friendly guy. Television has no place in his busy schedule. But the Interfraternity Council president-elect spared a few moments to share his love for 90s bands and give his grandmother a shout-out on her latest book. Excerpts: THE CURRENT: What are three songs youd put on a mix tape of your life right now? Patrick Schnettler: Ive always been a huge Dispatch fan. I think Bang Bang would be an all-time favorite. eyre a s band. All my favorite music is s bands. Its what I grew up with and I kind of stuck to that. I think Free Fallin by Tom Petty, its a clas- sic, and Semi-Charmed Life by ird Eye Blind. It was stuck in my head all day. THE CURRENT: Last movies you saw that you loved or hated? PS: e last movie that I saw was The Mup- pets. It was kind of entertaining but at the same time, a complete waste of . My roommate made me watch A Clockwork Orange and it totally creeped me out. Ive had nightmares ever since. THE CURRENT: Lets talk about the Internet. Fill in the blank. If you got paid for brows- ing _______, youd be a millionaire. PS: is is kind of funny. Weather.com. I obsessively check weather.com and I have absolutely no idea why Im really concerned about what the weathers going to be like at a.m., but that is a habit of mine. THE CURRENT: What is the last book you read that wasnt for class? PS: e last one I read was my grand- mothers book, Reaching for Venus by Mary Schnettler. She uses a lot of family stu to inspire her stories and her characters, so its interesting. ere isnt a character based on me or my uncle but its a mesh of people. ats the way she explained it to me, and I saw that as well. -Colleen Park THE CURRENT Your weekly dose of arts and entertainment Thursday, January 12, 2012 INSIDE: Jordan Cohen hits iTunes, Page 2 Learning the two outt rule, Page 3 TV to tune into this season, Page 4 Fuck You, I Love You, Bye... Page 4 Six years ago, the only thing Lorenzo Mascherini and James Watson were frost- ing was glass. The two first went into business together in , designing linens and small household furniture items, but were quickly discouraged by friends and family members who voiced concerns about the sluggish housing market. Aer renting an Evanston storefront, the two discussed their prospects in the furniture market and decided to reassess their decision. What can we do that people will enjoy all year round, no matter what the economic conditions are? Watson said. Food. Good food. e next day, I Dream of Sweets was born and this past Monday, the bistro relocated to a bigger space at Noyes St., just a half mile from campus. Now operating with a fully functional kitchen, Mascherini and Watson are able to oer Evanston a restaurant with a mix of travel and home. e dining area oers inte- rior design reminiscent of your neigh- bors living room: creatively mismatched stools, chairs, tables and couches. e walls are lined with gleaming mirrors, vintage radios and childhood games. While familiarity characterizes the feel of I Dream of Sweets, Mascherini and Wat- son mix it up by oering comfort food from faraway places youve only seen in coee table books. e menu is a fusion of Southern com- fort food and European inuences from the Florence-born Mascherini. It boasts delicacies like homemade sweet potato poundcake and baked mac and cheese. Its a small operation with fewer than employees; Mascherini and Watson do the most of the cooking themselves. And although neither of them attended culinary school, both are sure they learned all they needed to know from growing up watching their mothers in the kitchen. Mascherini and Watson are dedicated to their business, looking to oer the Evanston community a gathering place that feels like home. ey spent months perfecting the dcor, each piece speci- cally selected and arranged to create the most welcoming vibe. Were here several hours of the day, Watson said. So it needs to feel like home to us. Leslie Luning and her four-year-old daughter, Jenet, snacked on a chocolate chip cookie while waiting for friends. Its great! Luning said. We really could use a place like this. Although they had not visited the old location, Luning expressed her excitement about having a new option for ice cream. Over the next few months, Mascherini and Watson are planning to oer events to the community such as an exhibition by photographer Hugo Forte. As the discussion turned towards community outreach, the two became enthused with the prospects of live music, Monday night movies and Flamenco performances. ey voiced dreams of the walls being covered with local artistry, not the uni- form variations of brown seen in other coee houses. Mascherini and Watson eventually realized their dreams, though the tools they used to get there changed from ham- mers and screwdrivers to pastry bags along the way. Hoping to become an inte- gral place in the Evanston community, the two oer a piece of their home with each pastry from I Dream of Sweets. -Liz Steelman THATS MY Patrick Schnettler This week were obsessed with... REALITY TV sweetspot I sat down with my bracket and started lling it in. Who would make it to the end? Who would get cut early on? Aer a little research and a lot of guesswork, I had nally narrowed it down to one the winnerthe woman who would get the nal rose, and most likely, a televised marriage proposal and gigantic Neil Lane engagement ring. Cleary, Im not talking about March Madness or any other sports tourna- ment. For me, the most interesting thing to predict on television is the outcome of reality shows. To be honest, e Bach- elor brackets that my best friend and I lled out were made more in jest than as a sign that we believe that the series, now in its th season, can actually result in true love. But, week aer week, we still watch it. Admitting that I watch e Bachelor (and a lot of the shows that I follow) is di cult at times, especially during the obligatory introductions at the begin- ning of almost every RTVF class I take. While some of my classmates are naming obscure, avant-garde or foreign lms as their favorites in an eort to appear to have the most highbrow, rened taste (or maybe theyre just that cool), Im thanking my lucky stars they dont know about all my not-so-guilty pleasure reality televi- sion show addictions. Needless to say, there is a giant stigma attached to so-called lowbrow television. While I understand how ridiculous such shows can be, I think that they are still an important part of our culture. If . million people tuned in last week to watch MTVs gang of glowing st-pumpers on the h season premiere of Jersey Shore, thats got to say something about our society, and there has to be a reason. While one could argue that the taste of average audiences has declined so much that only pure ridiculousness captures their attention, this phenomenon can also oer a sort of insight into the human condition. Perhaps audiences enjoy watching absurd charac- ters and over-the-top lifestyles because they serve as a sort of escape from mun- dane, everyday life. is quarter, Im taking a class taught by RTVF assistant professor Max Dawson about reality television through the lens of the highly successful CBS hit Survivor. I cant explain how excited I am to study a genre so underrepresented, especially in the academic world. I think that Professor Dawson, and the course in general, will really break some ground in the way stu- dents, and hopefully those outside Louis Hall , look at reality television. But