Western Courier

If anyone needs a check on their age and the rapidly passing time, the dawn of 1995 is now, in fact, a little more than 10 years old. Yikes. Many people reading this newspaper were even born 10 years before that; and if that's not enough to incite a slight feeling of depression, then surely the musical styling of Jawbreaker should suffice; if not by empathy toward the often morbid lyrics, then probably from the relationship-fueled angst which is painfully apparent and has the amazing ability to drudge up suppressed, rotten feelings of love and heartbreak.… Post the First Comment

In our deeply divided country it's nice to see people look beyond their own needs and come together for a common goal. … Post the First Comment

Courtesy of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Western Illinois University students, Macomb residents and patrons from surrounding areas assembled to substantially fill Western Hall and submerge themselves in the sights and sounds of the Chicago-based River North Dance Company. … Post the First Comment

You know that annoyingly energetic eight-year-old who comes to Thanksgiving every year and runs around screaming non-stop, scaring your grandma? Imagine that same kid 25 years older and you've got Green Day's frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.… Post the First Comment

Next week the second season of one of television's most successful shows, "Lost," premiers Wednesday at 8 p.m. And just in time is season one on DVD.… Post the First Comment

As fall slowly settles in, it reminds us of bratwurst, sauerkraut and German beer. Oktoberfest is a time for celebrating polka and funny hats. Yet, the international film "Schultze Gets The Blues," gives off the same mood without the hangover. The quiet (but not boring), subtitled film was released in Germany in 2003, and was written/directed by Michael Schorr, who gives the main character, Schultze (Horst Krause), a genuine quality of curiosity toward an unknown future of self-discovery.… Post the First Comment

When something is done for the first time and turns out to have been done absolutely right, it's difficult to imagine that those who follow will not try to imitate it.… Post the First Comment

It's a pretty plain and boring CD cover. There's little to entice the uninformed consumer to purchase the 40 or so minutes of music revolving around in the stereo, but the dull façade is a wolf in sheep's clothing of sorts.… Post the First Comment

Although the Rolling Stones have not released a studio album in eight years, the members have still retained their scrappy brand of rock 'n' roll. Time has certainly been on their side. The group's latest effort, "A Bigger Bang," is not a comeback CD; it's just a good rock album period.… Post the First Comment

Gil McIntire and the University Union Board Coffee House Committee hosted an Open Mic Night, in which Western Illinois University students could throw out their voice whether it be through song, playing guitar, rapping or even stand-up comedy.… Post the First Comment

Open Mic Night opened with freshman Randy Jones, elementary education major, reciting comical and more serious poetry he had written while riding on a train. The following performance was crowd favorite Gregory Pickett, board of trustees major, who serenaded us with such poems as "Nasty" in which he spouted he would "toss that salad like I was a five-star chef."… Post the First Comment

The bizarre reality that the characters in the movie "Me and You and Everyone We Know" inhabit seems to be a frightening, dangerous place.… Post the First Comment

The Brothers Grimm is a movie about the authors who wrote every child's favorite fairy tale. Set in Germany during the French occupation in the early 1800s, the two characters Jake (Heath Ledger) and Will Grimm (Matt Damon) are actually traveling con artists that go from town to town fooling the townspeople into a false sense of security by protecting them from enchanted creatures and the like.… Post the First Comment

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" starts out on a small farm in the middle of winter, when a medical examiner drops by the Rose family farm to declare whether or not a death was accidental. The audience will soon discover that a family member has passed away and the priest who has been watching over her for the past few months is going to jail for neglectful homicide. … Post the First Comment

On Wednesday night in the University Union Grand Ballroom, students, faculty and community members got a chance to be exposed to the Mexican culture through the art of theater. Casa Latina Cultural Center presented the play entitled "Cuentame Coyote."… Post the First Comment