The ceremony will be held on April 14, 2012, at the Rock‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame lists its 2012 nominees
The ceremony will be held on April 14, 2012, at the Rock‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Students face a choice: Social lives or good grades
Dominic Overa, 20, a business major from Levittown, feels that between his schedules for school and work he does not have the time to have the social life that he wants. Overa works a full-time job and a part-time landscaping job in order to afford his education.
Overa is not alone. Many students at Bucks are paying for college on their own, sometimes picking up two jobs and snatching as many hours as possible at work to make ends meet. The end result is a diminished social life.
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Vinyl Records Survive Technological Revolution
As technology advances, and music has become readily available by the click of a mouse, the old-fashioned vinyl records have still survived, and have somehow become a rising trend. Surprisingly the majority of vinyl customers are not those of older generations anymore, but young adults and teenagers, who never had the experience of vinyl growing up.
At the Newtown Book and Record exchange, a store on State St. that allows the trading, selling, and purchasing of vinyl records, the sales associate embarked on the rising trend of young adults' interest in vinyl.
“It’s ironic, older people are coming in to sell their old LPs, while younger people are coming in to buy them the next day,” she explained.
Foo Fighters Rock Philly
The Foo Fighters put on the perfect rock show at the Wells Fargo center Thursday night, exceeding fans expectations playing a 3 hour set full of energy. Dave Grohl, vocals and guitar, announced the “We don’t do one of those little rock shows that last an hour and 45 minutes. We don’t do one of those little rock shows that last 2 hours, not that shit either. Basically, we play until we want to fucking puke,” announced Grohl early on in the show. This was proved when the Foo Fighters continued to rock the arena until midnight.
The Foo Fighters opened with “Bridge Burning,” the title track off their newest album “Wasting Light.” They continued to play many more tracks off of their new album, while keeping the older fans’ attention and pleasing the new fans.
The band played the majority of their singles throughout the show, making for many of the crowds favorites. During “My Hero,” Grohl held the microphone toward the crowd to sing the choruses, given that almost every person in the crowd knew the words.
In the middle of “Monkey Wrench,” before the part where Grohl screams, he incorporated a lengthy blues guitar solo, where the crowd held up their lighters and cell phones anticipating Grohl’s screaming solo. After 16 years of performing vocals for the Foo Fighters, Grohl’s vocals have become anything but weak, wowing the crowd with the range and strain he puts upon them.
While playing the song “Stacked Actors,” Grohl and guitarist Chris Shiflet faced off in a passionate guitar duel, Grohl playing on a risen platform in the back of the arena while Shiflet played on stage.
Toward the end of the Foo Fighters’ first set, they covered Pink Floyd’s “In the Flesh?” off of the band’s 1979 album “The Wall.” They closed the first set with the fan favorite “All My Life.”
The encore was a total of 6 songs, playing double the amount a typical rock band would play.
It was begun with Grohl playing a solo acoustic version of “Wheels,” from their “Greatest Hits” album, on the risen platform in the back of the arena. Grohl continued to play as one man acoustically into “Best of You” and a portion of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.”
“Rule no. 1,” Grohl announced after the first verse of “Blackbird,” “never do a song that’s better than any of your own songs.” The fans were eager to sing along to the well-known Beatles tune.
Grohl continued to play acoustic into the beginning of “Times Like These,” then rejoined the band on stage to finish the song electrically, playing with a great deal of passion and energy.
The band also covered Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ “Breakdown,” off of their 1976 self-titled album.
They closed the night with “Everlong,” leaving the fans cheering them on well after they left the stage. Every fan left the show feeling inspired and touch by the band’s performance.
The band members; Grohl (vocals and guitar), Shiflet (guitar), Pat Smear (guitar), Nate Mendel (bass), and Taylor Hawkins (drums), put all of their energy into putting on the best rock concert they possibly could for Philadelphia, making it more than worthwhile for the fans.
