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Volume 1. Issue 12.

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Does Montevallo Spin?:How we view music andthe future of the album

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6pm – 7pmComer Auditorium

by Matt LordStaff Writer

The protest of November 5th

This year’s elections proved that as a nation we are a divided. With a presidential vote that split voters right down the middle on where we want this nation to go, it would seem America is at a cross-roads and can’t de-finitively decide which path it wants to take. Rest assured however as the United Nations has a plan, and it’s called Agenda 21. Adopted by 178 gov-ernments in 1992 at the United Nations Confer-ence on Environment and Development in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Agenda 21 aims to make the world a better place. Agenda 21 is full of left leaning lan-guage like, “greater equity in income dis-

The Hacktiv-ist group Anonymous along with other hack-ers celebrated Guy Fawkes Day this year with a series of cyber attacks, and large public protest both in the Unit-ed States, and London. November 5th, or Guy Fawkes Day, as it’s celebrated in Lon-don is the annual cel-ebration of the failure of Guy Fawkes failed attempt to blow up Par-

by Andrew MeechumAssociate Editor

tribution” and “de-veloping and imple-menting “ plans and methodologies to meet the goals outlined by the voluminous work. The coversheet for Agenda 21 says its aim is to act as a, “com-prehensive plan of ac-tion to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Ma-jor Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.” Acting as the middleman between governments and the UN is the ICLEI – Lo-cal Governments for Sustainability. For-merly known as the International Council for Local Environmen-tal Initiatives, ICLEI is poised to become an environmental big brother whose job is to enforce the principles outlined in Agenda 21. Through dis-semination of training doctrine, software, pub-lications and consulting the ICLEI seeks to in-stitute Agenda 21 in lo-

cal and national govern-ments and potentially control several aspects of our lives under the guise of sustainable de-velopment. According to their website ICLEI is currently working with, “12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities and urban regions, 450 large cities as well as 450 small and medium sized cities and towns in 84 countries.” Huntsville, Bir-mingham and Mont-gomery joined ICLEI USA in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. In coming issues we will delve deeper into the four sections and 40 chapters that make up Agenda 21 as well as its coming into being. If conspiracy theorists on the Inter-net are to be believed, Agenda 21 will prove to be very bad for Amer-ica. We will compare initiatives and goals within Agenda 21 to the United States Con-stitution to determine if the two are compat-ible or if the two docu-ments are as incompat-ible as many believe.

We will also take a look at George Soros who donated over $2.1 million to ICLEI and famously wrote in 1998, “Insofar as there are collective interests that transcend state boundaries, the sover-eignty of states must be subordinated to inter-national law and inter-national institutions.” While these may only be Soros’ personal sentiments, one can’t

expect anyone to donate large sums of money to an institution that doesn’t support or line up with their ideologies. Look to The Falcon next week as we dive into Agenda 21, Section I: Social & Economic Dimensions where we will see what the agenda for consump-tion patterns and human settlement development looks like under the UN’s plan for the world.

liament in 1605. This now being an annual holiday celebrated with fireworks and burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes image became popular-ized by Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel V for Vendetta. V, the main character of the graphic novel, wears a mask is based on Guy Fawkes. These Guy Fawkes masks have become the signature of Anony-mous. Along with the mask Anonymous uses quotes from the mov-ie and graphic novel in their protest. The London branch of Anony-mous posted this on their Facebook group for Operation Ven-detta which both the

United States Branch ,and London Branch called the protests: “At 8pm on Novem-ber 5th 2012, Anony-mous will march on The Houses of Parlia-ment peacefully and un-armed. This is the cen-terpiece of a worldwide Anonymous operation of global strength and solidarity, a warning to all governments world-wide that if they keep trying to censor, cut, imprison, or silence the free world or the free internet they will not be our government”

The groups US branch made their rea-son for the march on Washington DC clear with a statement you

can read in full here. “On Novem-ber 5th 2012 WE THE PEOPLE will march on Washington DC peace-fully and unarmed to arrest all members of congress, the presi-dent, and all Supreme Court justices where they will be held with-out bond until a full independent investiga-tion and trial have been completed. We must re-elect our government within 90 days in or-der to stave of unrest,” On the same day as both pro-tests a number of cyber attacks were carried out in connection with the holiday. The target-ed sites for the hacker groups cyber attacks included; Trapwire,

INDECT, Symantec, Australian Government sites, Lady Gaga and NBC. Along with those confirmed attacks Pay-Pal was targeted, but re-ports have been released that it was not harmed. Of the sites that were named as targets Trap-Wire, INDECT and Sy-mantec were involved in

internet surveillance and security. Several other sites such as Facebook, and game developer Zynga where threat-ened, but were not hit. Early reports stated an attack on PayPal’s site also hit

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news “Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.”

