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THE NAVIGATOR • NOVEMBER 6-12, 2007 Famous pianist performs at JU FEATURES JOSEPH STEUERT GUEST WRITER On Saturday evening at the Terry Concert Hall, Jacksonville University, and indeed all of Jacksonville, was given the incredible privilege of listening to Professor Scott Watkins perform on the piano. Professor Watkins holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music and the University of South Carolina. Professor Watkins has performed concerts all over North and South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. In 1986, Professor Watkins began his first concert tour of South America, performing forty times in eight weeks. Since then, he has performed multiple festivals across North America including the Glenn Gould International Festival in Toronto, the William Kapell Festival at the University of Maryland, the Brevard Music Festival, Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, and The Garth Newel Festival in Virginia. Professor Watkins has played at some of the Worlds most prestigious Concert Halls. Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Preston Bradley Hall in Chicago, Brahms Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Teatro Colon in Beunos Aires, St. Gervais in Paris, are only a few of the places he’s played in. Professor Watkins’ performances have been broadcast frequently in the United States and Canada. “Watkins sat in front of the Piano with no sheet music and played the masterpiece to perfection.” JOSEPH STEUERT GUEST WRITER In 1985, Professor Watkins became the youngest winner of the U.S. State Department’s Artistic Ambassador Award. On November 3, 2007 at 7:30 p.m., Professor Watkins gave a performance to remember. The evening began with an introduction to Dmitri Shostakovich, a Russian Composer born in 1906 and whose creative life was lived under Soviet oppression. Professor Watkins began the evening with Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, an interesting piece. It combines the classical harmonies and melodies of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, in the first half, with a rough seemingly jagged style for the second half. Watkins brought the piece alive and as his fingers moved unconsciously across the keyboard, the audience was transported to the pain, conformity, and struggles of the Stalin-era Soviet Union. The heavy bass chords sharpened the piece as it descended deeper into the darkness of the Soviet Union, the world in which Shostakovich was living. The first piece was around 45 minutes long and was followed by Franz Schubert’s Sonata in B flat major. Franz Schubert was an Austrian Pianist of the more traditional form, and this was the last piece he wrote before his death. Professor Watkins sat in front of the Piano with no sheet music and played the masterpiece to perfection. Sonata in B-flat major has the structure of classical music; however, its very fast tempo takes the listener on an incredible, uplifting ride. Professor Watkins seemed to capture high-spirited emotions and lighten listeners’ hearts as they sat back and enjoyed the soothing melodies. The piece had an emotional complexity, which seemed to articulate the feeling of dancing on the clouds. To move slowly, one would fall through the imaginary clouds. However, the fast tempo allowed audience members to be whisked away, for those forty minutes at least. The concert overall was a beautiful performance, by an accomplished pianist. Jacksonville University has been given the great pleasure of having such a distinguished pianist in our midst. We should all be appreciative of his work and abilities. In learning from him, young musicians can do their best work and give him the utmost attention as they aspire to one day be as accomplished as he is. Student organizations give back on Halloween Kristin Costello Staff Writer Remember the good ole days when you could go out with your friends and wreak havoc in the neighborhood and get away with it? If you do, then you did not grow up in Duval County. As many of you know, the neighborhoods in Arlington are highly unsafe and parents are very hesitant allowing their children to participate in the traditional trick-or-treating festivities we all know and love. Luckily for the children around the Arlington area, we here at JU have been able to provide a safe environment for the youngsters we all love to admire in their outrageous costumes. This year, Panhellenic and IFC took on the task of piecing together this great event that many of us received several hours of community service for. The children of Arlington were invited by RHA to campus to trick-or-treat among the residential halls. In addition to supplying a sugar rush, the students provided several haunted houses, story-telling and booths in Williams Circle with many activities. Madison Grisham, programming chair for Panhellenic, shared with me some of the ins and outs of this year’s Halloween treat for the kids. It was decided that each fraternity would be paired up with a sorority to share a booth. Each activity was planned by Jonelle Davis and Amanda Karson, Panhellenic President. The activities were chosen based on budget and what would be most interesting to younger kids. Sarah Sankovich Curtis Balfour (left) and Johnnie Bovain Jr. (right) fill balloons with flour at the Sigma Nu and Lambda Chi table. Children could then draw pumpkin faces on the orange stress ball. If you happened to swing by Williams Circle that crisp, Halloween evening, events such as face painting with Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Delta Pi to cookie decorating with FIJI and Gamma Phi Beta would have been spotted. Other activities included a ball toss, mask making, a candy apple station, and stress balls. Organizations such as the Chemical Society joined in with slime. ECO/SOS was also there to share animal skins, a bat and even a cow vertebrate. Aside from the smiling faces of children being able to not worry about whom they might run into during the evening, smiling faces of all Greeks and those participating were visible. It seemed as though Halloween allowed everyone to put aside any rivalries there may be and enjoy the evening together. Miss Grisham felt the event went very well, especially when it came to networking among all the Greeks. She did, however, sense one minor flaw, “I feel the entire concept could have been marketed among the community a bit more. It was successful because we were able to provide a safe environment for the children who did show up, but with the size of our campus I feel we could accommodate many more children.” This Alpha Delta Pi also feels if specific times were set for trick-or-treating and exploring the different activities, the volume of children would have seemed slightly larger. Whether ten kids or one hundred kids show up for this event JU will continue to hold, it is always a success when we can provide a safe place for children to release all inhibitions and be children without having to worry.
FEATURES THE NAVIGATOR • NOVEMBER 6-12, 2007 Family weekend a blast Renae Ingram Photography and copy Editor Left: Friends and family gather to tailgate before the football game on Saturday at Family Weekend 2007. Approximately 100 families were registered for this weekends events. The entire event was hosted by the JU Parents Association, which has been in existence for two years. Bottom: Jackonville University President Kerry Romesburg (right) was the keynote speaker at the reception provided by the Parents Association Saturday evening at the Neggard Rowing Center. He spent time reassuring attendees that every facet of the university is growing and doing well. Dean Quinton White (left) also addressed the parents that evening. He went into detail about the plans for the new Marine Science Center, which is a $10 million project to be built next door to the Rowing Center. “30 Days of Night” too dark ERIC SHEPHERD STAFF WRITER Based on the ground breaking graphic novel written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, “30 Days of Night” is by far the most realistic and convincing vampire movie in a long time. For 30 days in a small town in Alaska, summer light disappears and is replaced by total darkness. The film starts with a mysterious stranger walking in a small remote town in Alaska during the last day of light. The stranger brings with him hordes of vampires that will come to feed on the inhabitants who have decided not to leave and face the 30 days of darkness. The stranger sabotages the town’s ways of communication and kills their sled dogs so there is no mean of escape. After this the vampires descend on the town killing and playing with the town’s inhabitants. It is up to local sheriff, Eben Olemaun, played by Josh Harsnet to save many of the town’s people from the inhuman killers. For the rest of the movie it’s a game of cat and mouse as the survivors move from hiding place to hiding place as the vampires chase them down. The goods: The vampires are portrayed so well that they are by far the creepiest vampires ever on screen. Maybe it’s their blood lusting screams or their white complexion or even their numerous rows of teeth. Regardless, they’re just haunting. It’s a nonstop action movie with a lot of jumps and quite terrifying. The acting is good and it makes the movie all the more realistic. The bads: Gory, gory, and even more gore. Let’s face it every action/horror flick has to have its moments of gore to get the point across about how terrible the situation really is but after awhile its just too much. Overall this is a good movie, but you’ll leave the theater asking yourself, “Did I like that?” This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat. If you’re in for a scare and a good movie go see it.
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