours.
The point is, if you’re not
going to your graduation
ceremony because you think
you will be bored or have
better things to do with your
time, think again. Aside from
getting a diploma, the act of
walking across the stage is
a tangible way to show your
achievement. It is similar to a
class ring or the diploma you
hang on the wall.
For those who think get-
ting an associate degree, or a
technical degree or certificate
is not worth walking the stage,
think again. Many, many
students have struggled with
higher education. They have
started, quit, restarted, or
had to go part-time because
of financial situations. They
are raising children, working
full-time, and basically suffer
a lot of real life problems that
prevent getting an associate
degree, being merely two years
of their lives. You are success-
ful because of what you have
gone through and how you
came out of your situation.
You deserve and are worth
the recognition of having your
name called out just as much
as anyone getting any other
degree. So, walk across the
stage and be proud.
but apparently that wasn’t
good enough, so last year
you bought Ticketsnow.
com. Ticketsnow is what is
known as a secondary tick-
eter, formerly called a scalper.
They let folks with tickets for
popular concerts and events
auction them off for several
times the price, then charge
additional service fees that
can exceed $100 per ticket. It
might seem like there would
be a conflict of interest when
the legit ticket retailer is in
cahoots with the black market,
but you’ve promised repeatedly
that there is no funny busi-
ness going on. Which makes
it so weird that when Bruce
Springsteen fans tried to buy
tickets from Ticketmaster last
February, they were rerouted
to the Ticketsnow site, despite
the fact that unscalped tickets
were still available.
Those shenanigans not only
irked the fans, but the Boss
himself, who wrote a letter on
his website that said the “abuse
of our fans and our trust by
Ticketmaster has made us...
furious.” You swore up and
down that it was a computer
glitch, but then did the same
thing with Leonard Cohen
tickets in Canada. And now
Canada is pissed! You cur-
rently face three class-action
lawsuits north of the border.
Your legal woes don’t end
there. For some reason, a US
Senate Anti-trust committee is
a little suspicious of your pro-
posed merger with LiveNation,
the third largest ticket retailer.
If this merger goes through,
you will own three out of
four of the top ticket sellers.
That looks an awful lot like a
monopoly.
So what are us fans to
do? Prince fought
back and refused
to allow his
tickets to be
sold far in
advance,
cutting
down on
the time
in which
tickets
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No handguns on college campus
Our View
Karen Kuhn • Staff Artist
Staff Editorial
Sarah Neve Editor-in-Chief • David Rodriguez Assistant Editor
Jamie Carpenter Campus Editor • Alma Hernandez Photo/Web Editor
Jana Lelek Layout Editor • Chris Scott Layout Intern
Proposed gun legislation is irresponsible, unsafe
A Bill written by Rep. Joe Driver that this bill argue that because only citizens 32 people were gun downed by a senior
would allow concealed handguns on over 21 years old can get a license, very English major at Virginia Tech who
college campuses just passed out of the few students would have guns. bought both his weapons legally and was
House Committee on Public Safety with This is based on the archaic notion described by the owner of the gun shop
a vote of five to three on April 15. This that most college students are 18-20 years as a ‘clean cut looking college student.’
is a dangerous plan that will lead to a old. In fall of 2008 just over 54 percent of Incidents like these are actually being
disrupted and unsafe learning environ- the students at ACC were older than 22. used by lawmakers as examples of why
ment. The entire Bill is based on false This Bill completely ignores past trag- guns should be allowed on campus, but
assumptions, and a complete disregard edies. There is no reason to believe that the families of those involved in these
for the past. people who have a handgun license are massacres are often anti-gun.
The idea behind this Bill is that, if all actually the kind of people one would As recently as April 6, Tom Mauser,
some kind of armed attack on the school,
those brave few who bring their hand-
want carrying a gun around campus.
In 1966, right here in Austin, Charles
the father of a boy killed at Columbine
High School, spoke to legislators in
gun to class can protect themselves and Whitman a University of Texas graduate Maine about the importance of eliminat-
others until the police arrive. shot and killed 14 people using an arse- ing loopholes that allow some buyers to
For every heroic scenario in which a nal of weapons, all of which were legally forgo background checks and waiting
student or professor wards off a deranged acquired. He was an ex-Marine, and has periods before being given a gun.
gunman and saves the day, there is a been described as an ‘all American guy’ Families of Virginia Tech victims
terrifying counter scenario in which by one of the campus psychiatrists he worked with NYC Mayor Michael
someone who shouldn’t have a gun is saw. Bloomberg on a TV ad released on the
allowed to walk freely around campus. In A decade ago this week, most of us two year anniversary of the Virginia
the event that someone attacks a campus, remember waking up to see that 12 Tech massacre last week. The ad also
panic stricken, adrenaline filled students people were brutally slaughtered at came out against laws that make obtain-
and professors are not the people who Columbine High School, some of the ing guns too easy.
should be running around with guns. guns purchased and given to the two Theses people have survived first-hand
Campus security and the Austin Police shooters were bought at a gun show, the unimaginable tragedy of a school
Department are. without a background check. It’s called shooting. No one should use what hap-
Students should not be forced to sit in the gun show loophole. pened to these families as an excuse to
a classroom with armed peers and teach- Two years and one week ago, in the pass shamefully unsafe laws.
