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Film recaptures childhood

By Lauren Streib | April 26

ATTEND THE SHOW Time: 7 p.m. Date: Today Location: Union Auditorium Info: www.unc.edu/cuab/events.shtml Put down your Pixy Stix and pause Super Mario Kart. The student-film "Capture the Flag" wants to show that tricks really aren't just for kids. The full-length feature film, created and produced by students, will be shown tonight in the Union Auditorium. "Capture the Flag" was created with the audience in mind, said the film's writer and director Will Jones.

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Rascal Flatts sticks to formula

By Lauren Streib | April 13

MUSICREVIEW Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang 2.5 stars If lead singer Gary Levox were attractive, there's no question that Rascal Flatts would dominate the music charts. The trio has the fan base, the polished sound and, with a new album every two years, the reliable production schedule to compete with any of the top pop acts out there today. Instead, Levox and his bandmates have found an appreciable niche in the genre that remains indifferent to looks and age - country music.

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Book shows UNC's good side

By Lauren Streib | April 12

The emotive scenes that decorate the lives of UNC students inevitably will become mere memories. But a collection of photographs in a book chronicling the University's history attempts to preserve these scenes and showcase contemporary University life. "Carolina: Photographs from the First State University," is on sale at the Bull's Head Bookshop and features about 200 pictures, arranged to trace one year on the University's campus. The book's official release came Monday, even though it's been on sale for a few weeks.

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Indie outfit benefits from its subtlety

By Lauren Streib | March 30

MUSICREVIEW Young People All at Once 3 stars The identity of the alternative-rock world relies on the allure of paradoxes and is marked by a trendy balance of pretension and humility. Everything that's traditionally uncool is celebrated - nerdy eyeglass frames and threadbare T-shirts have a stylish appeal; obscure cultural references are a sign of intelligence; and dissension of the ideals of the corporate world is expressed through $200 jeans that fit like glorified spandex.

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Local music scene to make waves

By Lauren Streib | March 30

Rock the Boat is set to roll. The annual benefit concert that aims to create a fan base for Chapel Hill-Carrboro music will take place from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. today at The Library. The event directly supports 103.5 WCOM-FM, a grassroots community radio station that operates out of Carrboro. Rock the Boat also aims to publicize the local music scene, which many of the event's organizers feel is underappreciated by the University's student body. "It helps to draw the town and the students together," said Jake Baldridge, last year's event president.

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History at heart of 'Edward II'

By Lauren Streib | February 17

It's epic. It's a spectacle. It even has dancers. Lab! Theatre's production of Bertolt Brecht's "Edward II" is a modern, stylized version of the historical drama, which concentrates on the rise and fall of England's first openly gay monarch. Though the performance centers on the lives of Edward II and his closest companions, the play was written with a primary concentration on production. "It's extreme to all ends . a bombardment of the senses," said senior Kelen Coleman, who plays Queen Anne in the production.

Lauren Streib

Film recaptures childhood

Rascal Flatts sticks to formula

Book shows UNC's good side

Indie outfit benefits from its subtlety

Local music scene to make waves

History at heart of 'Edward II'

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