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3/28/2016

Zayn breaks his boy band mold without the expected spectacle on his solo debut album

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PictureAlbum cover courtesy of RCA RECORDS
by NICK BUCHANAN
​Co-editor

​Like Beyoncé or Rihanna, Zayn needs not a last name for distinction. Like a cool kid on AIM or Yahoo! Messenger back in the day, he needs not your judgement for using alternating caps on his song titles. And like any young entertainer with a drive for more, he needs not four other band members dragging him down, as he's out to prove with his own solo debut, Mind of Mine.

The blueprints for a departed boy band member's solo album and a maturing child star's breakout album are nearly identical: spit the bubblegum -- bubblegum pop, that is -- out of your mouth, let those hormones write the hypersexual lyrics for you, and show them all that you're not a little kid anymore! Following a good portion of this recipe for success, Zayn went for edgy without the spectacles. Let's put it this way: if Bangerz was Miley Cyrus' way of telling the world that she's all grown up, Mind of Mine is Zayn's way of showing it.


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3/16/2016

Dragon's Den Players shed light on hate crimes, bring awareness to center stage

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Illustration of Matthew Shepard by SCOTT WILLIAMS
by NICK BUCHANAN
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Matthew Shepard spent the night of Oct. 6, 1998 tied to a fence in rural Wyoming, with only streams of tears coming from each eye to clear away the dried blood that covered his face to reveal his bruised skin.

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Eighteen hours prior to a bicyclist finding him there, Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student at the University of Wyoming, was robbed, pistol whipped, and left to die by two men. He succumbed to his injuries six days later – and his murder quickly became a landmark LGBT+ hate crime.

The Dragon’s Den Players’ upcoming production of Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project’s The Laramie Project brings attention to Shepard’s story by chronicling the aftermath of the crime through re-tellings of interviews from people related to the crime.

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3/14/2016

"Wild Kid" writes, directs, and stars in his own musical

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by JESSICA HOLLAN
​Staff writer

It started as many things do: with a phone call.
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On an early Saturday afternoon, a group of chattering university students gather in a cramped music room. The director holds a phone to his ear, desperately trying to find the whereabouts of some of his cast. However, this director is unique.

Unlike most, Ian Holbrook is not only the director, but also the lead romantic interest, composer, producer, and playwright of Prodigal Hearts, a fantastical adventure that combines the best of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz with a modern, original portrayal that gives this story a life of its own.

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