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Archive - Nov 5, 2007

Digging a hole to … the Indian Ocean?

When I was in middle school, some of the kids in my class started trying to dig a hole to China on our playground. What they didn’t know is that, had they succeeded, they would have ended up in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The kids in Bolivia and Argentina, however, would have had much more luck.

"American Gangster"

I love you?

I love you. All the TV shows and the sappy stories use those three words so much that most people have become numb to them. Good friends (not to stereotype, but mostly girls) say it all the time. I often hear, and say, "Just kidding, you know I love you." But what about when it comes to one of the most unpredictable things in the world, a high school relationship?

Still Halloween?

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Gargoyle guide to the week in entertainment, Nov. 5-11

[UPDATED] The big news locally is IMCfest 2007, a three-day festival at the Independent Media Center that will feature art exhibits, independent films, food, activist speakers, fire spinners, belly dancers, and live music. Also this weekend, you can watch six films from Southeast Asia for free at the Asian Film Festival at Boardman's Art Theatre. Lots of other good things are coming our way this week, and the Gargoyle crew of Erin Hayes, Kumars Salehi, and Gordon Ruan offer their picks.

Local music talent on display at CU Bandstand

The CU Bandstand at Market Place Mall is the place to be Saturday if you like '60s music. Performers from local high schools will be onstage from 6 to 8 p.m. in an event promoting the Nov. 29 production of the Broadway musical "Hairspray" at Assembly Hall.

Column: In the fight against global warming, are these leaders environmental heroes or oil-loving liars?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize this year with Al Gore in recognition of the group's efforts to spread knowledge about global warming. But the IPCC's persistent lowballing of the problem leads Sindha Agha to suspect the group is not a reliable source of information on what could be the greatest crisis facing humankind.

Of spelling bees, Sprite, parents, and boyfriends: Auditions for StudProd start today!

StudProd is an annual Uni tradition featuring plays written and directed by students themselves. Auditions start today, and you should audition. Junior Lauren Piester, one of the playwright-directors, tells you why.

Column: The Red Sox Nation cheers again

The 2007 World Series marked the second time in four years the Boston Red Sox swept the National Leaugue champions to claim the title. Maritza Mestre recalls living in the middle of the Red Sox Nation when the team won in 2004 for the first time in 86 years.