ers. It would be unnerving and incredibly deadliest peacetime shooting on or off of
distracting. The lawmakers supporting a school campus in United States history,
can be resold for exorbitant last week I was charged $15
prices. Another idea being for shipping, despite the fact C o r r e ctio n s
bandied about is to get rid that I received my tickets by
The Asian Spring Festival is April 23, 2009, not April 16, 2008,
of paper tickets all together. e-mail. Where are you coming
Since all of these transactions up with these fees anyway? as previously reported, or April 16, 2009, as it was originally
planned.
are taking place online, why Convenience fees are over $10
not have fans just line up at per ticket. After you consider
will call the day of the show the scalpers, quick sell outs, In last issue’s story ‘ACC proposes broad prohibition of smoking’
it was reported that most (ACC) staff were in favor of designated
and pick up their tickets with jacked up prices, computer
a credit card and a photo ID? glitches, and class-action law smoking areas. This was based on the information that was cur-
rently available from the Classified Employee Association. After
It would cut the scalpers right suits, it sounds pretty inconve-
out of the equation. Getting nient to me. the story printed, the Classified Employee Association submit-
ted a much more thorough tabulation of results that found more
rid of paper tickets would also Sincerely,
mean we could get rid of some employees in favor of not allowing smoking on campus. Those
Devon Tincknell results were not available at the time the article was written.
of these ridiculous fees. When
I bought Morrissey tickets
In last issues story ‘House Bill, local project fights death penalty’
it was reported that HB 682 was the first Bill on this topic to
reach the criminal jurisprudence committee in 30 years. This
is incorrect. HB 304 was filed by Rep. Dutton in 2003, and was
heard by the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
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To Be Brief More food options at new campus
El Centro informs Riverside
The third annual Dia de la Familia, sponsored by the ACC
Latino/Latin American Studies Center (El Centro), will be held
on April 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riverside Campus. The
event aims to inform the community about ACC and El Centro
in particular. El Centro is an interdisciplinary collegewide center
that hopes to educate and provide understanding of the Latino
and Mexican American impact on culture and society. The event
is free and open to the public.
Cypress Creek hosts art show
This year’s Spring Art Fling will be held at the Cypress Creek
Campus from April 25 through April 30. The opening reception
is on April 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibit will showcase
art from ACC students and faculty as well as the Cedar Park
community and Leander ISD. Singer/songwriter Kevin Haywood
will perform. The featured artist, Isabelle Olivier, won the 2008
Spring Art Fling for “Favorite Work of Art” for Poppy Field in
France. According to Linda Haywood, the Cyprus campus man-
ager, the art work will remain on display the following week.
Student Life honors involvement
Simon’s Café employee Lee Sang takes a student’s order at the Rio Grande Campus location. A contract is being worked out for the Round Rock
The Student Life celebrates student involvement and achieve- Campus which is also taking bids from other businesses. The new space has room for a full kitchen and all food to be prepared fresh on-site .
ment event with Nite in the Life: A Red Carpet Affair, on April
24 at the Monarch Event Center. The event will run from 6 p.m.
to 11 p.m. The celebration includes a reception, awards ceremony Specifics for food vendor contracts in the works
and after parties. Winners of awards such as Servant Leader
Award, Extra Mile Award, and Outstanding Club Contribution
Adam Oliphant
Staff Writer
to Campus will be announced. Reservations are required and
can be made by visiting the Student Life web page. Besides being the newest
ACC campus, with an
expected enrollment of 10,00
students, the Round Rock
Campus will also have the
Registration begins early for fall freshest food and more dining
space.
Early registration for the Fall 2009 semester begins May 18 Simon’s Café and other
and continues through June. Students can register as early as businesses are competing for
May depending on how many hours they have, including those a contract to sell food at the
in progress. The Fall printed schedule will be made available Round Rock Campus that will
on June 8, but students can view the online schedule now. The be awarded by May 1.
purpose of the early registration, according to the ACC’s website, Currently, food service
is to help insure that students who are nearing graduation are is contracted out to Simon’s
able to take the courses needed before they fill up. Contact your Cafe, which serves prepre-
campus Student Services office with questions or concerns. pared meals and drinks. Hot
food served at Simon’s is
usually toasted or microwaved
because the space provided to
them does not have adequate
Proportionate funding laws could cost students
Christopher Smith
Staff Writer
Higher tuition and fees
might be necessary if ACC
does not receive more money
from the state of Texas for
employee health care.
Members of the board of
trustees, the president of ACC,
and the Office of External
Affairs have all taken the time
to call, send letters and talk
face to face with central Texas
state representatives about the
issue of proportionality.
Under the current policy,
institutions of higher edu-
cation receive funding for
employee health care that
matches or is proportional to
College program could certify police to draw blood
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they’ve had great results with
only one lawsuit, which the
plaintiff lost. When asked
what his recourse was if the
blood draw policy didn’t pass,
he brought up another tactic
to decrease DWIs in Austin.
