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University Board is bringing a Sunshine State-cum-California transplant and an Orange County native in the form of Yellowcard and Something Corporate, respectively, for the second spring concert of the year Sunday. Both bands have been blithely placed in the pantheon of punk and modern rock, but Yellowcard and Something Corporate eschew traditional conventions through style and unique instrumentation.
Dear Verge- I've been living with three friends of mine all year and we tentatively have a house next year. But the problem is that I don't think I can live with them another year. They're my friends and all, but I really need to concentrate on my own thing next year.
When the residents on the seventh floor of Stevenson Hall returned for the spring semester, an odd, shirtless man wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and a pair of boxing gloves awaited them. The shirtless character was not there to frighten or rob the residents, but to make them laugh.
A group of Eastern women will travel to the nation's capital to march for women's rights issues this weekend. Registered Student Organization Women's Empowerment organized the trip to Washington D.C. for the March for Women's Lives. The march is "designed to motivate Americans to stand up to policies that endanger women's lives and health," according to marchforwomen.
Plan for the walls to shake at The Uptowner when two Champaign bands take the stage to rock out Friday. Temple of Low Men and Lorenzo Goetz are set to step in the light to show Eastern students what they are all about. Ian Shepherd, drummer of Temple of Low Men, described the band as a guitar-driven, pop band in disguise.
In commemoration of their second anniversary and the grand opening of a new back room with more seating, Jackson Avenue Coffee has events planned all weekend. The new back room, an addition of about 600 square feet, has more seating and a bigger stage for musical performances.
The Young Democrats of Coles County will host a fundraiser from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Roc's Blackfront on the Square. "We're doing this to promote a closer relationship between the students, the campus and the general public of Coles County," said Benjamin J.
Gore-tastic. Kill-diculous. These are just a few of the words that can best describe the level of excellence that exudes from the newest comic-to-movie conversion, "The Punisher." The film starring Thomas Jane, follows FBI agent Frank Castle, a deep undercover agent who finds himself responsible for the death of a son of Tampa Bay crime boss, Robert Saint (John Travolta).
In one of the loudest, if not best, nights of the past year in local music, Supagroup, Christpuncher and Hot Iron Skillet all damned trends, while bringing a night of rock and metal to Friends & Co. last Saturday. Opening the show was Pana's Hot Iron Skillet, who had played ECHOfest earlier in the night.
Stress-it's good for you, they say. As the semester winds down, the mounting pile of responsibilities and loose ends that teeter precariously overhead may seem about to come crashing down on you. It probably will soon, so when this happens, you can be ultra-prepared like a freaked out, overage boy scout or girl scout.
First someone made the Grey Album-The Beatles White Album mixed with Jay-Z's "Black Album." Then along came Jay-Zeezer-Weezer's Blue Album mixed with Jay-Z's Black Album. Though we at The Verge think this trend is both alarming and wrong, we can't help but wonder 'What will come next?' This week with 12 predictions instead of the standard eight.