Adlai E. Stevenson

by Neal EmbryStaff Writerby Matt Sanderlin

Arts & Culture Editor

Christianity and the election

Chili the English way

Dharma reincarnated

Sigma Tau Del-ta, the English Hon-ors society on campus, held a chili sale from Monday to Thursday in Comer. The orga-nization sold the chili to raise money to send some of their members to writer’s conferences. T h e r e were three types of chili offered during the four day span. The chili was made fresh each day, and varied in ingredi-ents. Beef or chicken chili was available, in addition to vegan chili. Cheese and sour cream were offered as free condiments, as well as hot sauce. A cup of chili was $4.50, and for an ex-tra $0.50, a canned drink was added. Tortilla chips and saltine crack-ers were also available. “We do this ev-ery year, and I think…it’s pretty successful”, Evan Patton, the sec-retary for Sigma Tau Delta, said. Patton cited the cold weather as the prime motiva-tion for students to

Coming into this year’s presiden-tial election, I really had no idea who to vote for. I admittedly wasn’t thrilled with ei-ther candidate, and was considering voting for a third party candidate that had no chance of winning, before mak-ing my decision to vote for one of the two main candidates. As a Chris-tian, I was upset with the choices before me.President Obama says that he considers him-self a Christian, but his values do not line up with Christian prin-ciples. Mitt Romney is a professing Mor-mon, separating him from Christianity. I can’t comment on the state of either candidate’s heart, as I’m not God and won’t pretend to be. Howev-er, based on what I can see, I seriously ques-tion whether or not we have a Christ follower in the White House. As I watched the results come in Tuesday night, and President Obama won a second term, I admit I was relieved. Relieved, not because of who won, but because some-body won and the elec-tion was over. I felt no sadness or fear, because I wasn’t particularly ex-cited about either can-didate, and I know that, ultimately, Jesus is King (Revelation 19:11-16). What did up-set me was the reac-tion of Christians. I was appalled when I read Twitter and Face-book Tuesday night. I respectfully decline to reveal who I voted for, but regardless, there was hate on both sides. I saw this throughout the elec-tion season, and I have to wonder: Is Jesus pleased with how we talk about our candi-dates? Is God okay with our political hate rants that we put on Facebook or Twitter?I admit, one of the big-gest struggles in my life is praying for oth-ers. I love others, and I encourage oth-ers, and strive to show the love of Christ in my life, but too often, I fail to pray. And it has to end (or start, depending

Record store frequenters, rejoice! Dharma, reincar-nated, has returned! The new loca-tion for Montevallo's best and only record store is now only a few blocks away from its previous spot. The re-cord store, now called Jingle Records, is now open at 730 Middle Street (on the back side of the building). The new loca-tion is still spacious, and the atmosphere is just as cozy and inviting as it was before the move. Cody and Mary still run the place with great care and interest, and they even had a record waiting for me when I made my first

want a hot cup of chili. According to Patton the cooks be-hind the chili were all volunteer contribu-tors within the club. “There’s no recipes…they just kind of go for it”, he ex-plained. The designat-ed cooks would cook the chili in the morn-ing before the sale. The vegan chili in particular was made in Comer and served right as it was done cooking. As far as types of chili, Patton said they