“I think we have to
continue to work on the
education component of it.
We have to keep trying to
educate the public,” Acevedo
said.
Recent cases involving
people such as Jesse Owens,
Sophia King, and Daniel
Rocha have brought APD’s
use of force policy to the
forefront of the public’s eye.
ACLU Central Texas Chapter
President Debbie Russell
questioned what would
happen if someone physically
refused a blood draw.
“What hasn’t been brought
up yet is the use of force issue
when getting that blood from
a person who is unwilling to
ventilation systems to allow
for cooking meals on-site.
“ACC is interested in
providing a full service food
concessionaire at the Round
Rock Campus. Food cooked
to order at two different
counters would add variety
and can be geared to servic-
ing the needs of the students
and faculty,” Reed Stoddard,
certified professional public
buyer director procurement
and materials management
(interim) said.
As the contracts are being
reviewed for Round Rock, stu-
dent concerns about Simon’s
Café, owned and operated by
Simon’s president Jae Park,
range from lack of biode-
gradable take-away dishes
and cups to food quality and
the state funds the institution
receives. Community col-
leges across the state receive
much of their funding from
local sources, so they receive a
smaller amount of state funds
than larger four-year institu-
tions. Therefore ACC and
other community colleges do
not receive the same amount
of money for employee health
care that larger four-year insti-
tutions do.
“Proportionality is being
applied unfairly,“ Linda
Young, special assistant to the
president for External Affairs
at ACC said. If proportionality
is once more included in the
budget bill, it could cost ACC
give up their most precious
identifier,” Russell said.
Acevedo addressed this
after confronted by panel
members and multiple
Austinites that spoke at the
podium and yelled out from
the crowd regarding APD
using physical restraints to
obtain blood from a person
who might be intoxicated.
“We’re not going to beat on
somebody to get a blood test
out of them,” said Acevedo.
APD does not call their
policy forced blood draws,
they call it “non-consensual
testing.” The chief has
initiated no refusal weekends
on holidays when APD
estimates there will be a lot of
drinking. Acevedo concluded
that there was a way to avoid
the entire situation, “Bottom
line is if you take a taxi, walk
home, have a designated
driver, call dial-a-ride, or take
the bus you’ll never have to
worry about us.”
pricing.
“I don’t see why a ham-
burger at Simon’s cost twice
as much as one at Jack in the
Box,” student Larry Williams
said. “The prices seem pretty
high for what you get for some
items.”
ACC closed bids for a
food service contract for
the Round Rock Campus on
April 16. Food service will be
ready when the Round Rock
Campus opens in August of
2010.
The new contract stipulates
that all food must be fresh
and prepared daily on site.
ACC will provide the vendors
with the necessary space and
ventilation to run a high qual-
ity food service operation for
students.
$2.6 million in the coming two
years. The money for employee
health care has to come from
somewhere said Young, and
that could mean higher tuition
or more fees in the future.
In a letter sent to local state
representatives, the adminis-
tration asks representatives to
exclude proportionality from
the budget bill and to support
bills in the House (HB 2080)
and Senate (SB 41) “which
would resolve the proportion-
ality issue.”
“Those bills would say that
this formula for figuring how
we support benefits for faculty
in higher education would not
apply to community colleges
APD Cheif Art Acevedo spoke with Accent about phlebotomy training
at ACC. He advised students not to drink and drive..
Hanlly Sam • Staff Photographer
The contract will also
include some changes to
address current issues with
Simon’s, including eliminat-
ing the minimum amount
for credit card purchases, as
well as extra charges for forks,
napkins, plates, cups, bowls,
ice and condiments.
Simon’s hopes and plans to
paint all campus locations a
uniform color scheme match-
ing RGC’s scheme, update
menu boards to be uniform
and include pictures of more
menu items “so students
know what they are ordering,”
according to Park.
Park stated that “ (Simon’s)
wants to grow with ACC. We
are willing to step service up
a notch to better serve the
needs of the students.”
which don’t get the same
amount of funding that the
four-year (universities) do,”
Young said.
“For our students to be
successful, we have to have top
notch educators, and we do.
We want to continue to attract
and retain our faculty and our
administrators and profes-
sional staff,” Nan McRaven,
Chairperson of the ACC Board
of Trustees said. “For ACC to
attract and retain faculty and
staff, the college needs to be
able to offer things like health
care to its employees...the
issue of proportionality affects
employees, students and the
wider ACC community.”
Trevor Goodchild • Staff Photographer
 Campus News
page 5 Accent • April 20, 2009
Heap wins national nursing
scholarship for nursing
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According to the U.S.
Bureau of Statistics website,
registered nurses constitute
the largest healthcare occupa-
tion with 2.3 million jobs. So,
it is no surprise to see interest
in an career that is recession
proof.
Heap warns that the job
might be more than students
bargain for.
“What a non-nurse thinks
of nursing is that they take
care of sick people. Nursing
really goes a lot deeper than
just taking care of sick people.
You also want to prevent.