“We’ve been practicing 16 fucking years for this show tonight,” Grohl told the crowd during the show. That is exactly how fans felt after seeing the Foo Fighters’ performance on Thursday night.
Students Stressed About Sleep
It’s 7:45a.m. as you arrive to school. Your first class is at 8:00a.m., leaving you with that sacred 15 minutes to grab a cup of coffee before class. You walk into cafeteria, only to realize that the line for Starbucks is about twelve miles long. You wonder, “didn’t anyone sleep last night?” The truth is that a vast majority of Bucks students are not getting nearly enough sleep. College students should get about 8 hours of sleep a night. Instead, the average Bucks student sleeps for about 6 hours.
Many students find it increasingly difficult to balance sleep between class, work, and homework. While sleep is a necessity for everyone, many students rank it low on their priorities.
Theresa Aldwin, 20, an education major from Trevose, expresses that she finds it almost impossible to make room for sleep between school and work.
“Working as a bartender until 2 a.m. leaves me a 7 hour window between work and my first class. I’d be lucky to catch 5 hours of sleep,” states Aldwin.
The two most significant reasons Bucks students claim to cause their lack of sleep are homework and work. A majority of students have a part-time job coinciding with their education, leaving them with less free time. Without this free time, students feel obligated to subtract time from their sleep in order to finish assignments.
When asked how often students pull an all-nighter, a handful of students replied that they do so a few times a semester. Almost all students who reported to pull the occasional all-nighter pointed their reasoning toward school.
“Sometimes I just need an entire night free from distractions to catch up on all of my work. There isn’t enough daylight to keep up,” Bryan Tanchet, 20, a criminal justice major from Bensalem complains about the difficulty finding the time to complete homework.
Other reasons students claim to prevent them from sleeping are spending too much time on the computer, and watching T.V. all night. While the computer and T.V. prove to be a great distraction by themselves, they also can prevent one from falling asleep. The light waves produced by these objects that students seem almost addicted to actually lower melatonin in the body, which should be at a high level in order for one to get a healthy sleep.
The effects evident on students from a lack of sleep vary among people. The most common reported effect of sleep deprivation among students is the inability to concentrate, grasp, and store new information.
“I find that I will sit in class for over an hour the morning after a long night, and once I walk out, I can instantly forget everything learned. I feel brain dead,” expresses Gabrielle O’Neill, 18, a physical education major from Fairless Hills, regarding her inability to concentrate after being awake for too long.
Some common side effects of sleep deprivation are a lower attention span, a shorter memory span, irritability, higher stress levels, headaches, and a decreased immune system. All of these effects can easily interfere with a student’s academic performance, creating a negative impact.
“I used to stay up all night before exams during my first semester, then I learned how horrible it was for me. I would study for so long, but my brain was wiped out by the time of the exam, and would leave me frail physically,” Jamie Sadlick, 19, and engineering major from Richboro recounts her old methods.
The amount of sleep a student gets is a major factor when it comes to their academic standing. Many students would be surprised to learn that just two extra hours of sleep a night has the ability to raise their test scores, speed up their attention span, and lower their stress levels.
Save Money on Textbooks
Many college students seem to share the same universal complaint: college textbooks are too expensive. After interviewing many students, they all reported that they would benefit from saving money on textbooks. “I came to Bucks as a freshman this year, and I was astonished to pay almost $300 for books on top of tuition,” said Rebecca Sorrento, 18, a Pre-Allied Health major from Bristol Sorrento
The most notorious way to save money on textbooks is to buy used copies of the books, which are available in our own bookstore. Buying a used copy of a book can knock off about one-third of the price.
Aside from our bookstore, there are many online websites to find cheaper textbooks. Amazon and eBay are among the leading websites for buying and selling used textbooks.