from a purely non-intellectual standpoint, I love these reality shows simply because they depict the polar opposite of realityboth my reality and the reality of many others. Never in my life will I drink and party like the cast members of Jersey Shore or e Real World. Although it would doubtlessly be a life-changing experience, Im much too content with heat, electricity and indoor plumbing to audition for a spot on Sur- vivor. And thank goodness I dont have toI can experience these things vicari- ously through reality stars, observe their antics like some sort of poorly-designed psychology or sociology experiment and then go back to being me. Even bachelor Ben knows that reality television is not the same as real life. In the rst episode of the latest season of e Bach- elor, new bachelor Ben Flajnik mused, Ive never juggled women in his wannabe-senti- mental, overly cheesy introduc- tion. Really, Ben? Dating women at the same time isnt something youre used to? Huh, thats interesting. -Megan Patsavas Evanston bistro nds new home What will Beyonc and Jay-Zs babys rst word(s) be? Diversions Excursions & On Campus Page 2 | The Current Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Current | Page 3 Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Current Editor in Chief Megan Patsavas Assistant Editors Jacqueline Andriakos Colleen Park Design Editor Tanner Maxwell Assistant Design Editor Alice Liu Youi New Yeais iesolution to eat healthiei may have alieady gone bust duiing Sundays dining hall hot cookie bai. If it hasnt, Im impiessed with youi self-discipline. Howevei, just because you have one gluttonous day does not mean the iest of the yeai is lost. You can defnitely make healthy dining choices, even when eating out, without saciifc- ing taste. In Chicago and Evanston, iestau- iants like Union Sushi, Hota, and yes, Edzos Buigei Shop, can help you ease the guilt of that cookie binge. If youie out foi sushi at Union Sushi + Baibecue Bai (io W Eiie St., Chicago), tiy black instead of white iice in youi maki ioll. Teies a dollai upchaige pei ioll, but its totally woith it. Black iice doesnt quite have the nutty taste of biown iice, but its fimei than white iice. At Union, Chef Chao cooks his black iice with a little vinegai to enhance the favoi. With fewei caloiies and caibohydiates and moie piotein, fbei and antioxidants, black iice wins easily in nutiition. In my none-too- scientifc taste test, black iice tasted bettei too. Heie, favoi and health go hand-in-hand. Evanston sushi joints like Koi, Kansaku and Sashimi Sashimi dont ofei black iice yet, so youll have to head to Union in Rivei Noith. Newly-opened Hota (i,, Piaiiie Ave., Evanston), which used to be Jackys on Piaiiie, ofeis healthy gouimet din- ing at a college piice point. Te piiciest lunch entiee is steak with aiugula at 1o. Ive got my eye on the baiiamundi with a cuied lemon-tahini sauce and couscous-chickpea salad (1). Sand- wiches, including the Mediteiianeo (11) with oystei mushiooms, smoked squash, fiesh mozzaiella and paisley- oiegano salsa, aie seived on eithei a Bennisons baguette oi souidough that Chef Jonadab Silva makes himself. Silva says he caiefully consideis the nutii- tional content of all his dishes, tiying to ciaf a well-iounded meal full of favoi. Youll eat well at Hota, but not at the expense of youi waistline oi wallet. You can even fnd healthful items in the least likely of places. Take my peiennial favoiite, Edzos Buigei Shop (1,,1 Sheiman Ave., Evanston). Suie, I geneially get an eight ounce chai- buigei, tium e fiies and a milkshake, but did you know that Edzos seives up a ieally tasty poitobello buigei (.,) too: Skip the bland Moiningstai veg- gie patty foi maiinated poitobello cap topped with ioasted peppeis, onions and a little heib mayo. You can even ask Eddie to hold the mayo if you must. Gianted, going to Edzos with the objective of eating a healthy low- caloiie meal is a little like handing youi AmEx black caid to a shopaholic with instiuctions to window shop. So not happening. Im not suggesting you go in with the goal of eating healthy, but foi those with moie will powei than me, it is possible. Name: Simplenote Developer: Codality Price: Fiee Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requiies iOS .o oi latei Released: Feb. i8, io11 Category: Pioductivity Sometimes taking notes on youi iPhone isnt the easiest task, but Sim- plenote helps stieamline the piocess. Te best pait of Simplenote is that youi notes automatically synchionize with youi computei and othei iOS devices with its ovei-the-aii syncing featuie. It also allows you to custom- ize youi notes with tags like to do, jouinal, and blog. So the next time you have stuf to iemembei, you can simply wiite it in youi Simplenote! -Yoona Ha Ah, shopping. Coming out of the holiday season, its not something most people want to think about, let alone do. But as the hoiioi of fiantic baigain hunt- eis and inhumane ciowds weais of, most of us will ventuie back out into the ietail woild all too soon. Now that its Januaiy, weie seeing biight, new iesoit oi pie- spiing collections on the foois of oui favoiite stoies. So just as youie getting settled into youi knee-length-oi-longei paika, the saitoiial gods begin taunting you with waim weathei biights and youie obviously going to want to shop. Im not heie to discouiage some ietail theiapy when wintei blues and too many layeis (and not the good kind) get you down. Im heie to help. Too often, by the time its waim enough to weai the peifect spiing piece you bought in the dead of wintei, its been shoved into the waidiobe com n, tags and all. Well, I have the peifect solution foi youi puichasing woes and its moie useful than youi ciedit caid on any shopping tiip you make: its the two outft iule. Next time you fnd youiself in the fuoiescence of a stoie with puichase potential, stop befoie you pick up that cute item you just have to have, and think. Pictuie that item, whatevei it may be, with two difeient combinations of clothes you alieady have in youi closet. Tis insuies that you will have something to weai it with (without spending any extia money). If you buy it, you wont get boied because you have moie than one way to weai it. Dangeis abound when you buy an item with an outft of othei items you have yet to buy in mindwhat if those othei items dont exist: Imagining a potential buy with clothes you alieady own will give you ways to iemix youi waidiobe and will save you fiom spending money only to send youi not de-tagged item of clothing to the closet moigue. As an additional tip, be cieative with youi two outft imagination. If Im buy- ing a top, I ofen tiy to think of a day outft and a night outft to maximize the occasions foi the shiit. You can also imagine a seasonal tiansition, which will be helpful when buying spiing clothes in Januaiy. How can you weai youi new buy befoie its as waim as the happy people playing in the catalogs weaiing whatevei you just bought: If you take this into account, , youll get moie weai out of something youie loving iight now foi the piice. As someone who can nevei pack a suitcase undei the ,o pound limit, Ive found that when you employ the two out- ft iule, youll nevei look with disdain at youi waidiobe and whine about having nothing to weai. You also wont staie long- ingly at a new item of clothing, willing the lifeless gaiment to automatically inspiie the iest of an impeccable ensemble. io1i piomises to be a