on how you look at it). This is a criti-cal time for our country, and especially for my generation. The next ten years for many of us will mean first jobs, first houses, marriage, children and other huge steps in our lives. The way that our govern-ment chooses to oper-ate has an effect on our way of life and our abil-ity to take these steps. So do we take to Twitter and Facebook to complain that Presi-dent Obama isn’t doing enough (or too much)? Do we post hateful things about someone? Or will we take the ini-tiative and go to God in prayer? Will we seek to do our part in spreading the gospel to the rest of this country? Or will we sit on our religious high horse and judge using Facebook as a platform? Our first re-sponse to the election should be to pray. Pray for President Obama, that God would grant wisdom and decision-making skills so that our leader can effec-tively do his job. Pray, more than that, that President Obama would come to know Christ as Savior, and begin to follow him as Lord. Pray that the gos-pel is spread throughout this great country. Sin is rampant, and judgment is coming far too quick-ly. We must realize that posting hateful things on Facebook doesn’t save anyone from hell, and certainly doesn’t change the country. In-stead, we are seen as ig-norant religious nut jobs that have no love and respect for other people. The only thing that’s going to change this country, eternally and even here in this life, is the gospel. The good news that Christ loves us and has made the sac-rifice for all of our sin if we believe changes us. The life that Christ gives allows me to seek, not my own fleshly pleasures and gain, but the betterment of others. It allows me to live my life for God’s glory, not my own. Abortion won’t end because we pass legislation that makes it illegal. Abortion will end when people are

made new creations through the forgive-ness and grace of Jesus Christ, and realize that following Christ and honoring Him brings more joy and satisfac-tion than sex outside of marriage ever could. Violence ends when those who would rape, kill and destroy find life and peace in Je-sus Christ. Where there is forgiveness and love from God, there is for-giveness and love to oth-ers. There is life change.So, Christian, I implore you to pray. Pray with me. Pray that God would bring us back to Himself through the cross of Jesus Christ. Pray that our leaders come to know Jesus, and that through their faith, our country is changed. Pray, and then act accordingly. Love others, and love each other as Christ loves us. May that love spur us to ac-tion, not to political rants on Facebook.I don’t want to exalt this country or any person in power to a position that belongs to Christ alone. I don’t want to have patriotic worship and take God’s glory and put it on Ameri-ca. I don’t like exalt-ing America and pa-triotism next to Jesus. However, I live in America. And as I sit, writing this story, God has called me to himself and to his mission. For me, right now, that mis-sion is to take the gos-pel to America. May-be I’ll be somewhere else in a few years. But right now, I’m in America. Christ is in me. So, Christ should be in America through me. I choose to use my words, writings, social media and indeed, all that I have, to make sure that people know Christ before they know my political leanings. Christian, join me. “First of all, then, I urge that sup-plications, prayers, in-tercessions, and thanks-givings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.”--1 Timothy 2:1-2

visit to the new loca-tion. (They take orders for records, so be sure to ask them about request-ing something if you don't see what you're looking for right away.) The entrance can be a little bit tricky to find, but the Jingle crew has posted a map of sorts on their website to help direct new and

returning customers. Their store hours are now Tues-day through Friday from 2-10pm, Satur-day from 2-6pm, and Sunday from 2-10pm. Their new email address is the-jinglerecords@gmail.com, and they can be reached by phone by calling (205) 476-7020.

by Reed StrengthStaff Writer

“cycle out a lot.” The flavors offered while The Falcon was there included beef, turkey, and the standard vegan. Patton said veni-son had been offered on Tuesday. Chicken chili and red bean chili were other variations offered. Patton said that normally the chili sale is only once a year. But, the high cost of the traveling expenses for this year’s writer’s conference may entice them to do it again.

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Major victory for marriage equality

Election Tues-day brought about a large victory for the LG-BTQ community and supporters of same-sex-marriage when 3 states voted for marriage equality. Maryland, Maine and Washing-ton joined New York, New Hampshire, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts as the states allowing and recognizing same-sex marriage. Minnesota also made a step toward mar-riage equality in voting no to ban future same-sex marriage laws.

by Clark StackhouseContributing Writer

After over 30 failed attempts at redefining mar-riage and extending its rights to same-sex couples, Tuesday was the first time marriage equality was passed with a popular vote. Although the laws all passed, the votes on Tuesday were 4 battles in the ongoing war of marriage equal-ity. Victories were cel-ebrated but not by large margins. In Maine and Washington the vote for the same-gender mar-riage law was 53% to 47%, and in Maryland

it was 52% to 48%. The issue of marriage equality is far from resolved, even in the states that allow same-sex marriage. All the states that al-lowed the laws to pass also were some of the states that were over-whelmingly in support of President Obama. The numbers, by which the marriage equal-ity laws passed, show division in the Demo-cratic Party and ideals. For example, in Maryland the vote for Obama over Governor Romney was 62% to

37%, with gay marriage passing by a much thin-ner margin. That leaves 16% of the Obama bal-lots disagreeing with the

president on the issue of same-sex marriage. Another battle was won for the LG-BTQ community on

Tuesday, when Tammy Baldwin won the senate seat for the state of Wis-consin, becoming the first openly gay senator.