There is an element of seeing
into the future. I will be held
responsible if something hap-
pens that I should have seen
coming. The thing I tell a lot of
future or perspective nursing
students is that no matter what
you have going on in your life,
nurses just have to make it
work. Whether you have six
kids, or a full-time job, it is
always going to be something.
If you can just decide to make
it work, then you will find a
way.”
For those who do decide
to become a nurse, ACC has a
proven track record of success.
ACC Graduate Nurses have a
98 percent chance of passing
the NCLEX (National Council
Licensure Examination-
Registered Nurse) the first
time to become a RN. That
success rate is seen with
students like Lisa Heap. Heap
recently won the Common
Knowledge Scholarship
Foundation’s National Nursing
Scholarship.
The scholarship, which
is based on the contestant’s
ability to correctly answer
quizzes at the CKSF website,
33rd annual exhibit displays talent at Austin’s Dougherty Arts
Center, students win cash awards, still have work up for sale
Karen Kuhn
Staff Writer
Student artists were
given the opportunity to
display and sell their work
in the 33rd annual ACC
Student Art Exhibit, held
each spring. The recep-
tion and awards ceremony
took place on April 7 at the
Dougherty Arts Center.
Eighty eight students’
work was on display this
year in a broad range of
mediums. Each piece was
classified in one of six dif-
ferent categories: Painting,
Drawing, Printmaking/
Photography, Ceramics,
and Sculpture and Jewelry.
During the awards
ceremony, first through
third prizes were awarded
to exemplary student work
Culinary Arts program serves up spring events
35th Birthday
celebration in the
works, news menu,
and new season of
Austin Cooks
Jamie Carpenter
Campus Editor
Le’Bistrette, sponsored
by the American Cuisine
Restaurants class in the
Culinary Arts Department,
will be serving lunch on
wednesdays through May
6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at 3000 Eastview Campus
Building.The restaurant is run
by students with the super-
vision of program faculty
members of the Culinary Arts
and Hospitality Management
Departments. Reservations
made at least 24 hours ahead
of time are encouraged.
As well as hosting the
restaurant, the Culinary Arts
department is also hosting
fe
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pus Li
Cam
Northridge
rated their answers on a point
system to determine a winner.
With an almost 100 percent
score, Heap scored higher than
where to:
students all across the United
States.
“A lot of the material I cov- Story and Photos: Sarah Vasquez
ered at work …because I am a
tutor, so I didn’t really need to Capstone Comics
prepare for the quiz exactly,” 2121 W Parmer Lane, #107
Shop?
said Heap. This place requires a little drive or a hike to this comic
Heap also strongly encour- book store. Located in a strip mall, this place is easy to pass
ages students to take advan- because the small storefront gets lost with the surrounding
tage of tutoring here at ACC. stores. Just keep an eye out for the comic book wallpaper
She is a tutor for various sub- on the outside glass of the store. As soon as you walk in, Iron Man
jects at South Austin Campus. and a fellow employee immediately greet you. Fans of various
“I would want more stu- types of comics have a variety of books to choose from including
dents to come to the learn- recent graphic novel adaptations such as Watchmen and Wolver-
ing lab. There are not many ine, as well as plenty of eye candy action figures in display cases.
schools that will give you free
tutoring seven days a week,
for almost any subjects. I just
Canary Roost
11900 Metric Blvd # D
don’t see anything better than
Hang?
that.” Located right next door to Bevo’s ACC Bookstore,
“I started out as a pre- med this bar is a convenient hangout for students to re-
student years ago, that never lax after a day of classes and studying. This place
went anywhere. I wanted a may seem small, but there is plenty of seating for
career where I could affect the everyone to enjoy the drink specials and karaoke. This is not a
world positevely. I didn’t want place to study as the lighting is that of a typical bar, but football
to affect the world negatively, fans can enjoy the game as every University of Texas game is
like selling bad loans. I wanted broadcast on the many large screen television sets. The crowd
to have a job that I could be seems to pick up around 10 p.m. when karaoke begins.
really good at. I wanted to
have a positive influence on
the world. All nurses teach. Café Java
Whether we teach our parents 11900 Metric Blvd # K
about the drugs they are going
Eat?
Also located in the same strip mall as Canary Roost,
home with, the morbidity of this coffee shop not only offers students their morn-
their diabetes, or how to care ing cup of joe, but also serves high quality dining for
for their incision when they go a college student’s budget. The staff immediately
home. I wanted to teach. And welcomes patrons when they walk in the door and are ready
hopefully, I will teach nurses to serve giving the café a friendly atmosphere. Students
how to be nurses. I plan to go have plenty of tables to choose from for studying or doing
directly to UT, finish my bach- homework in between classes or just hanging out with some
elor’s. I don’t know if I will go friends. Although, what seemed to be lacking here is wireless
for a masters or doctrates. But internet.
ew
I’m not going to stop until I get
i
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East v
one of those. I had five years
from school, so I just don’t
want to stop again, I’m afraid
of how long it would be before
I started.”
from each category. ACC
also purchased six pieces
to be displayed on campus
as part of the permanent
collection.
