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1 Tuesday, September ii, 2007 | The Red a Black
Restaurants combine food, art
By JENNIFER PAXTON
The Red & Black
The next meal you pur
chase in Athens may not
only satisfy your hunger,
but also your artistic
appetite.
Some Athens establish
ments have bridged the
gap between the art gal
lery and the restaurant,
making local artwork
more accessible to the
average customer.
“Part of our whole mis
sion behind this is to real
ly raise awareness of how
great the arts scene is
here,” said Seth
Hendershot, general man
ager of the Jittery Joe’s at
Five Points.
“We just want to get
people into art, and it
helps us because we have
cool stuff on the walls for
people to look at when
they’re here,” he said.
A series of Athfest
inspired paintings by art
ist Josh Stainthorp are on
display now, keeping Joe’s
regulars both cultured
and caffeinated.
The coffeehouse will
feature one artist each
month, he said. The next
display will debut Monday,
featuring a combined
show by artists Genevieve
Swinford and Dana Joe
GLOBES reception welcomes new members
By JULIE LEUNG
The Red & Black
Thirteen years ago,
Annette Hammon saw the
need for a GLOBE-al
community.
In an effort to provide
support for gay students,
faculty and staff at the
University, Hammon
founded in 1994 GLOBES
Gay, Lesbian or
Bisexual Employees and
Supporters.
The organization host
ed its annual fall recep
tion Thursday at the
Founder’s Garden.
Hammon, who. is a
retired manager of the
Georgia Review, said the
event was a chance to
welcome new and return
ing people to their com
munity.
“This is an opportunity
for people to celebrate
who they are,” she said.
Prominent members
of the University and
Athens attended the
reception. Among
them was Mayor Heidi
Davison.
The mayor made open
ing remarks, welcomed
new students to campus
and encouraged them to
get involved.
Davison has attended
the reception every year
she’s been in office.
“Collectively, the orga
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▲ Students lounge beneath William Cary
Whitley’s photographs at Hot Corner, one of
many places local artists can display artwork.
Cooley.
Cooley specializes in
shadowboxes and paint
ing, while Swinford con
centrates on woodwork
paintings.
“They’re going to go all
out for this one,”
Hendershot said.
Other popular coffee
hot spots in Athens sup
port local artists as well,
including Espresso Royale
and Hot Comer.
Photography by
William Cary Whitley has
complemented the walls
nization has been working
on a variety of issues.
They’ve been able to
make changes,” Davison
said.
“Last year we changed
our domestic partner ben
efits for government
employees, and this group
was very much involved
in bringing that issue to
us.”
The reception featured
speakers including
Rodney Bennett, vice
president of Student
Affairs, and Cheryl Dozer,
director of Institutional
Diversity.
“I think that every
diverse group needs to
feel that there is an
organization where they
can feel safe and comfort
able and can express
themselves and raise
issues,” Dozer said in her
speech.
“This is a cohort of stu
dents, faculty and staff
that makes it real clear
that there is nothing
wrong with diversity,” she
said.
“Those of us who repre
sent diverse groups are
really the strength of the
community.”
GLOBES is unique in
that it is inclusive of all
faculty, staff and employ
ees at the University, not
just students.
“Faculty and staff are
of Hot Comer since June
16. The former University
student also has photos
up at Mercury Lounge.
He encourages local
artists to take advantage
of what these locations
can offer.
“Just walk into the
places and ask them who
is responsible for the art
work on the walls usu
ally they have somebody
who is in charge of that,”
he said.
Displaying artwork in a
location other than a gal-
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▲ Mayor Heidi Davison (left) speaks with Marti
Allen, a retired Athens citizen, during the
annual GLOBES Fall Reception Thursday.
oftentimes overlooked,”
said Shawna Scott, stu
dent director of informa
tion for the Lambda
Alliance. “Their issues are
different. They have to
deal with such things as
childcare and healthcare
benefits.”
The group also wel
comes graduate students,
said Nancy Mac Nair, an
influential member of
GLOBES.
Hammon said many
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lery may seem unconven
tional at first, but pursu
ing it can be beneficial for
local artists and consum
ers alike.
“The more you get your
name out there, the bet
ter,” said Maggie Smith, a
senior majoring in paint
ing and drawing from
Marietta.
Her paintings have
been on display at
Transmetropolitan for
about a month, she said.
Much to her surprise,
one painting received far
more publicity by serving
as a colorful backdrop
for an Aug. 22 Flagpole
cover.
Steve Wang, a fifth-year
student from Augusta
majoring in photography,
has enjoyed similar suc
cess with his “portraits
with a fashion slant” at
The Grit, and previously
with work shown at J.
Scott Salon.
For patrons consider
ing a purchase of the art
work, the price tags may
seem high, but remember
the phrase “starving art
ists” exists for a reason.