Zpanel. The PayPal at-tack supposedly includ-ed a release of 28,000 user’s private details to several sites online. Though both Lady Gaga and the NBC website where at-tributed to the hacker Pyknic. The hacker or group is considered by some to be a possible affiliate of Anonymous. The defacement of the sites included the line “remember remember the 5th of November” The nursery rhyme used by Anonymous. Anon-ymous claims on twit-ter to have nothing to do with Pyknic attacks. The attack on Symantec included a breach of their data base leaking email ad-dresses and possibly the passwords of 3,195 em-ployees and has been at-

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tributed to the hacker col-lective Hack the Planet. The hacking group also targeted Images-hack, posting details of the sites security practices and source code. Hack the Planet claims to have no affili-ation with Anonymous.

In the wake of the decisive victory for President of The United States, Obama is faced with his first major cri-sis. As of today 20 US states have petitioned to secede from the Union, while another long standing territory of the United States Puerto Rico has finally voted in favor of statehood. Arkansas, Colo-rado, Florida, Geor-gia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,

The South will rise again

by Kyle JonesEditor-in-Chief

Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Caro-lina, North Dakota, Or-egon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and our very own Alabama have all begun to gather signatures in an effort to remove themselves from our great nation. These petitions were filed just days af-ter the election results. The government allows one month from the day the petition is submitted to obtain 25,000 signa-tures in order for the Obama administration to consider the request. An excerpt from the Texas petition states “Given that the state of Texas main-tains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw

from the union, and to do so would protect it’s citizens’ standard of liv-ing and re-secure their rights and liberties in ac-cordance with the origi-nal ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.” Overall, this seems to be a grave overreaction from vot-ers and citizens who feel they have lost their country. It is unlikely that the Obama admin-istration will go through with letting these states cut loose from the union. It will be in-teresting to see how this story develops. Tell us what you think of this possible sec-ond Civil War via facebook or twitter.

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Does Montevallo spin?by Matt Sanderlin and Reed StrengthArts & Culture Editor/Staff Writer

The album. At least 30 minutes of music, which takes maybe a couple of years to write and 6 or so months to mas-ter. This collection of songs is then stamped with artwork of some kind, and released to the masses of fans to chew on and enjoy. P e r -haps that was how it used to work, but it doesn’t seem so much that way now. Where albums were once housed in big, 12”-by-12” cardboard sleeves to be bought and spun several times, the anywhere/any-time mp3 format has proven to be the al-bum’s biggest enemy. Accord-ing to MashableEn-ter ta inment .com’s ”infographic,” full albums sales dropped to less than 400 mil-lion between 1999 and 2009. The same graph also states that single digital music sales went up from zero to 1.2 billion

from 1999 to 2009. W i t h those numbers, the album as a musical format appears to be doomed. However, a small demographic of music obsessors still very much exists.Going back to Mash-able Entertainment’s graph — 2011 saw the sales of vinyl re-cords increase by 39% from previous years, all with only 2,000 independent music stores remain-ing in the US. When searching online, full album reviews by music critics are still widely written and read, with web media

sites such as Pitch-fork and Stereogum offering full essays on individual albums. Arts & Culture Editor Matt Sanderlin and Staff Writer Reed Strength walked around Mon-tevallo’s campus this week, interviewing students about their music listening hab-its. They focused on the album specifi-cally, asking students if they still listened to full albums, and other questions related to the “art of the album.”We first talked to Rachel Anderson, a freshman. We asked Rachel if she listened to full albums. “I have to be honest - No. I really don’t know the names of many bands. I’m just like ‘Oo, I really love that song,’” she admitted. Rachel re-vealed that she is in the university chorus. “I love music, I really do, I take a music class right now, I’ve just never been into the