“I was really excited
about the Purchase Prize
Award which is a schol-
arship in its own right,”
said Cloyd Dowling, an
ACC art student whose
4’x6’ woodblock print was
named Best in Show. “I
don’t get to keep the piece
but I get money in my
pocket.”
His print sold for $500.
The exhibit is open
to the public at the
Dougherty Arts Center
from April 2 through April
29 where several student
pieces are still available for Karen Kuhn • Staff Photographer
purchase. Teodora Erbes • Staff Photographer
Cloyd Dowling works on sketches in the art studio at
RGC. Cloyd’s art was named Best in Show at the current Richard Sanchez, featured ACC student artist, looks at pieces presented at the ACC Student
ACC student art exhibit. Art Exhibit 2009 reception on April 7 at the Dougherty Arts Center.
Le’ Bistrette
Spring 2009 Menu
a 35th Anniversary party
for ACC on April 23 at the
Eastview Campus at 6 p.m.
.This will benefit the ACC Soups and Salad s
foundation Presidential
Scholarship Fund.
Fresh Chicken Tortilla Soup
Marinated chicken grilled, shredded and combined with a rich
Austin Cooks, the in-house
cooking television show,
chicken stock, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and finished with crisp
tortilla strips. $4
California Fusion
will begin filming the third Marinated shrimp sautéed with garlic, ginger and peppers and
finished with our homemade vegetable stock and fresh cilantro. $4
season’s show in June and the
episodes will begin airing Chicken Caesar Salad
A large version of our homemade Caesar salad served with grilled
in September of 2009. The chicken and our own homemade dressing. $5
episodes feature Chef Brian
McCormick and Chef Brian
Sandwiches and Entrees
Hay, both of whom teach at Atlantic Style Fish and Chips
ACC. Past episodes can be A generous portion of hand battered cod, deep fried until golden
and served over our French fries. $7
viewed by visiting the Austin
Blue Cheese Burger
Cooks website at http://www. A burger covered with Brazos Blue cheese and brown sugar bacon.
austincc.edu/cooks/ and the $7
show is also available on Time Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza
Authentic deep dish pizza filled with generous portions of meat and
Warner Channel 19. cheese. Big enough for two. $10
Grilled Chicken and Bowtie Pasta served
Chef Brian Hay helps culinary in a Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce
Marinated chicken tossed into bowtie pasta with sun dried toma-
student Raegane Richey toes, artichoke hearts and prosciutto and covered with a roasted garlic
prepare a pastrami sandwich cream sauce. $7
at La Bistrette restaurant at Grilled Chicken Club Wrap
Grilled marinated chicken served with Brazos Rosemary Garlic Jack
Eastview campus on Wed. Cheese, Black Forest ham and bacon. $7
April 15. La Bistrette is open Pastrami Sandwich
every Wed. from 11:30-1 p.m. Our version of a New York Deli Style Sandwich. A pile of homemade
until May 6. pastrami and coleslaw stacked on our homemade bread. $7
Alma Hernandez • Photo/Web Editor

page 6 Accent • April 20, 2009
Austin remembers good ol’ boy intellectual, Perryman
Lindsay Preston
Staff Writer
Local Texas actor, Lou
Perryman, was tragically
murdered in his south Austin
home on the first of April. He
was 67 years old, and survived
by his daughter, Jennifer.
Unless you belong to the
small, but proud, group of
independent film aficionados,
many of you may never have
heard of Perryman, although it
is likely you have encountered
his performances along the
way. He was often hired to play
quirky characters throughout
the years, and though the roles
were small, his performances
are as colorful and memorable
as the man himself.
Some of his roles include
an ornery redneck in The
Blues Brothers, the affable,
moochy construction worker
in Poltergeist, and the sheriff
in Boys Don’t Cry, and most
recently a gentle pastor in
When Zachary Beaver Came
to Town. Perryman devel-
oped a small cult following
after his role as the endearing
L.G. McPeters in The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre 2.
However, his most notable
performances occurred early
in his career as a result of
his work with the late great
filmmaker, Eagle Pennell, a
fellow indie pioneer who is
often credited with inspiring
Robert Redford to create the
Sundance Film Festival.
Perryman starred in three
of Pennell’s movies: A Hell
Chief Rival projects post west sound
Vocalist Christian York from the Austin band Chief Rival performing at Momo’s during SXSW 2009.
Upcoming Chief Rival shows include The Parlor at 8 p.m. on April 20 and Mohawk at 10 p.m. on April 22.
Youthful quartet tells a
story with their sound
Sarah Vasquez
Staff Writer
Austin’s Chief Rival could
easily be identified with more
prominent names such as
Explosions in the Sky and
Black Angels, but what makes
this band stand out from the
rest is their age.
With the youngest member
being 14 years old, these musi-
cians haven’t graduated from
high school yet.
Listening to the self-titled
EP, the songs are not written
in a conventional song format,
such as verse, chorus, verse,
and then chorus. Instead, they
are presented like orchestra
movements where every song
is structured to be a part of
Life& Arts
of a Note (1977), The Whole
Shootin’ Match (1978), and
Last Night at the Alamo, all
of which are wonderfully
scrappy, funny, and poignant
films well worth checking out.