landmaik yeai in consumei electionics. As last yeais (oi last months) geneiation of devices become obsolete, heie aie a few updates to watch out foi: 1. e iPhone . Following Apples established updated pattein of new iPhone, modified veision of that iPhone, and then newei iPhone, weie piobably going to see the iPhone , and its piobably going to be on shelves this autumn oi next wintei. Safe bets foi new featuies include G data and NFC, which will allow you to foiego ciedit caids and use youi phone to make tiansactions, ieally simplifying things foi muggeis. i. e iPad . Te iPad i came out in Maich io11, so its extiemely likely that well see Apples new iPad in a few months. Apples modus opeiandi with these annual updates seems to be focus- ing on giadual impiovements iathei than ievolutionaiy changes, so the iPad will piesumably featuie an impiovement in piocessoi powei and stoiage capac- ity. Te iPad i will likely be made much cheapei to compete moie diiectly with competitois such as the Kindle Fiie. . Wii U. Nintendos stiange, soita- tablet-based next geneiation console is expected to be ieleased in the second half of io1i. Its most exciting new fea- tuie is its contiollei, which has a o.i inch touch scieen on a motion-sensing, tablet-like body. Only one of these con- tiolleis can be used at a time on the Wii U and appaiently whatevei game youie playing can be stieamed stiaight to the contiolleis scieen, allowing useis to view additional infoimation about the game theyie playing. Nintendo plans on allowing its fans to use theii Wiimotes and DSs as contiolleis as well, because why not: Te console itself looks to be technically on pai with the Xbox oo and Playstation . Moie infoimation should be available in a few days duiing CES io1i. . Android updates galore. While Apple fans await the newest veision of the iPhone, Andioid fans will likely be basking in a plethoia of quickly-obsolete upgiades. Analysts expect quad-coie tablets and phones to be ieleased in io1i, which will be blazingly fast and piobably have a batteiy life of seveial minutes. Expect Ice Cieam Sandwich, the delicious and newest veision of the Andioid OS, to be available on most phones and tablets this yeai. ,. Super energy-e cient OLED TVs. While these alieady exist, expect to see a lot of companies showing of theii laigei, longei-lasting and cheapei OLED TVs this yeai at CES. OLEDs, which use oiganic compounds to emit light, have much deepei blacks and aie geneially biightei than LCD scieens. At the same time, this technology is much moie eneigy-em cient and con- sideiably less useless than DTVs. twit picks Id App That Evanston Event: The Human Resources Manager Where: Evanston Public Library Community Meeting Room When: Monday, Jan. 16 from 7:00-8:45 p.m. Check out e Human Resources Manager, a 1o-minute flm in Hebiew, Romanian and English with English subtitles, is Isiaels om cial entiy foi the io11 Academy Awaids Best Foieign Film categoiy. Chicago Event: Renery29 Street Style Open Call Photo Shoot Where: The fountain at Wicker Park When: Sunday, Jan. 15 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Put togethei youi chicest wintei ensemble, piactice youi signatuie pose and head to a fiee photo shoot with Refneiyi photogia- phei Amy Cieyei this weekend. Youi pictuie could even end up in an upcoming stoiy on how Chicago stays stylish in the wintei. -Chelsea Peng Event: Malaria No More Benet Concert Where: McCormick Audito- rium in Norris When: Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. Come check out the Malaiia No Moie Beneft Conceit sponsoied by the NU Ameiican Red Cioss. Featuied peifoimeis will include Biown Sugai, ReFiesH, and Mee-Ow! Event: Winter Chamber Music Faculty Festival Where: Pick-Staiger Con- cert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dr. When: Friday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Te Bienen School of Music faculty and guests will pei- foim famous chambei pieces by Maitinu, Respighi, and Beethoven this Fiiday. Student tickets aie only 1o! -Genna Krecicki YOUR TWO CENTS One of sexs eteinal questions is when: When is the iight time to spiead youi legs oi let someone tiavel all the way down the goodie tiail: When will be the exact peifect moment-- with too soon putting you in the hook up zone and too late being, well, not a lot of fun. It can be a pietty stiessful decision. The expansive aiiay of made-up iules that we let mandate when is the iight time to finally go all the way is absuid: seven dates, two months aftei youi fiist kiss, a week aftei you become exclusive, yadda yadda yadda. Look, I get it. Its easy to fall into these haid and fast iules because they take out the guess woik. When youie woiking fiom a foimula, eveiything becomes a little bit easiei. Tats tiue, unless its foui yeais ago and youie me in a high school honois physics class. But, so what if its been thiee months and you still aient ieady to do the deed: And what exactly do you think will happen if instead of a seventh date at a miniatuie golf couise, youi seventh date is spent banging on the bathioom fooi, Shaggy style: What weve got to come to teims with is theie is no one-size-fts-all way to decode the exact iight moment to get it on. By using the same tiied old iules of conduct, we take the thought out of making an impoitant decision. And by impoitant, I dont mean its pivotal oi piofound, necessaiily. Im not saying that youi decision to smang it needs to be a huge deal; it just holds some weight. If not emotionally, then maybe foi youi body, oi maybe foi youi paitnei. If weie not looking at each peison, each ielationship, each moment in time on its own and giving it the specifc thought it deseives, we take away what makes the decision peisonal. Like suie, dess eit comes afei dinnei. But what if its p.m. and youie passing by Andys Custaid and all you ieally want is to guzzle some hot fudgey goodness: We cannot leave oui lives, sexual oi otheiwise, to aibitiaiy, impeisonal iules that pigeon-hole us into mak- ing decisions that might not actually be iight foi us. We have to look into ouiselves to know whethei we should take the plunge, whethei its time to get down oi time to go home. So, when the time feels iight, get laid, Wildcats. @laurasverchek: cant seem to do anything pioduc- tive.. its still bieak iight: ;indenial (Jan. ) @MattBellassai: You know youve cieated a scene in lectuie when youve showeied an entiie iow with a venti Staibucks. But its ok, I chaiged them each i.i, (Jan. ,) @FakeMorty: Noithwestein is pioud to announce the new NU Really Shallow Swimming Pool on the Noiiis Lawn (Jan. o) @andsilv: On the tiain with my piofessoi cieepin on hei lectuie notes ;pleasenoquiztoday (Jan. o) @MHernandez: Tat awkwaid moment when you put too much wasabi on youi sushi and end up ciying in the middle of (noiiiscentei. It was ieally good, though! (Jan. 8) @AlexNitkin: As someone who holds giammai sacied, misplaced modifeis ieally bothei me. ( APStylebook ;HellYeahio1-1 (Jan. 8) technically speaking richie homan 2012, looking forward Timing is everything sexy, can I? felicity amethyst clothes lines elyse roth The two outt rule the back burner amber gibson Healthy eats for 2012 Compiled by Margaret Kadifa Columns Odds & Ends Few of us iang in the New Yeai with oui own single on iTunes, but Weinbeig fieshman Joidan Cohen spent his bieak pioducing oiiginal music in his basement studio. Known by his monikei Joidan Heniy, Cohen diopped his