The Stony Brook Press - Volume 33, Issue 8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEWS07 LUNAR NEW YEAR GALA05OUR NEW LOGO

06THE SEMEN STORY06BLACK HISTORY MONTH

08TEXTING WHILE WALKING

FEATURES

VIDEOGAMECHOICES10CUTS TOSTUDENTMEDIA18

09A NEW FEE22NEWS, LOVE AND COFFEE

20REVISED LAWS, REVISED AGAIN

EDITORIALS

01PRESTIGE & PRIVATIZATION

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CULTURE10 INTERVIEW WITHKEVIN HART 32CHUCHO VALDES

30OSCAR PREVIEW

MOVIE REVIEWS MUSIC REVIEWS

25Extremely Loud andIncredibly Close

26The Grey

27The Women in Black

37Lana Del Rey

29Time Freak

COMICS

37Cloud Nothings

38The Nutshell

36Boring Rocks36Sportz

SPORTS

40MILLROSEPLACE

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR

WEB EDITOR

BUSINESS MANAGER

ART DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION MANAGER

NEWS EDITOR

FEATURES EDITOR

CULTURE EDITOR

SPORTS EDITOR

OPINION EDITOR

PHOTO EDITOR

SENIOR COPY EDITOR

COPY EDITOR

COPY EDITOR

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

MINISTER OF ARCHIVES

OMBUDSMAN

THE WATERBORN

NICK STATT

CAROL MORANEVAN GOLDAPER

TREVOR CHRISTIAN

JASMINE HAEFNER

JESSE CHANG

MARK GREEK

ARIELLE DOLLINGER

ALYSSA MELILLOMIKE PEDERSEN

VINCENT BARONE

JEN NOVOTNY

TOM JOHNSON

LIZ KAEMPF

CHRISTINE BOUCHER

SARAH EVINSDOUG NEWMAN

SAM LIEBRAND

CAROLINA HIDALGO

GILBERT GAMESH

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OLIVIA BURNEDAN CASHMAR

JOHN FISCHERMICHELLE FRANTINOETHAN FREEDMAN

ARIAM FREZGHI

HALLIE GOLDENNICOLE KOHNPRISCILA KORB

ANDI LIAOMATTHEW MURRAYHOWIE NEWSBERKMAN

VANESSA OGLECAITHLIN PENA

ANDY POLHAMUSREBECCA TAPIO

MATT WILLEMAIN

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41R.I.P. Joe Pa

33Chronicle


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Lana Del Rey Born to DieOkay, so Lana Del Rey has had a tough start. Between

the time her breakthrough single Video Games achievedworldwide success last year and her super-buzzed new al-bum Born to Die was released at the end of January, she hasbeen hit with a hurricane of shit from all directions.

But upon examining her career so far, its not hard to revealed her as a failed and re-branded pop star formerlynamed Lizzy Grant last autumn, she was turned into a shin-valuable indie market. She retained her hype despite therevelation, which ultimately culminated to a near-AshleySimpson-level Saturday Night Live performance embarrass-to new levels of disgrace upon a highly publicized diss fromnone other than chill anchor bro Brian Williams.

The story by this point made for a perfect comebackending; one that proves all the haters wrong with an emo-tionally deep and musically adventurous release.

Instead, the awkwardly depressing Born to Die soundsmore like a poorly executed mix of Ke$ha and Amy Wine-house. Most of these songs sound like muted versions ofwhat should otherwise be stadium-sized pop songs. Itshard to understand who Lana is trying to please. Her songstructures and cringe-worthy awkward lyrics seem to beonly half-committing to the mainstream pop her industry

overlords usually go for, but it also takes from the worstanyone looking for a new, hip indie voice.

So where does she go from here? Surely Lana Del Reycant pull of a second re-invention. She was built as a com- burning on a national stage within a matter of months. Iwould feel sorry for her, but most of me feels like it had tohappen. -SAMUEL LIEBRAND

Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory

swept Brooklyn last year comes Cloud Nothings withthese guys bring to the table is both a blessing and acurse; sure, theyre a little more fun to listen to thanthe barely-audible Wavves or the formulaic whining ofBest Coast, but listeners will detect more than a fewinstances of dubious songwriting choices. The cho-to the songs uptempo verses, and the plodding NoFuture/No Past suggests that maybe Cloud Nothingsarent quite as smart as they think they are.

One impressive aspect of Cloud Nothings compo-sitional style is their ambition. Shredding guitar solosand strange, staggering rhythms from drummer JaysonGercyz come together for an impressive show of musi-cianship. The overall feel of Attack On Memory makesa lasting impression as well. The production of the re-cord is perfect not only for the bands aesthetic, butalso the era in which theyve come of age. Front manDylan Baldis raspy tenor is well suited to the made- bass and jangly guitars back him up to create an al-bum thats equal parts garage punk and virtuosic tourde force. But even with these things going for them,Cloud Nothings disappoint over and over again with

over-indulgent guitar interludes and spacey introduc-tions that run too long for their own good.The band shines most on the bittersweet and ultra-

catchy Stay Useless, which will remind fans of theearly 2000s, when all the hippest punk bands playeddance beats and there was no way to tweet about it.Its a shame, too, given the room for potential on dis-play here. If only it added up to a little less than thesum of its parts. -ANDY POLHAMUS

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