OBJEX Art Space: We built this city’s “anti-dazzle” foref...

(Ed. note: For a Q&A with OBJEX's founder, Dustin Orlando, click on Life&Art in the margin to the left.) Objex Art Space is a low-key gallery in Miami that features art of the "lowbrow" genr...

Celebrities shouldn’t be role models

Daily O'Collegian (Oklahoma State U.) 11/20/2002 (U-WIRE) STILLWATER, Okla. - Why are celebrities so fascinating? Is it the way they look and act, the way they remain "cool" and "down to earth" after...

interview: Dustin Orlando: Objex owner talks “lowbrow” and Bugs...

Q: How did you personally get involved in lowbrow art? DO: When I was a little kid I would draw cartoons. Then I would get more expressive and make my own version of things. I would add a skull and cr...

Public support shaky for U.N. policy on Iraq

George Bush properly articulated American xenophobia in a Nov. 8 statement following the passage of a U.N. resolution calling for Iraqi disarmament of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. "We are...

Media malpractice jeopardizes national security

I love how they show us this Bin Laden commentary that is 95 percent certifiable and then proceed to inform us that this tape is allegedly some kind of signal to Al-Qaeda forces in the US to set their...

‘Lady Canes need to follow Labati’s lead

You can see the anguish in Ferne Labati's face. The hunger in her eyes. The joyous tone of her voice after her Miami Hurricanes' women's basketball squad knocks off a Big East power. Or, the somber to...

Sexual Education: I got burned, you could be next

Let's talk about sex. First, blunt, open discourse on sexuality is vital to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). In the 1980s, America awoke to an epidemic that has com...

War raises concern of possible draft

As the Bush administration edges the nation ever closer to war with Iraq, students and parents alike are beginning to worry how military action might affect them and their children, namely by way of a...

Recent oil spill exemplifies our destroying Earth

How many times does a tanker have to sink in the middle of the ocean, belching forth its filthy, lethal contents before we finally admit to ourselves that so-called "modern" humans have no idea how to...

Sophomore ‘Canes head to Big East tourney

During their first ever season as members of the Big East conference, the Hurricanes made sure their presence was known. After a dual victory last weekend against conference rivals Notre Dame and Syr...

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