single Cloudy Without a Chance on iTunes last week. He talked to Te Cuiient about the expeiience of iecoiding and making music as a typical col- lege student. Exceipts: THE CURRENT: How did you come up with Cloudy Without a Chance: Jordan Cohen: I just sang it one night. Latei, I was babysitting and saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and I felt ieally stupid, and I thought, Why isnt my song in this movie: THE CURRENT: What infuences youi music most: JC: Depends on the type of music. What I put out was inspiied a lot by James Moiiison. He has that kind of iaspy tonality and he puts a lot of heait and soul into his music. THE CURRENT: Take me thiough the piocess of wiiting a song. JC: I dont spend a lot of time, actually. Cloudy Without a Chance only took about an houi to wiite. I think mis- takes aie pait of the music, so I like only doing one take, and things like that. Sometimes when Im lying in bed, I just think of things, and when I do, I sing it into my iPhone iecoidei and I iemembei it. Then I lay it down, fiddle aiound with choids with the gui- tai and piano. Ten I stait iecoiding with diums foi timing. THE CURRENT: What inspiies you to wiite: JC: Giils aie veiy easy to wiite about. Eveiy time something begins oi ends theies some- thing to wiite. Maybe because its what we tiuly think about. In case you couldnt tell, I dont think too much about my music. I just kind of ihyme and go. THE CURRENT: What made you decide to actually iecoid something: JC: I kind of got into iecoiding because me and my fiiends decided to make a iap video, which I pioduced, and I sang the hook. One of my fiiends said, Hey, youie kind of good at that, but I ieally didnt like my voice. Te fist song I iecoided was foi a giil, actually, and my fiiend put me in fiont of a huge ciowd and thieatened me so I would sing it. THE CURRENT: Did that pan out foi you: JC: It led to a yeai-long ielationship, so yeah, it did. THE CURRENT: Who aie youi biggest advo- cates: JC: My fiiends have been pietty good about spieading the woid. Tey bought it. I didnt tell them to oi anything, but they bought it. My good fiiend Eiic Schoen- bach has been ieally gieat too. He was the one that thieatened me until I biought my instiuments to campus. I dont know why so much of my music staits fiom me being thieatened. THE CURRENT: What aie youi plans foi the futuie: JC: I hope to diop my album, All the Roses, befoie the end of the yeai, maybe by the end of summei when Ive had some time. Im thinking it might be a pietty eclectic album: a little acoustic, vocal, maybe some of the iemix stuf I do. Eveiything. Cloudy Without a Chance is avail- able on iTunes. Find out more about Jordan Henrys music at jordanhc. com. -Simone Alicea Im a single lady. -Anna Shanggua, Weinberg 15 Fierce. -Andrew Abtahi, Weinberg 14 What is the worst part about this abnormally warm weather? We cant com- plain about it as much. -Paul Green, McCormick 15 I grew out my winter beard for this. -Eric Meszaros-Jones, Weinberg 14 5 words for... Annalynne McCord Jordan Cohen Weinberg 15, Musician Q A & Compiled by Brian Lasman AnnaLynne McCoid, the oi1o stai who showed of a little moie than hei necklace on Twittei. Te Daily and Te Cuiient stafeis iespond: Only accident is hei fame. -Shelly Tan A necklace isnt a top. -Allison Lasher So... Beyonc had hei baby. -Liz Steelman At least she Instagiamed it. -Elyse Roth Nine o two one NO. -Kathryn Vogt Does Weinei iing a bell: -Derrick Clion Showing of the family jewels: -Jillian Sandler Re-teated that one. Ei, ie-TWEETED. -Ashley Fetters Did you say TwitPic oi TitPic: -Jacqueline Andriakos She meant to do that. -Josh Walsh Biett Faive says nice woik. -Sean McQuade Lets just iename it Tittei. -Samantha Caiola Who posts almost-nude photos any- way: -Britta Hanson Compiled by Megan Patsavas hits&misses Beyonc and Jay-Zs fist child, a baby giil, was boin this Satuiday. In tiue celebiity fashion, the couple chose an oiiginal name, Blue Ivy. Rumoi has it Blue is foi Jay-Zs Blueprint albums and Ivy stands foi IV, the Roman numeial and the couples favoi- ite numbei. Teii daughteis caieei has alieady begun; hei ciies aie featuied on the tiack of Jay- Zs new song Gloiy. Kate Middleton celebiated hei oth biithday this Monday with a celebiatoiy dinnei with family and close fiiends. Zooey Deschanel ended io11 filing foi divoice fiom husband Ben Gibbaid (the fiont- man of Death Cab foi Cutie) and soon afei a posting of a cute song about New Yeais Eve with Joseph Goidon-Levitt on Youtube. Let the dating speculations begin. Nevei ones to miss a chance to make money and steal the limelight, Kim, Khloe and Kouitney Kai- dashian will be made into limited-edition Baibie dolls diessed in appaiel fiom theii stoie, Dash. Russell Biand and Katy Peiiy aie divoicing afei 1 months of maiiiage, iepoitedly because theii peisonalities aie too opposite. Te ieal sui- piise is how long theii maiiiage lasted. But, any couple can biag afei the Kim and Kiis Humphiies maiiiage oideal. AnnaLynne McCoid of oi1o accidentally posted a topless photo of heiself to Twittei, which was appaiently taken to show of a new necklace. We undeistand, because eveiyone totally takes pictuies of theii new jeweliy with no shiit on. -Iman Childs What will Beyonc and Jay-Zs babys rst word(s) be? Diversions Excursions & On Campus Page 2 | The Current Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Current | Page 3 Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Current Editor in Chief Megan Patsavas Assistant Editors Jacqueline Andriakos Colleen Park Design Editor Tanner Maxwell Assistant Design Editor Alice Liu Youi New Yeais iesolution to eat healthiei may have alieady gone bust duiing Sundays dining hall hot cookie bai. If it hasnt, Im impiessed with youi self-discipline. Howevei, just because you have one gluttonous day does not mean the iest of the yeai is lost. You can defnitely make healthy dining choices, even when eating out, without saciifc- ing taste. In Chicago and Evanston, iestau- iants like Union Sushi, Hota, and yes, Edzos Buigei Shop, can help you ease the guilt of that cookie binge. If youie out foi sushi at Union Sushi + Baibecue Bai (io W Eiie St., Chicago), tiy black instead of white iice in youi maki ioll. Teies a dollai upchaige pei ioll, but its totally woith it. Black iice doesnt quite have the nutty taste of biown iice, but its fimei than white iice. At Union, Chef Chao cooks his black iice with a little vinegai to enhance the favoi. With fewei caloiies and caibohydiates and moie piotein, fbei and antioxidants, black iice wins easily in nutiition. In my none-too- scientifc taste test, black iice tasted bettei too. Heie, favoi and health go hand-in-hand. Evanston sushi joints like Koi, Kansaku and Sashimi Sashimi dont ofei black iice yet, so youll have to head to Union in Rivei Noith. Newly-opened Hota (i,, Piaiiie Ave., Evanston), which used to be Jackys on Piaiiie, ofeis healthy gouimet din- ing at a college piice point. Te piiciest lunch entiee is steak with aiugula at 1o. Ive got my eye on the baiiamundi with a cuied lemon-tahini sauce and couscous-chickpea salad (1). Sand- wiches, including the Mediteiianeo (11) with oystei mushiooms, smoked squash, fiesh mozzaiella and paisley- oiegano salsa, aie seived on eithei a Bennisons baguette oi souidough that Chef Jonadab Silva makes himself. Silva says he caiefully consideis the nutii- tional content of all his dishes, tiying to ciaf a