whole album thing.” Rachel explained that she loved singing, and that she came from a place where the oper-atic singing that she enjoyed wasn’t really recognized. She men-tioned that she listens to full opera albums, but not really many other whole albums.After talking to Ra-chel, Matt and Reed moved on to a group outside of The Stu-dent Life Center. The three students we in-terviewed were Heath Genry, and sisters Jes-sie and Nikki Russel. W e asked the group if they listened to full

albums by artists. All three students said yes, but only by artists that they really liked. The group as a whole said that most of their listening was done via the internet (Spo-tify, downloads, or on YouTube). Our next question was if music in a physical format meant anything or held value for them. H e a t h said that he doesn’t care much about CDs, but respects vinyl. “I’ve heard that it’s a more pure way to lis-ten to music, because of the way it’s re-corded...it’s not digi-tal,” Heath explained. T h e group said that when they did listen to al-bums, it was through their computer speak-ers. We then asked if albums with themes or stories (concept albums) were im-portant to them. T h e girls said that a story could help, but that it wasn’t necessary and

that it wouldn’t make them “more apt” to give the album a listen. Heath said that unless someone pointed out that an album had a story, he wouldn’t even be aware of it. Our fi-nal question to the group was if the hype or information sur-rounding an album interested them. This included everything from pre-release in-terviews, to inserts within CD’s. Jessie said she attempted to pay attention to things leading up to the al-bum, when it was an artist that she really cared about. Nikki

pointed out that liking an artist on Facebook puts you in direct ac-cess of their infor-mation. “You don’t really have to look for it nowadays,” she said, citing tours, in-terviews and release dates as examples of info that could pop up in a newsfeed. Our last interview was with Ashley and Keilah Smith, a senior and sophomore respec-tively. Ashley said that she doesn’t normally listen to the full al-bum “because there’s only 2 or 3 songs that I like.” Keilah said that if she really en-joys one song, that she’d get the album to see what else the artist has. Matt asked what the girls normal-ly listened to music with, to which Keilah replied, “What-ever has speakers.” Ashley said T. I. was the only artist whose CD’s she would buy, saying she’d either bootleg or YouTube other art-ists. We asked if she bought the CD be-cause of the sentimen-tal value, or because of the pictures found in the booklet. For her it was more to “have his CDs, his collection,” as well as to “just sup-port him,” she said. M a t t and Reed decided to interview their friends and ask them about full albums to get their perspectives. Reed interviewed sophomore, English major Jake Smith. Jake said he’d give any album, whether it was an

artist he previously had a lot of experi-ence with or a totally new artist they he’d never heard much of, a chance “within rea-son.” Jake preferred to listen to “classic albums” on vinyl, but would stream most other albums online. If the album was en-joyable, he said he makes an effort to go out and buy it later. H e a d p h o n e s were Jake’s audio device of choice for music listening so he “could get the most out of the sonic details.” Jake compared the songs of albums to the “individual brush strokes” of a painting, explaining that he felt the album was the art-ist’s “piece.” Jake ex-pressed his belief that the album was a tra-dition, and that there would always be those who will defended it.“Across most genres the album is still stan-dard, even if it is mov-ing digital, people still just, I think they do latch onto the idea of the album as a unit....yeah I think it’ll be around for awhile,” surmised Jake.Jake cited classic art-ists such as Led Zep-pelin and The Bea-tles as blueprints for modern albums, with newer artists such as M83 and Explosions In the Sky as proof that “the album is still very much alive in our music culture.” Matt spoke to graduating senior Drew Granthum to get his opinion on the al-bum format. “I think it depends on what kind of music you’re

listening to,” Drew said. “If we’re talking about Top 40 albums with three singles, packaged to move units... Then it won’t be relevant to most people. But if we’re talking about classic rock, like the Beatles and CCR, then yeah, I definitely still listen to those full albums.” Drew also mentioned that, as a musician, he values the album as a form of communication with his work. “It’s kind of like a novel,” he said. “A collection of short stories that add up to a whole. It’s the same way with songs and albums,” he said. Hopefully, the album format will be around for a long time to come. With vinyl re-cords regaining sales strength and overall vitality, the “art of the album” has poten-tial to regain its rel-evance in the modern entertainment world. Perhaps even the waning economy can contribute to stim-ulating album sales. If consumers are less likely to pay 10-15 dollars for a full al-bum (unless it’s really worth the money), then maybe this will encourage pop musi-cians to be more con-cerned with the qual-ity of each and every song on their album, if only for the sake of additional profit. What are your thoughts? “Like” our page on Facebook and give us your thoughts on the album format, as well as how you listen, on our wall!

