The Knife’s latest opera brings eerie realization
By: Ryan Morejon/Columnist It’s always really fascinating to watch a band mature into a more developed and refined faction of pop music bravado, while still experimenting with aesthetics. The Knife started out within the norm of European electro-pop, flaunting hints of bubblegum from their self-titled and then walking the plank between twitched vocals and lucid house music. Once *Silent Shout* was released, though, they initiated a brand of mystery and intrigue associated mostly with shamans and Dracula. Also, to be honest, they just became really freakin’ creepy. The music was dark and crude, but contained a high ratio of dance-floor abandon able to host many a haunted house party. They also sport really cool bird…
Dexter author shares character’s intricate relationship with Miami
By: Maria Murriel/Contributing Writer Coral Gables is a unique and almost mystically foreign-looking area of Miami: It’s dressed in Spanish moss, covered in robust banyan trees and populated by some of the most alluring businesses in the city. One of these charming nooks is Books & Books, located at 265 Aragon Avenue, a dark stretch of road. If you’ve never been, don’t mistakenly think of the store as a smaller version of dry old Barnes & Noble. Books & Books is a quaint, yet fresh cafĂ©/bookstore combo with the hospitality of a country home and actual food and drinks included. The store has resided in an almost lonely street of the Gables for 14 years…
Culture meets creativity at exhibit
By: Adriana Rodriguez/Staff Writer *Taiwan Discovered: In Place and Time*, a new exhibit at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum which opens Feb. 19, introduces the innovative designs of Taiwanese artists to the South Florida art scene. The exhibit will display the works of seven artists from the diverse Taiwan art world. “It is art quite unfamiliar to most people. Asia is receiving more attention than any other continent in the art world, and Taiwan competes for this attention and has the same quality of artists, doing the same innovative things – especially when it comes to technology. People who know Asia today will expect to see the video component, others more traditional work,”…
Roundtable tackles cyber law, YouTube lawsuit
By: Meena Rupani / Staff Writer Web sites like YouTube provided the Tuesday Times Roundtable a topic Feb. 9, revolving around the subject of intellectual property law. Each week the roundtable discussions are sponsored by Student Government, The New York Times and the Global Learning for Global Citizenship and are used to enhance the students’ perspective on global issues, according to the Student Government Web site. Hosted by Professor Hannibal Travis, a former attorney for human rights and intellectual property, he has recently been focusing on the issue of cyber law in his recent publications, according to the College of Law Web site. The specific New York Times article discussed was published in March 2007…
New council members fill empty seats
By: Philippe Buteau / Senior Staff Writer The Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus appointed two new members and promoted a current member during their Feb. 7 senate meeting. Kierstin Koppel was appointed to a justice position, Miriam Blasco to the elections board and Adam Johnson, the former finance committee vice-chair, is now chair of the committee. Chief Justice of SGC-MMC Luis Robayo recommended that the council confirm Koppel. “She’s more than ready for the job,” Robayo said. Koppel said during the meeting that she has been working with Robayo since Spring 2009 and has learned a lot from him. She said she worked with him on the Constitution. None of the senators had…
Delayed building designed with green initiatives in mind
By: Philippe Buteau / Senior Staff Writer During the era of former University President Modesto A. Maidique, a building for the School of International and Public Affairs was planned, even before the school itself came together. The plan for the $23 million building, which will be the home for the school’s international departments and centers, was brought up more than five years ago, while SIPA came together as a school in the Fall 2008 term, according to Sebastian Arcos, associate director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences. Arcos represents FIU to the design and construction companies and has been involved with the building for three years. The funds from the building came…