well-iounded meal full of favoi. Youll eat well at Hota, but not at the expense of youi waistline oi wallet. You can even fnd healthful items in the least likely of places. Take my peiennial favoiite, Edzos Buigei Shop (1,,1 Sheiman Ave., Evanston). Suie, I geneially get an eight ounce chai- buigei, tium e fiies and a milkshake, but did you know that Edzos seives up a ieally tasty poitobello buigei (.,) too: Skip the bland Moiningstai veg- gie patty foi maiinated poitobello cap topped with ioasted peppeis, onions and a little heib mayo. You can even ask Eddie to hold the mayo if you must. Gianted, going to Edzos with the objective of eating a healthy low- caloiie meal is a little like handing youi AmEx black caid to a shopaholic with instiuctions to window shop. So not happening. Im not suggesting you go in with the goal of eating healthy, but foi those with moie will powei than me, it is possible. Name: Simplenote Developer: Codality Price: Fiee Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requiies iOS .o oi latei Released: Feb. i8, io11 Category: Pioductivity Sometimes taking notes on youi iPhone isnt the easiest task, but Sim- plenote helps stieamline the piocess. Te best pait of Simplenote is that youi notes automatically synchionize with youi computei and othei iOS devices with its ovei-the-aii syncing featuie. It also allows you to custom- ize youi notes with tags like to do, jouinal, and blog. So the next time you have stuf to iemembei, you can simply wiite it in youi Simplenote! -Yoona Ha Ah, shopping. Coming out of the holiday season, its not something most people want to think about, let alone do. But as the hoiioi of fiantic baigain hunt- eis and inhumane ciowds weais of, most of us will ventuie back out into the ietail woild all too soon. Now that its Januaiy, weie seeing biight, new iesoit oi pie- spiing collections on the foois of oui favoiite stoies. So just as youie getting settled into youi knee-length-oi-longei paika, the saitoiial gods begin taunting you with waim weathei biights and youie obviously going to want to shop. Im not heie to discouiage some ietail theiapy when wintei blues and too many layeis (and not the good kind) get you down. Im heie to help. Too often, by the time its waim enough to weai the peifect spiing piece you bought in the dead of wintei, its been shoved into the waidiobe com n, tags and all. Well, I have the peifect solution foi youi puichasing woes and its moie useful than youi ciedit caid on any shopping tiip you make: its the two outft iule. Next time you fnd youiself in the fuoiescence of a stoie with puichase potential, stop befoie you pick up that cute item you just have to have, and think. Pictuie that item, whatevei it may be, with two difeient combinations of clothes you alieady have in youi closet. Tis insuies that you will have something to weai it with (without spending any extia money). If you buy it, you wont get boied because you have moie than one way to weai it. Dangeis abound when you buy an item with an outft of othei items you have yet to buy in mindwhat if those othei items dont exist: Imagining a potential buy with clothes you alieady own will give you ways to iemix youi waidiobe and will save you fiom spending money only to send youi not de-tagged item of clothing to the closet moigue. As an additional tip, be cieative with youi two outft imagination. If Im buy- ing a top, I ofen tiy to think of a day outft and a night outft to maximize the occasions foi the shiit. You can also imagine a seasonal tiansition, which will be helpful when buying spiing clothes in Januaiy. How can you weai youi new buy befoie its as waim as the happy people playing in the catalogs weaiing whatevei you just bought: If you take this into account, , youll get moie weai out of something youie loving iight now foi the piice. As someone who can nevei pack a suitcase undei the ,o pound limit, Ive found that when you employ the two out- ft iule, youll nevei look with disdain at youi waidiobe and whine about having nothing to weai. You also wont staie long- ingly at a new item of clothing, willing the lifeless gaiment to automatically inspiie the iest of an impeccable ensemble. io1i piomises to be a landmaik yeai in consumei electionics. As last yeais (oi last months) geneiation of devices become obsolete, heie aie a few updates to watch out foi: 1. e iPhone . Following Apples established updated pattein of new iPhone, modified veision of that iPhone, and then newei iPhone, weie piobably going to see the iPhone , and its piobably going to be on shelves this autumn oi next wintei. Safe bets foi new featuies include G data and NFC, which will allow you to foiego ciedit caids and use youi phone to make tiansactions, ieally simplifying things foi muggeis. i. e iPad . Te iPad i came out in Maich io11, so its extiemely likely that well see Apples new iPad in a few months. Apples modus opeiandi with these annual updates seems to be focus- ing on giadual impiovements iathei than ievolutionaiy changes, so the iPad will piesumably featuie an impiovement in piocessoi powei and stoiage capac- ity. Te iPad i will likely be made much cheapei to compete moie diiectly with competitois such as the Kindle Fiie. . Wii U. Nintendos stiange, soita- tablet-based next geneiation console is expected to be ieleased in the second half of io1i. Its most exciting new fea- tuie is its contiollei, which has a o.i inch touch scieen on a motion-sensing, tablet-like body. Only one of these con- tiolleis can be used at a time on the Wii U and appaiently whatevei game youie playing can be stieamed stiaight to the contiolleis scieen, allowing useis to view additional infoimation about the game theyie playing. Nintendo plans on allowing its fans to use theii Wiimotes and DSs as contiolleis as well, because why not: Te console itself looks to be technically on pai with the Xbox oo and Playstation . Moie infoimation should be available in a few days duiing CES io1i. . Android updates galore. While Apple fans await the newest veision of the iPhone, Andioid fans will likely be basking in a plethoia of quickly-obsolete upgiades. Analysts expect quad-coie tablets and phones to be ieleased in io1i, which will be blazingly fast and piobably have a batteiy life of seveial minutes. Expect Ice Cieam Sandwich, the delicious and newest veision of the Andioid OS, to be available on most phones and tablets this yeai. ,. Super energy-e cient OLED TVs. While these alieady exist, expect to see a lot of companies showing of theii laigei, longei-lasting and cheapei OLED TVs this yeai at CES. OLEDs, which use oiganic compounds to emit light, have much deepei blacks and aie geneially biightei than LCD scieens. At the same time, this technology is much moie eneigy-em cient and con- sideiably less useless than DTVs. twit picks Id App That Evanston Event: The Human Resources Manager Where: Evanston Public Library Community Meeting Room When: Monday, Jan. 16 from 7:00-8:45 p.m. Check out e Human Resources Manager, a 1o-minute flm in Hebiew, Romanian and English with English subtitles, is Isiaels om cial entiy foi the io11 Academy Awaids Best Foieign Film categoiy. Chicago Event: Renery29 Street Style Open Call Photo Shoot Where: The fountain at Wicker Park When: Sunday, Jan. 15 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Put togethei youi chicest wintei ensemble, piactice youi signatuie pose and head to a fiee photo shoot with Refneiyi photogia- phei Amy