The Whole Shootin’ Match
has been recently and lov-
ingly restored (by Mark Rance
of Watchmaker Films) as an
ongoing project to save impor-
tant independent films from
the threat of obscurity.
The film premiered this
year at SXSW alongside The
King of Texas, an excellent
documentary tracing the
tumultuous life and career
of Eagle Pennell (directed by
Claire Huie and Rene Pennell),
which can be found as a spe-
cial feature on the recent DVD
release of The Whole Shootin’
Match.
Perryman had long pro-
fessed to be most proud of his
work in The Whole Shootin’
Match and has described it
as a fundamental evolution-
ary event in his journey as a
creative artist.
Perryman had a broad
range of interests, careers, and
talents. He was part philoso-
pher, part prankster, and all
heart. He was particularly
captivated by Robert Bly and
Joseph Campbell, and in many
ways his life followed the arc of
the hero’s journey.
He was employed as a steel-
worker before joining the US
Army, and then eventually
found his way into the world of
filmmaking as a cameraman,
assistant director, and screen/
one main themed
composition.
This album
could easily be
an accompany-
ing soundtrack
to a young Clint
Eastwood western
movie as Chief Rival incorpo-
rates characteristic melodies
usually found in these types
of films. With this album, the
songs seem to tell a story.
For example, in the intro
of “Three Coffins,” the use of
crickets chirping along with
the building wavering tremolo
sets the scene for a midnight
journey. This effect is repeated
again with the addition of
gunshots and church bells to
illustrate a confrontation at a
e n tertai n me n t
stage actor.
When roles were few and
far between, this Renaissance
man worked as a cab driver
among other creative means
of supporting himself. When
roles were scarce and times
were hard, he would reach
out to his friends for help.
A mutual friend recently
commented to me that “Most
people try to keep their lives
secret, hide. But Lou had a rare
honesty and openness, a true
dignity,”
Across the years, Perryman
never lost his infectious pas-
sion for life, embracing all its
joys and complexities. He felt
deeply, and lived big, throwing
himself into the world with
a boldness and humor that
inspired many of the lives he
touched. Perryman was vora-
ciously proud to be a Texan,
and in many ways, captured
the soul of the Lone Star State
through his larger-than-life
personality, generosity, ram-
bunctiousness, and willingness
to laugh or philosophize over
a round of beers. Among all
his warm and steady qualities,
he could also be impulsive and
unpredictable, described by a
friend as “a bit of a tornado”
(he has a reputation for being
the only person to ever punch
Pennell in the nose).
Nonetheless he was also a
deeply reflective and insightful
man, a fiercely devoted father,
a member of the Jung Society,
and deeply involved and moti-
vated by Austin’s local men’s
movement.
m u sic re v iews
Sarah Vasquez • Staff Photographer
Photo courtesy of Chief Rival
church.
The last song, “Like We
Were Buffalo” is the subdued
finale of the story as the expe-
dition comes to a tranquil end.
As these musicians are
still in their always-evolving
adolescent years, the future
albums will only improve
as they mature and gain life
experience with age.
From left to right: Richard Linklater, Tobe Hooper, Mike Simpson, John Dwyer, and Lou Perryman in front.
Perryman, an enthusiastic actor and filmmaker, was murdered at his home in south Austin on April 1.
During his memorial
service this past Thursday at
Scholz Beer Garten, a man
took the microphone and
declared “A good ol’ boy can
become an intellectual…
but an intellectual can never
become a good ol’ boy. My
friend, Lou, was a true good ol’
boy intellectual”.
Perryman’s memorial ser-
vice was crowded with friends,
family, and people from the
film community, all wishing to
pay tribute and celebrate a life
and a man that was truly a gift
to our world.
After viewing a short
Plain White T’s perform at Antone’s on April 7 on their Three Part Harmony Tour. Cruiserweight of Austin and
the electronic/emo/dance/punkers Danger Radio also performed.
Three Part HarmonyTour in discord
Shawn Hinojosa
Staff Writer
I’ve got to give Plain White
T’s credit. It’s hard for a band
who’s built their career on
being imitative to truly come
up with an inventive concept
for their tour, and they did.
The hour and a half set was
split up into “acts”, called the
Three Part Harmony Tour.
They did their best to divide
their catalogue into upbeat
punky bits, restrained acous-
tic songs, and an only-God-
knows-what second encore,
but with so many interchange-
able songs, they were really
inconsistent.
In the second set, singer
Tom Higgenson played har-
monica horribly, and guitarist
Dave Tirio donned an accor-
dion for a whole 10 seconds. I
hate to say it, but the two songs
that stood out were their one
annoying radio hit about the
girl in New York who looks so
pretty (“Hey There, Delilah”),
and that other cheesy track
about the three words lovers
say to one another (“1, 2, 3, 4”).
Couples embraced each
other, had their moments, and
the band sounded great. Even
I, with my black heart and no
expectations, felt a little con-
nected after their performance
of “1, 2, 3, 4.”
It’s a little difficult to be
homage to some of his more
outstanding film moments,
many people took turns relat-
ing their memories and stories
of an unforgettable character.
