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2.19.99
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JEOPARDY!
By T.J. Johnson
Kansas staff writer
Answer: This weed with a "crustacean" name arrived from the old world
Question: What is crabgrass?
If you correctly answered this question, you might have what it takes to compete in College JEOPARDY!Online.
College JEOPARDY! Online allows colleges across America the chance to see which school's students can rack up the most points in an online JEOPARDY! match. The competition began Feb. 8 and will last until May 24.
JEOPARDY! will visit the winning school to hold a campuswide audition for the next televised College JEOPARDY!
After a winning university is selected, the auditions for College JEOPARDY! should be held this fall. Piela said that the televised competition would be next spring.
Caren Piela, publicist for Sony Online Entertainment, said that although there had been an online contest before, this was the first semester that students of
Piela said that the online competition was a good way for universities to organize and beat their rivals.
"Show them who's boss," she said.
Students can play College JEOPARDY! Online at the Web site
www.station.sony.com. Contestants can play as many times as they want and their point totals are cumulative. Each contestant's point totals are added to the school's total. Individual contestants also can win prizes such as CD players and T-shirts.
The chance to win prizes or appear on JEOPARDY! has attracted students to the Web site to trv their hand at the game.
The Web site for the competition has a list of the Top 50 scoring universities, as well as individual scores for the top-scoring students.
"We have over 100,000 students playing Online JEOPARDY! right now," Piela said.
There weren't any KU students
listed as the top scorers yesterday, and the University was not in the Top 50. The top three schools in the poll yesterday were Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas; Miami University-Oxford in Oxford, Ohio; and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
The online version of JEOPARDY is similar to the televised version, but without competing players. If a question is not answered or is answered incorrectly, the next question will be chosen randomly.
To "regain control of the board" as Alex Trebek would say, the player must answer that question correctly.
Sam Osterhout, Hutchinson senior, said that he was a fan of the televised version of the game show. He said he had not yet played the online version but was looking forward to trying it.
Cody Simms, Rose Hill senior, also had not heard of the online competition but said that it sounded like fun.
"I'm more than excited," Osterbout said.
Fun Lovin' Criminals show range in new album 100% Colombian
"If I have time, I might play it," Simms said.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
100% Colombian
Rating: B-
By Matt Cox
Kansan music boy
Fun Lovin' Criminals uniquely satisfy the genuine rap and rock appetite in 100% Colombian.
What sets these guys apart from most rap acts is that they play live instruments and don't rely on electronics to carry their songs. Their diverse playing ability from blues to metal is very commendable.
ments of one another. Still they are wonderfully produced with the great balance of wellplayed instruments including some trumpets, vibes and flutes.
Not everything is rap, though. Korean Bodega can be heard on 105.9, the Lazer, with its poppy chant accented by that overused, radio-friendly beat that Alanis Morissette uses in most of her tunes.
Fun Lovin' Criminals don't care what people think about their extreme diversity in styles, and that shines in a lot of their dark, sarcastic lyrics, which contrast the easy listening mood to most of the songs.
The rap tracks are best suited for a laid back party since they resort to smooth, blues-like rap reminiscent of the pre-gangsta movement. However, songs such as Love Unlimited, Back on the Block and We Are All Very Worried About You all sound like slight rearrange-
The grooves on Up on the Hill soothe the soul with sensually wailing, sampled saxophones . The song's musicianship relaxes the day's tension and makes me feel like I am in their living room having a conversation with the band.
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After various lighter tunes, Southside blazes through the speakers with a hardcore angst that destroys the relaxation, but is delightfully engrossing just the same.
The View Belongs to
All for Self also stays in a modern rock fashion with a more straightforward pop/rock approach. This song can also get you going in the morning.
Everyone, boasts some Hendrix-like solos with a repeating chant of the title to appeal to the old school rock lovers. Mini Bar Blues displays the Criminals' ability to execute downtown blues with attitude while
keeping true to their own style.
keeping true to their own style. Fun Lovin' Criminals aren't trying to please everyone, but they love many types of music and show that they can do them all with confidence and an independent attitude.
Movie capitalizes on workplace satire
Office Space
Rating : B
By Brendan Walsh Kansan movie critic
The trailers for Office Space do the movie a disservice by suggesting that audiences are in store for a live-action version of *Dilbert*. Not to worry, Office Space is about as similar to *Dilbert* as Vanilla Ice is to Tupac.
Three computer programmers at the fictional company Initech toil thanklessly in a bureaucratic nightmare. When the company hires a consultant to eliminate waste, fear of termination runs rampant. While two of the software
Needless to say, this results in Samir and Michael being fired, and Peter being promoted. The trio decides this would be an opportune time to embezzle money from Initech, and the group installs a computer virus to do so.
programmers, Samir (Ajay Naidu) and the unfortunately named Michael Bolton (David Herman) decide this is the time to brown-nose. Peter (Ron Livingston) comes to the conclusion that he doesn't care anymore.
The plot seems incidental to the movie's humor. Witty satire and biting irony perfectly express the men's feelings about their humdrum jobs, but the story becomes weak when the comedic aspects take over.
This results in a lot of dead end subplots and unfinished business. Writer Mike Judge (of the infamous Beavis and Butthead) gives insight into the frustration of under-appreciated white-collar employees, but can't sustain any sort of flowing
narrative.
Plot problems aside, this is sure to be one of the funniest movies of the year. The scene in which Samir, Michael and Peter take out their frustrations on the office printer Boyz in the Hood style is an absolute
masterpiece, and it alone makes the movie worth the admission. Jennifer Aniston does well in her role as Peter's girlfriend, and Stephen Root's performance as a much-abused file clerk always provides a laugh.
The soundtrack to Office Space, which consists mostly of old-school gangster rap hits, perfectly complements the movie. The best movies about young adults tend to use a lot of irony and satire. Judge recognizes this and adds a tongue-in-cheek soundtrack that doesn't disappoint.
While Judge is no Charles Dickens when it comes to story development, his insight into the mind of office peons and his often outlandish humor make the movie well worth seeing.
Edited by Melody Ard
EVENTS CALENDAR
Matt Merkel-Hess
Friday, Feb. 19
"Global-local trends and new lanscape ecologies: prospects for conservation with development." Karl Zimmerer, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 7 p.m. bp. Big Twelve Room, Kansas Union. Free. 664-2236.
Jazz Ensemble I. Daniel J. Gailey, director; 7:30 p.m. Lied Center. $5 adults/4 students, seniors, hospitals. 664-2787.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 2 p.m.
Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
Free. 864-4710.
Saturday. Feb. 20
"The Dream Catchers." Théatre Sans Fil. 2
p.m. Lied Center. $18/12 adults, $17/11
seniors, $9/6 students and children. 864
2787.
Sunday, Feb. 21
Instrumental Collegegium Musicum. Paul Robert Laird, director, 7:30 p.m.
Swarthout Recital Hall. 664-3436.
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