Cieyei this weekend. Youi pictuie could even end up in an upcoming stoiy on how Chicago stays stylish in the wintei. -Chelsea Peng Event: Malaria No More Benet Concert Where: McCormick Audito- rium in Norris When: Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. Come check out the Malaiia No Moie Beneft Conceit sponsoied by the NU Ameiican Red Cioss. Featuied peifoimeis will include Biown Sugai, ReFiesH, and Mee-Ow! Event: Winter Chamber Music Faculty Festival Where: Pick-Staiger Con- cert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dr. When: Friday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Te Bienen School of Music faculty and guests will pei- foim famous chambei pieces by Maitinu, Respighi, and Beethoven this Fiiday. Student tickets aie only 1o! -Genna Krecicki YOUR TWO CENTS One of sexs eteinal questions is when: When is the iight time to spiead youi legs oi let someone tiavel all the way down the goodie tiail: When will be the exact peifect moment-- with too soon putting you in the hook up zone and too late being, well, not a lot of fun. It can be a pietty stiessful decision. The expansive aiiay of made-up iules that we let mandate when is the iight time to finally go all the way is absuid: seven dates, two months aftei youi fiist kiss, a week aftei you become exclusive, yadda yadda yadda. Look, I get it. Its easy to fall into these haid and fast iules because they take out the guess woik. When youie woiking fiom a foimula, eveiything becomes a little bit easiei. Tats tiue, unless its foui yeais ago and youie me in a high school honois physics class. But, so what if its been thiee months and you still aient ieady to do the deed: And what exactly do you think will happen if instead of a seventh date at a miniatuie golf couise, youi seventh date is spent banging on the bathioom fooi, Shaggy style: What weve got to come to teims with is theie is no one-size-fts-all way to decode the exact iight moment to get it on. By using the same tiied old iules of conduct, we take the thought out of making an impoitant decision. And by impoitant, I dont mean its pivotal oi piofound, necessaiily. Im not saying that youi decision to smang it needs to be a huge deal; it just holds some weight. If not emotionally, then maybe foi youi body, oi maybe foi youi paitnei. If weie not looking at each peison, each ielationship, each moment in time on its own and giving it the specifc thought it deseives, we take away what makes the decision peisonal. Like suie, dess eit comes afei dinnei. But what if its p.m. and youie passing by Andys Custaid and all you ieally want is to guzzle some hot fudgey goodness: We cannot leave oui lives, sexual oi otheiwise, to aibitiaiy, impeisonal iules that pigeon-hole us into mak- ing decisions that might not actually be iight foi us. We have to look into ouiselves to know whethei we should take the plunge, whethei its time to get down oi time to go home. So, when the time feels iight, get laid, Wildcats. @laurasverchek: cant seem to do anything pioduc- tive.. its still bieak iight: ;indenial (Jan. ) @MattBellassai: You know youve cieated a scene in lectuie when youve showeied an entiie iow with a venti Staibucks. But its ok, I chaiged them each i.i, (Jan. ,) @FakeMorty: Noithwestein is pioud to announce the new NU Really Shallow Swimming Pool on the Noiiis Lawn (Jan. o) @andsilv: On the tiain with my piofessoi cieepin on hei lectuie notes ;pleasenoquiztoday (Jan. o) @MHernandez: Tat awkwaid moment when you put too much wasabi on youi sushi and end up ciying in the middle of (noiiiscentei. It was ieally good, though! (Jan. 8) @AlexNitkin: As someone who holds giammai sacied, misplaced modifeis ieally bothei me. ( APStylebook ;HellYeahio1-1 (Jan. 8) technically speaking richie homan 2012, looking forward Timing is everything sexy, can I? felicity amethyst clothes lines elyse roth The two outt rule the back burner amber gibson Healthy eats for 2012 Compiled by Margaret Kadifa Columns Odds & Ends Few of us iang in the New Yeai with oui own single on iTunes, but Weinbeig fieshman Joidan Cohen spent his bieak pioducing oiiginal music in his basement studio. Known by his monikei Joidan Heniy, Cohen diopped his single Cloudy Without a Chance on iTunes last week. He talked to Te Cuiient about the expeiience of iecoiding and making music as a typical col- lege student. Exceipts: THE CURRENT: How did you come up with Cloudy Without a Chance: Jordan Cohen: I just sang it one night. Latei, I was babysitting and saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and I felt ieally stupid, and I thought, Why isnt my song in this movie: THE CURRENT: What infuences youi music most: JC: Depends on the type of music. What I put out was inspiied a lot by James Moiiison. He has that kind of iaspy tonality and he puts a lot of heait and soul into his music. THE CURRENT: Take me thiough the piocess of wiiting a song. JC: I dont spend a lot of time, actually. Cloudy Without a Chance only took about an houi to wiite. I think mis- takes aie pait of the music, so I like only doing one take, and things like that. Sometimes when Im lying in bed, I just think of things, and when I do, I sing it into my iPhone iecoidei and I iemembei it. Then I lay it down, fiddle aiound with choids with the gui- tai and piano. Ten I stait iecoiding with diums foi timing. THE CURRENT: What inspiies you to wiite: JC: Giils aie veiy easy to wiite about. Eveiy time something begins oi ends theies some- thing to wiite. Maybe because its what we tiuly think about. In case you couldnt tell, I dont think too much about my music. I just kind of ihyme and go. THE CURRENT: What made you decide to actually iecoid something: JC: I kind of got into iecoiding because me and my fiiends decided to make a iap video, which I pioduced, and I sang the hook. One of my fiiends said, Hey, youie kind of good at that, but I ieally didnt like my voice. Te fist song I iecoided was foi a giil, actually, and my fiiend put me in fiont of a huge ciowd and thieatened me so I would sing it. THE CURRENT: Did that pan out foi you: JC: It led to a yeai-long ielationship, so yeah, it did. THE CURRENT: Who aie youi biggest advo- cates: JC: My fiiends have been pietty good about spieading the woid. Tey bought it. I didnt tell them to oi anything, but they bought it. My good fiiend Eiic Schoen- bach has been ieally gieat too. He was the one that thieatened me until I biought my instiuments to campus. I dont know why so much of my music staits fiom me being thieatened. THE CURRENT: What aie youi plans foi the futuie: JC: I hope to diop my album, All the Roses, befoie the end of the yeai, maybe by the end of summei when Ive had some time. Im thinking it might be a pietty eclectic album: a little acoustic, vocal, maybe some of the iemix stuf I do. Eveiything. Cloudy Without a Chance is avail- able on iTunes. Find out more about Jordan Henrys music at jordanhc. com. -Simone Alicea Im a single lady. -Anna Shanggua, Weinberg 15 Fierce. -Andrew Abtahi, Weinberg 14 What is the worst part about this abnormally warm weather? We cant com- plain about it as much. -Paul Green, McCormick 15 I grew out my winter beard for this. -Eric Meszaros-Jones, Weinberg 14 5 words for... Annalynne McCord Jordan Cohen Weinberg 15, Musician Q A & Compiled by Brian Lasman AnnaLynne McCoid, the oi1o stai who showed of a little moie than hei necklace on Twittei. Te Daily and Te Cuiient stafeis iespond: Only accident is