“They’re trying to make
a career out of it, and the
best way to do that is to
keep prices reasonable,”
said Jittery Joe’s Seth
Hendershot.
times they don’t even
know who are their mem
bers. The only thing con
necting them is the list
serv.
She said this provides
the privacy and discretion
one may wish to have
without feeling isolated.
“We filled a niche, we
provided a tool to let peo
ple know that we are here
and that person on the
e-mail list is not alone,”
Hammon said.
Library offers new
‘points of interest’
By MEGHAN PITTMAN
For The Red & Black
Nestled in North
Campus, the University’s
Main Library serves as an
icon of academics.
With eight floors of
books, it is a valuable
resource and haven for the
studious.
“I go on Fridays in
between two classes to eat
and study,” said Haley
Crain, a freshman from
Canton. “It’s usually
quiet.”
Apart from the many
types of references found
at most libraries, the
library offers many alterna
tive points of interest.
The exhibits found at
both the Hargrett Library
and the Richard B. Russell
Library make it possible
for students to make the
library a place for more
than just studying.
The first floor contains
computer labs and reading
rooms where students are
able to relax and catch a
break from the social
atmosphere of dorm rooms
or homes.
‘Tween The Pages, a
cafeteria-style room with
tables and chairs, is a
small place where students
can use Bulldog Bucks for
snacks while surfing the
Internet on their laptops.
On the third floor is the
“Curiouser and Curiouser”
exhibit, where rare draw
ings of Lewis Carroll’s
“Through the Looking
Glass” can be found.
Ashley Bene, a fresh
man from Woodstock,
works in the library for the
Georgia Newspaper
Project.
“My favorite part of the
M.I.A. mixes dance beats,
reverb echoes, disco flow
By COLTER MCWHORTER
The Red & Black
M.l.A.’s first eclectic
record, “Arular,” gushed
positive critiques with only
a splash in commercial
sales.
In her latest globe-trot
ting adventure, “Kala,” she
couldn’t care less, and
that’s good enough for us.
Picture “Bamboo
Banga,” with M.I.A.
perched on the edge of a
giant 808 synthesizer,
pumping her fist and
declaring her newfound
“Power! Power!” via loud
speaker, confidently spout
ing “sittin’ down chewing
on gunpowder/strike
match-light-fire.”
The second track,
“Bird Flu,” shows off her
underground credentials
against the lack of choices
proposed by her career
counselor, stuffing the
speakers with Indian
esque percussion and chil
dren cheering her to sing
again.
“Boyz” brings out the
heavy weaponry with
maraca and African hand
drums pounding away.
Then, she switches to
lasers and ‘7os-inspired
disco beats for backup in
“Jimmy” long enough to
hold our attention until
“Hussel” stops the beat
with guest Afrikan Boy
and its barreled vibrations.
The track “Mango
Pickle Down River” sticks
out like a nail plugged into
a two-by-four wielded by
the adolescent Australian
group The Wilcannia Mob
over wind instruments,
reminding us why parents
doled out the dangers of
experimenting.
Shifting (literally) to
reverb echoes and bass,
“20 Dollar” racks up pot
shots against quite a few
targets: cheap
Kalashnikovs, radicalized
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▲ “Through the
Looking Glass,” by
Carroll on display at
the Main Library.
library would be the skin
book exhibit,” Bene said.
This book, bound with
human skin, is part of the
Hargrett Library, also on
the third floor.
The Richard B. Russell
Library showcases exclu
sive documents of Georgia
and national politics.
Popular- among stu
dents, the seventh floor
has all books and collec
tions of art, music and
film.
Students can watch
anything ranging from old
black and white films or
the “Gilmore Girls” for up
to two hours.
The window situated in
the corner of rows and
rows of books is where
many students have found
shelter. Here, people can
see all of the campus from
an amazing vantage point.
The library proven itself
as a place filled with infor
mation and a resting place
for rare and interesting
artifacts.
M.I.A.
Grade: B
Verdict: Most of M.l.A’s shots
fired hit their marks.
REVIEW
teur Internet critics trying
to cut M.I.A down.
The dance energy
returns in “World Town”
stocked with gunplay and
thievery to a cut-and
paste pulse and a siren
like kazoo. It takes a sud
den dip into the calm of
“The Turn” with another
hand-beaten
drum as M.I.A laments her
own pressures and idiosyn
crasies.
Here’s where the ride
careens into the middle of
a shady club. On “XR2,”
tripped-up engineered
beats on acid assault the
ears, leaving the hangover
enough time to recover
with “Paper Planes” and
its methodical pace. But
only until the gunshots
and child chorus attuned
to robbery queues in.
It’s odd to stop it all at
“Come Around,” a
Timbaland® production
complete with guest vocals
themed in an Indian casi
no, of all places. Asa club
track, it’s appropriate
enough, but as a stand
alone, there’s little to sepa
rate it from any other req
uisite DJ set.
In the end, how M.I.A.
got away with an album
like this is beyond me.