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The University of Montevallo Theatre Department proud-ly presents the long awaited and much an-ticipated production of “RENT.” It was writ-ten by Jonathan Larson and is being directed by Dr. David Callaghan. “RENT” has changed the lives of many audiences ever since it’s Off-Broadway premiere on Jan. 25, 1996. It is a story about a group of friends battling difficulties with life and finding love in some form or fashion. Now it shall grace the lives of many students on the brick streets of Montevallo Nov 15 through Nov 18. The process of this collaboration start-ed Aug 29 with audi-tions and then rehearsals followed immediately in early Sept. Assistant Director, Jade Rice said, “I’m really glad we started early. I feel like we had time to really

The UM Theatre Department Presents: RENT!

by Mandy SteadmanStaff Writer

dig around and discover the roots of what the show was hopefully go-ing to grow into for us.” The beauty of theatre is that the cast members form a strong bond with each other and find friend-ships with people they would not normally see on a day-to-day basis. Cast member Melissa Lawler said, “My favorite part about working on Rent with the cast and crew has been the incredible bond we've all formed. Being able to share the journeys of our own lives, as well as our characters’ lives with each other has been an incredible experience.” Rice said, “I’ve been amazed at how gen-erous the people work-ing on this show have been. They have shared so much of themselves and lent so much to this process and to each other. I have really been humbled by that, and I admire it. It takes guts.” Why should you go see “RENT?” Well it has an extremely uni-versal plot line that ev-eryone in the audience can relate to one way or another. Callaghan said the show allows the audience to value life and everyone learns

they need to hang on to the people that you care about no matter what. The show is so universal that even the theme is different for everyone who watches the show. “My hope is that each audience member will be able to decide for themselves what they think the cen-tral theme is,” Rice said. This upcoming performance is no walk in the park for the cast members. This show is difficult in music as well as script. Not to mention choreographing dance numbers, being on pitch and on cue and being able to repeat the per-formance every night. “ D i f f e r e n t shows come with dif-ferent challenges. The songs in RENT are pret-ty vocally challenging, for one, and the show is almost entirely sung-through. That has re-quired a lot from the cast, but they’ve been more than up to it,” said Rice. “RENT” is pre-miering in Reynold’s Theatre Nov 15-18 at 7 p.m. and Nov 18 at 2 p.m. General admission is $15 and Student/Fac-ulty admission is $12. For any ques-tions regarding the show or reserving tick-ets call the Theatre De-partment at 665-6210.

What should I expect from a 007 film? Should I expect an epic chase scene, gunfire, and an artistic intro-duction? Should I ex-pect suspense and plot twists from the moment the theater turns dark? The answer is yes to all of the above and so much more. I was thoroughly surprised at how entertaining and suspenseful this movie is. Skyfall is definitely an improvement from the last James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. This film has suspense, sex, and ac-tion. It opens up with an epic chase scene where Bond, played by Daniel Craig, starts off chasing the bad guy in a car, then a motorcycle and then somehow winds up on top of a train. It is insane! This movie also allows audiences to see a side of Bond that has never been revealed. Audiences get a peek at the side of Bond that is ready to leave MI6 be-cause he feels his boss, M, has betrayed him. T h r o u g h o u t this movie you see Bond struggling to ful-ly forgive M, but still

The ideal Bond film: Shaken, not stirredby Mandy SteadmanStaff Writer

shows his loyalty and honors his country. Craig plays a bril-liant James Bond. He allows audi-ences to see that Bond is not just the agent we all pretended to be as kids. Bond is also a man who is not always invincible. It was re-ally interesting seeing that coming from Craig. He really shines in this mov-ie and is thrilling to watch in a bow-tie.I was extremely im-pressed by how much the character M is shown and has such a powerful influence on the characters. M is the main boss of MI6 and is the glue that keeps the organization together. Dame Judi Dench, who plays M, is absolutely breathtaking and elegant in her per-formance. I am pleased that she is given a bigger part in this film because she is such an amaz-ing actress and it has been a while since her talent has fully graced the screen. She shows both the strong and vul-nerable side of M and also is clever in how she reveals how dif-