hei fame. -Shelly Tan A necklace isnt a top. -Allison Lasher So... Beyonc had hei baby. -Liz Steelman At least she Instagiamed it. -Elyse Roth Nine o two one NO. -Kathryn Vogt Does Weinei iing a bell: -Derrick Clion Showing of the family jewels: -Jillian Sandler Re-teated that one. Ei, ie-TWEETED. -Ashley Fetters Did you say TwitPic oi TitPic: -Jacqueline Andriakos She meant to do that. -Josh Walsh Biett Faive says nice woik. -Sean McQuade Lets just iename it Tittei. -Samantha Caiola Who posts almost-nude photos any- way: -Britta Hanson Compiled by Megan Patsavas hits&misses Beyonc and Jay-Zs fist child, a baby giil, was boin this Satuiday. In tiue celebiity fashion, the couple chose an oiiginal name, Blue Ivy. Rumoi has it Blue is foi Jay-Zs Blueprint albums and Ivy stands foi IV, the Roman numeial and the couples favoi- ite numbei. Teii daughteis caieei has alieady begun; hei ciies aie featuied on the tiack of Jay- Zs new song Gloiy. Kate Middleton celebiated hei oth biithday this Monday with a celebiatoiy dinnei with family and close fiiends. Zooey Deschanel ended io11 filing foi divoice fiom husband Ben Gibbaid (the fiont- man of Death Cab foi Cutie) and soon afei a posting of a cute song about New Yeais Eve with Joseph Goidon-Levitt on Youtube. Let the dating speculations begin. Nevei ones to miss a chance to make money and steal the limelight, Kim, Khloe and Kouitney Kai- dashian will be made into limited-edition Baibie dolls diessed in appaiel fiom theii stoie, Dash. Russell Biand and Katy Peiiy aie divoicing afei 1 months of maiiiage, iepoitedly because theii peisonalities aie too opposite. Te ieal sui- piise is how long theii maiiiage lasted. But, any couple can biag afei the Kim and Kiis Humphiies maiiiage oideal. AnnaLynne McCoid of oi1o accidentally posted a topless photo of heiself to Twittei, which was appaiently taken to show of a new necklace. We undeistand, because eveiyone totally takes pictuies of theii new jeweliy with no shiit on. -Iman Childs Fuck You, I Love You, Bye: e Rahm Emanuel Story, directed by Paul Turner, and written by Marc Warzecha and Andy Cobb, isnt really the Rahm Emanuel story at all. Yes, this play gives the audi- ence a survey of some important events in Emanuels life, but really, this play is about some guy named Rahm who loves to say the word fuck (and also has a little something to do with politics). e play, which is currently playing at e Annoyance eater & Bar in Chicago, is set in the year in the Museum of Science and Industry where a docent, Vallea Woodbury, a Northwestern alum, takes three visitors on a tour of Rahm Emanuels life and career. With the help of a holographic Rahm, (Tim McKend- rick) the docent takes the tourists and the audience through a series of ashbacks that try and put a comedic spin on the major events of Emanuels life. e real Rahm Emanuel, a former U.S. congressman, White House Chief of Sta and ballet prodigy, already has a ne list of accomplishments. e ashbacks portray his life through comedy in ways that range from the expected, such as the Sopranos mob-style political shakedown to become mayor of Chicago, to the wacky, as the brothers Emanuel compete for their mothers aection through a combination game show-Shabbat dinner. Rahm himself is presented as a loud, aggressive man who has become so used to cursing and scream- ing that he no longer understands how real humans interact. e show presents this as Rahms chief conict-- he is on the one hand a ruthless political operator who smells of blood and wolf semen while on the other hand he is a loving father and accomplished politician. e whole blood and semen dichotomy didnt really make much sense in the theater, either. I do feel a bit silly criticizing this show for being inane, ridiculous, or crass, though it was all three of those things and then some. is was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a good play. It lacked everything from struc- ture, to character develop- ment, to acting. ere was none of the urgency or cutting humor that is typically present in effective and clever satire. The show had nothing to say about Rahm, about Chicago, about politics, about anything. But to be honest, it was still a pretty funny show and I found myself laughing out loud a lot. e entire show is built upon the premise that its humorous to see people say fuck to each other. ats not a particularly sophisticated brand of comedy, but its pretty fucking funny. -Avi Small House of Lies (Showtime) is a half- hour comedy series about a successful consultant at a highly-ranked manage- ment consulting rm who will do any- thing in his power in order to stay on top of the pack. e pilot was reviewed quite well by critics, but regardless, you should watch for Don Cheadles cha- risma as Marty, the cutthroat lead con- sultant, and Kristen Bells sassy charm as the Ivy League grad working at the rm. e series airs on Sundays start- ing Jan. . Are You ere, Chelsea? (NBC) is a half-hour comedy about the ups, downs, blunders and disasters of Chelsea Handlers roller coaster life. In a twist of events, the show features Chelsea Handler playing the role of Sloane, Chelseas sister, and Laura Prepon (at s Show) as the incorrigible and hysterical Chelsea. e series will be loosely based on Han- dlers best-selling book, Are You ere, Vodka? Its Me Chelsea, although we can all imagine that not all of the X-rated tidbits can be translated onto the small screen. Are You ere, Chelsea? airs on Wednesdays starting Jan. . Alcatraz (FOX) combines the all-too- provocative formula of J.J. Abrams and an island of mystery and intriguealbeit a completely dierent, arguably more dan- gerous island. e show follows a trio of investigators, played by Rebecca Mad- sen, Sam Neill and Jorge Garcia, as they struggle to discover why of Alcatrazs most dangerous prisoners reappeared on the island years aer they vanished. If you felt yourself getting goose bumps at the words J.J. Abrams, Jorge Garcia, island, or vanished, then this is prob- ably the show for you. You can see it on Mondays starting Jan. . Smash (NBC) centers around the life of struggling actors and singers try- ing to break into the Broadway indus- try. e show goes backstage, focusing on creation of a musical about Marilyn Monroe and how the cast, producers, and directors must work together and oen make sacrices in order to achieve suc- cess. Although the show is about a musical and obviously contains singing, it is noth- ing like Glee (if that was your hesitation in watching). e show stars Katherine McPhee, of American Idol fame, Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, and Oscar win- ner Angelica Houston. Smash airs on Mondays starting Feb. . Awake (NBC) focuses on a police detective who loses a family member in a devastating car crash, but this accident throws him into two parallel univers- esin one, his wife has survived, while in the other, his only son is the survivor. In addition to dealing with the trauma of not knowing which family member is alive at a given time, he continues to solve crimes while taking advantage of his ability to be in two parallel universes. e show stars the fabulous Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy, anyone?) and is pur- ported to be one of the most confusing but also most impressive pilots of the coming season. e shows premiere date has not been announced, but it will be this winter. -Mackenzie Bronk Page 4 | The Current Thursday, January 12, 2012 Theater Review Fuck You, I Love You, Bye: The Rahm Emanuel Story Directed by Paul Turner T H E