While the grief was palpable,
the gathering often carried a
playful energy and ease that
seemed to honor Perryman’s
approach to life.
I last saw him only a few
short weeks ago, at the SXSW
screening of Eggshells, (1969)
the first feature film of Tobe
Hooper. As we chatted, I was
deeply impressed by his wit,
warmth, vivacity, and charm.
Perryman was the assistant
dating someone who is on
the complete opposite musi-
cal spectrum as you. When
date night comes around, and
one of you is buying tickets to
the show of his or her choos-
ing, the other person is left
a little out in the cold. That
other person was me, but I
put on a smile and enjoyed
the company at Antone’s on
April 7 for the Plain White T’s,
Cruiserweight, and Danger
Radio show.
Austinite pop-punkers
Cruiserweight opened with a
short, yet energetic set. Five
or six years ago, I saw them a
few times at the now-closed
Backroom, and they sounded
and performed exactly how I
remembered them.
The band’s chemistry with
each other is evident, as the
four-piece is comprised of
three siblings.
Singer Stella Maxwell, the
youngest of the three siblings,
has a little bit of an ego, but
it’s endearing. She challenged
the mostly teenage-girl crowd
to a dance-off by getting in
the middle of the crowd with
them, and upon returning to
the microphone, proclaimed
that she “won, like always.” It
was probably the most enter-
taining part of the night.
I haven’t paid any atten-
tion to them since my junior
year in high school, but I did
Photo courtesy of Marcia Zwilling
director of Eggshells, and
neither he nor Hooper had
seen it on the big screen since
production, 40 years ago.
During the screening,
Perryman could not contain
his enthusiasm, frequently
whooping and clapping, and
letting loose with his huge
heartfelt laugh.
It was a joy to experience
the film this way, vicariously
reencountering his past as well
as the past of Austin. I feel
privileged to have known Lou
Perryman, as I know many,
many others do as well. He
will be sorely missed.
Shawn Hinojosa • Staff Photographer
recognize that they played
one of their first singles,
“Cautionary Tale.”
Danger Radio made my
ears hurt.
I asked a girl next to me
what they sounded like and
she described them as “elec-
tronic-dancey-punk,” and I
was intrigued. She then said
that his voice “was divisive,”
which I didn’t mind, since I
tend to like that type of vocal-
ist. They sounded promising.
But then she said his voice was
“also, kinda whiney”, and I
was lost soon after that.
Their opening electronic
beats were pretty groovy, but
when the actual music started
it sounded atrocious.
Singer Andy Brookins has
a voice that makes you want
to kill yourself, he whined
and screamed, and ran from
side to side, trying to imitate
the emo-punk stars he grew
up watching (he lists Saves the
Day, Finch, and Taking Back
Sunday as his favorite bands).
Thankfully, the guys are all
relatively young (ages 21 to 24),
and hopefully they can grow
out of this stage in their career
and do something a little less
derivative.
Despite their horrible cover
of Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” I
actually heard a hint of origi-
nality hidden somewhere in
their noise.

April 20, 2009 • Accent page 7
Unprecedented move by Google hopefully enriches
David Rodriguez
Assistant Editor
Google, the ubiquitous
presence that every scholar,
college student, and layman
has grown to depend on and
utilize will soon be the largest
rights holder of copyrights our
civilized existence has ever
known.
Google Books began scan-
ning and then digitizing books
in the University of Michigan’s
library in 2004 which set off an
alarm for the Authors Guild
(AG), Association of American
Publishers (AAP), and a small
band of authors and publish-
ers. They filed a class-action
lawsuit against Google for
copyright infringement in
September of 2005.
The AG and AAP, acting
on behalf of every author
and publisher ever, reached
a settlement agreement in
October of 2008 that “will
establish a new not-for-profit
organization controlled by
authors and publishers, the
Books Rights Registry, which
will collect and distribute
revenue from Google and
maintain a database on rights
holders,” according to a state-
ment released by the AG in
December of 2008.
Google will provide a digi-
tized database to libraries and
universities and “All licensing
Life&Arts
revenues go initially to Google,
which keeps its 37% share and
forwards the remaining 63%
to the Books Rights Registry.
The Registry then forwards the
appropriate amount to rights
holders, keeping an adminis-
trative fee,” according to the
aforementioned statement. In
the uber corporate legalese
jargon of the Google Book
Settlement, there are many
different categories and sub-
categories that determine who
receives what revenues.
The Books Rights Registry
is an arm of Google meant to
act as the American Society
of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP) does for
the recording industry, and
while we all would like to
trust Google’s unerring moral
fortitude, how is a subsidiary
going to objectively set prices,
dole out revenue, and maintain
good business practices?
What Google essentially has
accomplished is a monopoly
of information that will affect
everyone that reads, publishes,
or collects information. This
includes public libraries those
beacons of public interest that
are so necessary and vital to
our society’s progression.
While public libraries will
receive untaxed access at
one computer inside of their
respective buildings to all texts
within Google’s digital library,
individuals will also have the
option to buy online access to
certain books.
