The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 195, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 2011 Page: 4 of 8
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Source Code, compiled,
interpreted, loved
By KENNETH AARON BRISENDINE
Graphic Editor
Source Code, the new film by director Duncan Jones
(Moon), is a smart, suspenseful and satisfying film. It stars Jake
Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain) as Captain Colter
Stevens, a soldier who wakes up on a train, with no memory
of how he got there. He is sitting across from a woman named
Christina portrayed by Michelle Monaghan (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,
Eagle Eye) who knows him as Sean Fentress, the name on the
drivers liscence that matches the face he soon sees in a reflection
which is not his own.
Before he is able to understand what is going on there is
an explosion. He awakens in a pod, where he receives orders from
Captain Colleen Goodwin, played by Vera Farmiga (The Departed,
Orphan). Goodwin informs him that he is in the Source Code, a
computer program that allows him to take over another persons
body during the last eight minutes of their life. His mission is to
identify who placed the bomb on the train and Goodwin sends
him back in time over and over again until he can complete the
mission. "Its the same train but different," as Captain Stevens says.
There are twists and turns, moments of shocking
brutality, of despair and hope. Gyllenhaal gives a very human
performance against a surreal backdrop. Monaghan is enchanting
and alluring and Farmiga is fantastic. The film is very well shot;
there is quite a lot of camera movement for a movie that takes
place mostly on a train, allowing you to feel the size of the train.
There are some incredible and interesting special effects. The
pacing of the film, is fantastic, similar to Jones' previous film,
Moon. A nod classic science fiction television show Quantum Leap
late in the film is icing on the cake. Source Code is a marvelous
film, nearly perfect. I give Source Code four and a half out of five
stars. The movie has something for everyone without being a big
dumb explosion movie, and is a must watch.
lost Boy promotes
education in Sudan
By JOHN McGEE
Staff Writer
For its final segment of the Speaker Symposium,
Tarleton hosted Gabriel Bol Deng, one of The Lost Boys of
Sudan to present "The Power of Hope: a Lost Boy Helps
Rebuild Sudan," in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center.
Deng began his speech by telling the audience
about how his family had been displaced due to warfare
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Taiieton s best perfOim at Honors Recital
By JOHN McGEE
Staff Writer
On April 4, the Tarleton Fine Arts
Department held an honors recital for
its music majors. This concert was held
in order for individual performers to
demonstrate their musical ability, and
honor select music majors for their
achievements.
The first piece that I enjoyed
was "Sonata," by Robert Muczynski,
performed by Freddy Gonzalez on
saxophone and Steve Chambers on
piano. This piece possessed a good
combination of saxophone solos
and harmonization with the piano,
which made it fun to listen to. I also
particularly enjoyed the smooth jazzy
feel of the song, and the enthusiasm
Gonzalez demonstrated while playing.
The next student to perform
was Olivia Frederich on piano, playing
"Preludes," by Claude Debussy. The
song began with soft mesmerizing
passages, which led into the use of
short choppier sections interspersed
within the beautiful cascading melody.
Eventually, the piece took a slightly
darker turn, combining deeper, more
ominous tones with the light rapid melody.
I particularly enjoyed the heavy crescendo
into fortissimo that marked the beginning
of the finale.
One student demonstrated
not only his ability to play music, but to
compose it as well. Mikel Shane Prather
chose to play "Fata Morgana: Czardas"
a composition he had created himself
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Meng Ying Lee (piano), Sarah Wnek (instrumental) and Claire
Goodman (vocal) stand to receive their Center Stage Awards.
for saxophone and piano. The song
highlighted the life of a failed opera singer
who goes insane and believes herself to be
an actual performer. It began with a slow,
passionate introduction, which led into a
perky rhythm. The piece maintained this
manic style, switching between upbeat
to downright depressing, for the entire
piece, although it sped up towards the
end. It was quite an impressive display of
performing ability and
musical knowledge.
The final piece of the
concert was "Concerto
No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18,"
by Sergei Rachmaninoff,
performed by Meng
Ying Lee and Dr. Leslie
Spotz. I found this
piece interesting as the
combination of two
pianos playing produced
a far greater sound than I
had expected. The piece
was characterized by its
interwoven exchanges
between the two
pianists and its delightful
harmonizations.
After the performers
were done, awards were
given to improving and
outstanding performers.
The music professors also
chose their favorites to be
awarded the Center Stage Award, which
were given to Claire Goodman in the vocal
category, Sarah Wnek in the instrumental
and Meng Ying Lee in piano.
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Gabriel Bol Deng speaks about the importance of education.
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within Sudan. He told of coming home to a burn-
ing village, and being carried off by one of the
adults who was shot in their attempt to escape.
After pretending to be dead to avoid detection
by militiamen, Deng then faced many other ad-
versities. He had to evade a lion by climbing and
hiding in a tree, and travel across the desert with
a group of other children to reach the safety of a
refugee camp in Ethiopia. "We were just looking
for help," Deng recalled as he told about their
desert crossing.
After a perilous journey, Deng found
himself in the Dimma Refugee Camp in Ethiopia,
which he noted was not all that he had expected.
The camp had little in the way of food or hous-
ing, and Deng had to ignore a snake bite that left
his leg temporarily paralyzed.
Deng later relocated to the Kakuma
Refugee Camp in Kenya, where he was able to
get a small amount of education from a school
that was held under the shade of a tree. He re-
called learning to write with charcoal and pieces
of wood, and how much he enjoyed drama and
debating. It was here that he discovered his love
for and the importance of education.
Deng was once again relocated, though
this time to the the United States, through the
refugee resettlement program. He found Ameri-
can culture quite a shock but he pursued his
education hungrily. After spending several years
in the U.S., Deng began to wonder whether or
not he still had family in Sudan. Upon traveling
back, Deng discovered that his two brothers and
a sister had also survived the upheaval in Sudan.
At this point, he decided that it was his responsi-
bility to aid the members of his old community,
stating that, "my human worth is determined
by how I affect my community."
In order to do this, he established Hope
For Ariang, a humanitarian agency designed
to aid the building of schools in Sudan. Since
its establishment, a schoolhouse has been
built and a well has been placed in Ariang.
According to Deng, since the well was drilled,
not a single person of Ariang has died from
cholera, a particularly bad problem before.
Deng said that despite his best efforts
however, "a school is more than a building,"
and they are still in need of money for desks,
books and teacher training. In order to aid
Hope for Ariang, visit www.hopeforariang.org,
for details.
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