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DT Weekend 09/11/08-09/14/08

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Editor’s Note

How do you spend your evenings? My evening is the day’s jewel. Calamity disappears as I pass the late hours together with myself, unencumbered with the demands of daytime. Between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Lena Khor

Professors’ Picks: Lena Khor

Each week a professor gives us the lowdown on their top five albums, books or movies that have shape

Lena Khor, Instructor of English literature, rhetoric and writing. My guess is that you may be more interested in eating food than reading about it. But our practices of eating deeply affect the well-being of our local communities and global environment.

boy

Men are from Mars, Women are from Pottery Barn

It may be cliché to dub all boys messy and careless ogres while declaring all ladies pretty in pink, but lets face it — most would say we can tell a lot about a person, even usually identify their gender, from a glance around their homes.

Rhizome Collective

Secret Book Garden in East Austin

In a small room in the northeast corner of the Rhizome Collective, a renovated warehouse surrounded by dense foliage and inhabited by people who consider the term “radical” the highest form of praise, a cramped library stands apart from the rest of the building. Handwritten notes and instructions speckle the walls and tables.

energy drink

What’s in the Can? DTW Investigates

It’s 3 a.m., and you’ve just started studying for the midterm from hell. You’ve already tried gulping down a Diet Coke or two, and at this point, sleep equals failure.

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  • Simple Sisters

    The Simple Sisters

    Screw the Jester poster sale — unless of course you want to pay too much for that lame movie poster that everyone’s 13-year-old sister already has. There are far more interesting ways to spruce up your room, and they don’t have to cost you a fortune.

    Brandon Gamm

    Ramadan: Students Fasting & Feasting

    If you’ve ever watched the classroom clock in anticipation of the lunch hour, imagine that feeling all day, every day, for a month. Throughout September, Muslim students are fasting in observance of Ramadan in exactly this way.

    Ben Carson

    Money Matters: Ivy League Worth the Green?

    Everyone knows that you’ve got to spend money to make money, right? This week, The New York Sun reported that the costs of attending Columbia University and NYU (including housing) have crested $50,000 a year.

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  • Dreamers & Schemers: Tarts of TV

    In the midst of quizzes, studying and working, I like to loaf. When I loaf, I like to watch afternoon TV.

    Sweaty Much?

    Sure, sweat can be a good thing.

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