What is viscerally at stake
with this settlement is the
public’s interest. Google Books
will now dwarf the Library
of Congress, all libraries
combined eventually, and
any information collecting
agency that has ever existed,
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concerning intellectual
property.
On one hand, this could be
great for students and scholars
to have somewhat unprec-
edented access to obscure
and out of print tomes for
study and enlightenment,
but on the other hand what
if Google’s rates become too
high for Austin Community
College, for instance, to afford
subscriptions to their service.
We would just get cut off from
information that was maybe
once obscure and unattain-
able, no big loss, but we could
also be severed from basic
amenities our library used to
provide to us for the base fee of
enrollment, like those won-
derful search engines leading
us to a wealth of scholarly
material.
Google is a publicly traded
company with interests, and a
responsibility to their share-
holders. Are those interests
going to conflict with the
publics interests?
Google has now placed
itself in a position to own a
stranglehold on the informa-
tion world or usher in a revolu-
tionary, undiscriminating and
responsible dawn of a new age,
the age of digitalization and
concentration of once unavail-
able material to the greater
public.
The frightening and bind-
ing language of the settlement
will make it virtually impos-
sible for those books under
Google’s copyright to ever be
undone, and while it is pro-
jected that Google will be able
to offer access to almost 20
percent of books ever copy-
righted, that is a ridiculous
amount of information for one
private company to own rights
Karen Kuhn • Staff Artist
to exclusively. century. But these are not writers are witnessing a move
In The New York Review railroad rebates and inflated that is unprecedented in the
of Books on Feb. 12, Robert taxes that Google could pos- publishing world, and Google
Darnton explained that “As sibly juke. No, this is public could be a boon to institu-
the authors of the Constitution information brought to us by tions of learning or a bane to
knew, copyright was created in the tool that was supposed our inherent right to educate
Great Britain by the Statute of to champion and aggrandize ourselves and consume intel-
Anne in 1710 for the purpose unregulated information shar- lectual property. Only time
of curbing the monopolis- ing, the Internet, not constrict will tell.
tic practices of the London and confine that informa- Albert Camus; “The aim of
Stationers’ Company and also, tion as a covertly trade-able art, the aim of a life can only
as its title proclaimed, ’for the commodity. to be to increase the sum of
encouragement of learning.’ ” While the final ruling will freedom and responsibility to
I don’t feel, but I would come this summer, it looks be found in every man and in
like to think, that Google has inevitable that not much will the world. It cannot under any
enrichment and education at be altered in the agreement circumstances, be to reduce or
the core of its motivations, and not ot mention that it suppress that freedom, even
considering they are now in will take years for Google to temporarily.”
the same position, overtly, as scan and digitize the wealth
Standard Oil was at the turn of books it projects to annex
of the 19th century and the under its banner. The Google Book Settlement
London Stationers’ Company We as students, readers, can be found at
was at the turn of the 17th consumers, professors, and www.googlebooksettlement.com
Notable, New and Live in Austin
David Rodriguez • Assistant Editor
Nobody Move is extraordinary novelist Denis Johnson’s latest, an American crime
story with an assortment of lowlifes. Published by Farrar, Straus and Garrar. To be
released April 28.
Kick-ass throwback stoner rock, Eagle Claw, will be performing April 22 @ The
Hole In The Wall with Woodgrain (the show is FREE).
Austin favorite Devin the Dude will be performing with his group The
Coughee Brothaz and Sistaz Jean Grae, putting it all in the air
April 25 @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (before 10 p.m. $10 for ladies and
$15 for men, after 10 p.m. $20 for everyone, doors open at 8 p.m.).
My favorite Scientoligist musician right behind the late great Isaac Hayes,
Stanley Clarke, will be doing what he does with the bass April 26 @ The One World
Theatre (2 show times, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., tix start at $50).
Stoned cold innovators and groove champions George Clinton &
Parliament Funkadelic will be partying and playing April 29 @ Stubbs outside
(doors open at 7 p.m. and tix $25).
The ridiculously detached, vapid and intriguing world of Brett Easton Ellis (BEE) is coming
to the big screen again with his and Nicholas Jarecki’s adaptation of The Informers, a collec-
tion of short stories that are intertwined loosely. The Informers will be opening April 24 @
select theatres. BEE wrote Less Than Zero and American Psycho (both were turned
into major motion pictures), but both films were a little shy of a direct adaptation.
The Informers looks to be blow by blow with an all-star cast including Billy Bob
Thornton, Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.
Writer and director James Toback will be bringing us a seriously candid docu-
mentary, Tyson, about the infamous boxing wunderkind. Mike Tyson is a fascinat-
ing subject and the film has already received great praise, opening April 24 @
select theatres.
Legendary cult and revolutionary writer and director Jim Jarmusch has a
new film, The Limits of Control set to premiere May 1 @ select theatres.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be slashing through screens May 1 @ select theatres.
Wolverine being by far the most interesting X-man, this addition to the Marvel film library
should be entertaining. Writer David Benioff did the screenplay for the 25th Hour, a well done
drama, so he should make a good author for Wolverine’s tumultuous and mysterious origins.