“I used Amazon this past semester to buy my books, and did not pay over $40 dollars for any of them. I was very satisfied,” said Gregory Asbero, 20, a computer science major from New Hope
Other popular websites to find used textbooks are Craigslist and Facebook. Although when using these websites, as opposed to Amazon and eBay, one is not able to find information about the seller’s reputation. When using these websites, some students have found it to be a very cheap, easy way, while others have felt ripped off.
“I bought my biology textbook after joining a Facebook group, and the owner claimed that the book was in good condition. Once I got it, I found that a good amount of pages were written in, I felt ripped off,” said Mia Hughes, 21, an early childhood education major from Langhorne.
Hughes and many other students reported to be weary of buying textbooks from these sites. Nonetheless, they are still a great resource to get in touch with students you might know and trust for textbooks.
Zachary Green, 19, a criminal justice major from Doylestown reported to have used the “Affordabook” iPhone application. This application searches and compares textbook prices from many various websites.
Another way to save money, but must be approved by professors, is to buy an older or international edition of the assigned book. Many versions of books coincide with one another, and have very little differences.
There are even a few websites, such as “chegg.com” that allow students to rent textbooks for one-third of the price. When renting a textbook, students are only able to use it for that semester, and then must mail it back.
A money-saving technique that many teachers have begun utilizing is electronic textbooks. These can be found online, and are significantly cheaper, even free in many cases.
“My professor gave us the option of using the free online textbook, or paying about $100 for the paperback copy. The decision was easy to say the least,” said Kiernan Suphrin, 19, a graphic design major from Washington
About half of the students interviewed reported to have paid for their own textbooks this past semester, as opposed to their parents.
“I had to pick up many night shifts at work, just to have the extra money for textbooks,” reported Green.
One way students are able to raise some money for an upcoming semester’s books is to sell back their own used textbooks. At the end of each semester at Bucks, the bookstore buys back students books for a higher price than usual. If students save the money received for their previous textbooks, it could benefit them in buying textbooks for the next semester.
Students are also able to sell their own textbooks on all of the websites listed above.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Have Returned with "I'm With You"
After a two-year long hiatus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have tapped back into their roots with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, to release their funk-driven album I’m With You. Released August 29, 2011, a day earlier than expected, I’m With You deeply represents the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ability as musicians and growth as a band. I’m With You is the tenth studio album to be released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the sixth album to be produced by Rick Rubin, who has been working with the band since Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).
The album was recorded at EastWest Studios in Los Angeles
After completing a United States
In December 2012, guitarist John Frusciante publicly announced his departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, stating his desire and need to continue in another direction. This was the second time that Frusciante had left the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the first time being after the success of Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).
Briefly after John Frusciante’s departure, Josh Klinghoffer, a musician who has previously toured with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and worked with Gnarls Barkley and Beck, joined the band in December 2009, replacing John Frusciante.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers began recording in September 2010, until March 2011. Prior to the recording, the band wrote the lyrical content of I’m With You. The lyrical theme throughout the entire album is life and death.
During the band’s two-year hiatus, Flea (bass) learned how to play the piano while studying Music Theory at University of Southern California
I’m With You peaked at no. 2 on the U.S. Billboard following it’s release. The album was praised by many critics and fans, everyone eager to welcome the new funk sound Josh Klinghoffer had to deliver.
The album begins with “Monarchy of Roses,” a song beginning as dark and chaotic, then developing into a melodic chorus. The striking contrast between the verses and the chorus quickly grab the listener’s attention from the beginning.
“Brendan’s Death Song” was recorded promptly among entering the studio for rehearsal. On the first day of recording, the band received the news of Brendon Mullen’s death, an L.A. Club Owner and autobiographer, and a close friend to the band. This inspired “Brendan’s Death Song” to be the first prepared piece of I’m With You.
“The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” was the first single of I’m With You, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboards it’s second week. The bass-driven funk beat of the song combined with Anthony Kiedis’ vocals singing, “I want to live a little bit,” make the single stand out among other songs on I’m With You.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are expected to tour the United States and Australia
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