ficult M’s job really is. The enemy in this movie is extreme-ly, well how do i put this lightly? He is ba-sically psychotic and drowned in his thoughts of betrayal and revenge. The enemy is a man named Silva who was an agent for MI6, but he failed in a mission and was thought to be dead. Silva, played by Javier Bardem, is psychotic because of his actions and his thought process. He is an extreme-ly intelligent man, but he has cruel intentions and is fueled mainly by his rage. He approaches his prey showing kind-ness and offers an af-fectionate touch. Once that is out of his system he laughs and contin-ues on with his scheme. This enemy is extremely annoying, though. He laughs a lot and his affection-ate touches are awk-ward to watch. All of this works, however, with Bardem’s por-trayal of his character. He is a cun-ning and devious vil-lain that will have ev-eryone in the audience

waiting with anticipa-tion to see what else he has planned in his ingeniously mad head.Skyfall has everything anyone could ever want in a James Bond film. It has a fantas-tic chase scene, lumi-nescent explosions and depth in all of its charac-ters. The actors are clev-

er with their approaches to each event and it is fun how the characters of the brilliant Q and the gorgeous Eve Mon-eypenny are introduced. It is the last in the prequels to the old James Bond films that premiered starting in 1962. I am interested to see if the directors will

continue the Bond series or leave it be for a while. Well, all I can now say about this film is that it is exactly how Bond would have liked it: shaken, not stirred.

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lifestyleThe first lady fashion face-offby Clark StackhouseContributing Writer

The election is over and the face-off between President Obama and Governor Romney complete. Turn your eyes to their wives, Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, and think fashion. Both the candidates’ wives looked great this cam-paign season. They represented style and elegance very well, and the time has come for their “face-off.” At the first debate both women brought their A-game fashion. Ann opted to wear a well-tailored white skirt suit. Mi-chelle opted for a gor-geous cobalt-blue suit from the Preen 2011 collection. Both ladies topped off their looks with simple accesso-ries. For the first de-bate I have to give it to Obama, the color works very well with her skin tone and matched with the printed top giv-ing her a fresh look. At the second debate the ladies decid-ed it was battle of the pinks. Obama opted for a simple hot pink blazer and dress accessorized with a simple strand of pearls, exuding her normal class and el-egance. Romney went for more of a statement by donning a wonder-ful textured pink dress and embroidered floral wrap and a statement chunk necklace. I have to go with Romney on this one, Obama looks great, but Rom-ney took a risk and it paid off in a great way.

The third and final debate the ladies both exuded regality in their dresses. Romney went for a printed Os-car de la Renta dress in a gorgeous shade of teal. Obama wore a beautiful gray dress with black lace overlay by Thom Browne. This was a hard call, as both ladies looked stunning. My vote however goes to Obama, the dress looks fantastic on her, and the gray is subtle and elegant mixed well with the black lace. Election night came around and both women looked fabu-lous. Romney did color homage back to the beginning of the cam-paign, wearing a simple red dress with a state-ment necklace. Obama opted for a printed ma-genta pintucked dress and matched it with a simple black cardigan. This is the toughest to call, as both women looked great and on complete opposite ends of the fashion spectrum. However, I have to give it to Obama. She looked absolutely divine. Overall Obama wins the face-off, she has continually allud-ed to the great Jackie Onasis for her style. She has also forged her own status as a style icon and we have an-other four years of the First Ladies fashionable style to look forward to. Let us know who you think was better dressed this election by comment-ing on our Facebook.

The first debate

The second debate

The final debate

Mrs. Obama on Election Day Mrs. Romney on Election Day

Monday, November 12th, 2012

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It’s been 12 days since the start of Mo-vember and our staff here at The Falcon is still going strong. Un-fortunately we are half-way through the month and still have been un-able to raise a single dollar. Though, this fact has not diminished our spirits and we stand by our original inten-tion for participating. We’ve at least done half our part by educating you the read-er and those people who have inquired as to why we have these mustach-es proudly displayed on our faces. As I’ve said before, when it comes to men and their health it is not exactly an easy topic to talk about. I am proud that thus far I have been able to at least bring the issue of fighting men’s can-cer into conversation. I ask that you bring it up with the men in your life that you love and are close to and urge them

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