September 10th, 2010 – “Below, Above and Beyond” – John Hawaka Solo Exhibition

Exhibition duration: September 10 – September 30, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10 @ 7:00pm

“How I Spent My Summer Vacation” sounds like an essay a third grader would write. Just imagine that nervous little girl: a Dora the Explorer t-shirt, a purple skirt whose hem ends below the knees, and shoulder length brown hair adorned with a little red bow. And imagine her, legs shaking, mouth full of anxious saliva, breaking into song: “Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube/From the gang called Niggaz With Attitudes” I’m not saying that NWA provided me with my summer anthem, just that I was amused by …

Today is your only chance to vote for your student government representatives. To vote, visit http://rusaelections.webs.com/.

Last night’s RUSA Presidential Debate at the Eagleton Institute of Politics was the first ever hosted at the University. Despite the extensive preparation that went into its organization by Election Committee Chairman Ben West, the turnout was expectedly low. To be fair, it was drizzling…

Although “you are what you eat” I believe that a balanced diet is a donut in each hand. What you eat says a lot about your character. I feel privileged to have been born and bred in the Northeast. It is no secret that we have some of the best pizza, cheese steaks, Italian food, subs, and restaurants in the world. I could go on ceaselessly about where to go to get the most savory, mouth-watering food  ever to touch your esophagus, but sometimes the best surprises are waiting for …

I. A Sudden Convalescence Of Childhood Amnesia

Reminds me that I never got over the superego of my latency

phase and it’s thanks to you dreary

statue and your dark face that spills like an open cradle over my chest

Because I am here now attempting to fill your stone pockets with something mortal that may be

passed down to mortals but my jejune jabbering New York City is there but cannot be

Dancing with dildos, titillating tits, and an orgy of cheerleaders on stage.  But don’t let this wet dream fool you.  The College Ave Players (or CAP) put on a pretty awkward and shoddy production of Susan L. Schwartz’s Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical.  The show had its moments of hilarity, but overall the performance was disappointing.

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
1. Recommendation of the Day:  Check out “The Wanderer Sessions” from Pollifax. If you want to hear some quality, spur of the moment live music from some local musicians, and from musicians passing through New Brunswick, then you want to hear this shit. I am personally very impressed with the quality of the music and the way in which Kevin frames it in the videos. “The Wanderer Sessions” does a great job showcasing the good, young talent in and around Rutgers and …

These past few months have been rough in New Brunswick, New Jersey and the North East in general. First, there was the snow, possibly the most profuse in more than a century. Dr. David A. Robinson of Rutgers University [1] says it all:
“Unfortunately, snow records are not lengthy or complete at most locations around the state, but I am confident in stating that most locations established new monthly snowfall records for any winter month in at least the past 130 years.” [2]
Then there was the rain. The …

I look forward, a mirror obscures my view
I look forward, only to see behind
The halls of ivy are all I know
But the vines won’t take me where
I think I need to go
How shall I plan when circumstances are so constantly chaotic?
My thoughts are obsolete the very second
They occur
Soon cast out into a world that isn’t
What we thought we were entitled to
I didn’t make this fucking mess
But now I’m my own life’s janitor
With a shit-stuffed toilet to look forward to
Disillusioned and demotivated
At the same time feeling the tug
Of a thousand chains …

RUSA, the Rutgers University Student Assembly, seems to hover around campus like a ghost. Who are they? What do they do? Every once in a while, they appear beforethe general public,when issues like the “Too Much Money Retreat” last fall garner widespread commentary. In talking to some of my friends, most are not even aware of RUSA’s existence. Of the ones who have heard of the group, the general consensus is that RUSA distributes money to different organizations. And that makes sense. Shiny cardstock, full color and beautiful quality fliers …