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W A S THIS WEEK NU STUDENTS WERE NOT: By Celia Skaggs Celebrating a Wildcat football victory at the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Sucessfully maintaining their coffee addictions at Norbucks Marveling at how low textbook prices have become over the years Re-creating old Michelle Kwan skating routines on the Norris ice rink Reviews Film acionados and casual movie- goers alike will be pleasantly surprised to hear that there is much to look forward to in the coming months and plenty of hope for the box o ce. e Hunger Games hits theaters in March. Adapted from the dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins, the lm (and franchise) is sure to delight both young adults and those adults who act like theyre young. Soon aer, Ridley Scott (director of Blade Runner and Alien) is back in the sci- arena with Prometheus, a kind-of- sort-of Alien prequel that is being kept rmly under wraps. Pixars Brave has the potential to redeem the embarrassing mess that was Cars and it will feature the innovative studios rst female heroine. Having lost his Joker, Christopher Nolan will be hard put to top the furor created by e Dark Knight. But by adding a slinky Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) and a muscle- bound super villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), e Dark Knight Rises is going to give it a shot. Skyfall, the latest in the Bond series, is due to premiere in late autumn. e plot, a rescue caper centered around Bonds harsh-yet-lovable boss, M (Judi Dench), has the potential to be as emotionally grip- ping as the romance in Casino Royale. With that we come to December, the permanent residence of Oscar bait. The new adaptation of The Great Gatsby looks promising both because Baz Luhrman (Moulin Rouge) is at the helm and because he recruited a stellar cast, includ- ing Leonardo DiCaprio as the quintessen- tial playboy of the s and Carey Mulligan as his nave, married sweetheart. Hugh Jackman is surely practicing his falsetto for the upcoming version of Les Misrables. Many of the actors can sing and Tom Hoopers Oscar for e Kings Speech supposedly means he can direct. e Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will return us to Middle-Earth, with all the Peter Jackson-brand magic e Lord of the Rings taught us to expect. Hardcore fans have been grumbling about the return of characters, such as Frodo, that have no place in Tolkiens book. Still, this is Hol- lywood, and nixing the recognizable stars would be box o ce suicide. Finally, Stephen Spielberg will present Lincoln, which (surprise, surprise) is about Abraham Lincoln saving the Union. While Daniel Day-Lewiss portrayal of the th president is sure to stun, to be honest, I am more excited to see this summers weirdest thriller, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. -Britta Hanson Looking for a fresh and undiscovered sound? is London-based band of ve stylish British men is still so new that a full-length album has yet to be released, but BBC has already nominated them for BBCs Sound of due to their love-at- rst-listen appeal. Spector started as a one-man project by -year-old Fred Macpherson. Now, the band has grown and circulated with the release of their rst single last April. While they have only released three singles so far, they have been on the rise . e Guardian introduced them as the new band of the day last May and they were covered in New Musical Express rst issue of . Even Alex James, bass player of fellow London-based band Blur, has recently recommended Spector as the band to listen to for the new year. Spector has a dierent sound than other indie rock bands in many ways, but their music includes many elements that are similar to some of the great musical groups of the past few decades. Spector has put a spin on the popular rock sound of e Strokes, e Killers and e Walkmen. Spectors rst single, Never Fade Away, starts o with a catchy and repeti- tive chorus. Its jazzy groove is eortlessly ear-catching. A mix of consistent synth and rather simple beats continue to add personal style to the track. Toward the end of the song, the tempo speeds up, the beat gets more elaborate, and Macphersons vocals crescendo until all instrumentals slowly fade out and return to the refrain from the songs beginning. e second single, What You Wanted, is a relatively upbeat, Two-Door-Cinema- Club-style track. Macphersons relaxed, laid-back and almost nonchalant vocal style resembles Julian Casablancas of e Strokes. His distinctive vocals stand out especially in the S.C.U.M remix of the track the band oers as one of its free downloads. Dierent from two of their previous tracks, Grey Tie and Shirt is a much slower and groovier track that has a Glas- vegas vibe. Its sound is rich, paired with a simple rhythm and melody making it a catchy, stuck-in-your-head tune. Before their upcoming fourth single, Chevy under, was on the radio for the rst time on January , BBC Radio One described them as an alternative boy band on Twitter. But trust me, Spector is incomparable to Backstreet Boys or N Sync. Although they are a relatively new indie band, they dont perform in the expected casual t-shirts and jeans. Instead, they are always dressed in classic British style, donning slim-t dress shirts and blazers. Aside from their style, Macpher- son is dynamic and energetic as he com- mands the stage. He has a very personal and eccentric stage persona. Currently working on their debut album, scheduled to be released this year, Spector will headline a UK tour in February, open for Florence + e Machines tour in March and perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this April. -Jennifer Suh First day of classes Whether we like or not, breaks over and winter quarter o cially began last week. Our hearts go out to the freshmen from warm parts of the world who were probably shocked to nd snow welcoming them at the airport and the international students still ghting the jet lag. Purple pride Wildcat fans cheered on their team at three basketball games last week. Mens basketball lost by one point to Illinois on Wednesday and Womens basketball lost to Iowa by points on ursday, but won their game against Indiana by points on Sunday. Go C ats! Summerfest True to the stereotype that Northwestern stu- dents are perpetual over-achievers, some of us are already planning for summer. Last ursday, University Career Services hosted Summerfest in Norris, providing information on everything from summer internships to cover letter reviews. Rush Creating both exciting and emotional moments, Panhellenic Recruitment began Jan. , jump-starting the week Jan. and with forums about sorority life. Recruitment ended Tuesday with the anxiously awaited Bid Night as the grand nale. -Katy Kim Movie Reviews Coming up in 2012 TV Reviews Coming up this season This week, NU students were NOT: Celebrating a Wildcat football victory at the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Successfully maintaining their coffee addictions at Norbucks Marveling at how low textbook prices have become over the years Re-creating old Michelle Kwan skating routines on the Norris ice rink Not rushing -Celia Skaggs Ra Letzter/The Daily Northwestern Ra Letzter/The Daily Northwestern Ra Letzter/The Daily Northwestern ickr Band Review Spector