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OpinionsPage 2

FeaturesPage 3

Academy AwardsPages 4-5

SportsPage 7

EntertainmentPage 8

J.B. MartinStaff Writer

One of the most com-petitive technology compa-nies of today, Google Inc., has more projects lined up for the future. As one of the most visited sites on the web, Google has lately been expanding to become more than just America s̓ number one search engine.

New additions to the old may be either the victory to give Bill Gates a run for his money or the dud that sends Sergey Brin back to the drawing board.

Google is developing an Internet system to com-pete with the popular Micro-soft Internet Explorer. The

rivalry between Google and Microsoft has well been in the light with Google search versus MSN search, Gmail versus Hotmail, and other applications such as Micro-soft s̓ Virtual Earth versus Google Earth. Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates dismisses any worries.

“Which Google products are you talking about? Seriously? Other than search, what are you talking about? Google Talk? Wow. A total me too product. Even Gmail—what is the unique thing?” Gates said to Com-puting.co.uk, a business news site.

Rumors supposedly began when Google plans on building an operating sys-tem in the future to compete with Microsoft Windows.

Gbrowser.com is registered by Google, but whether or not an operating system is in the works is unconfi rmed.

“We donʼt do the same thing as everyone else does,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt said at the third quarter 2005 Google C o n f e r e n c e Call. “And so if you try to pre-dict our prod-uct strategy by simply say-ing well so and so has this and Google will do the same thing, it s̓ almost always the wrong answer.”

While the search engine is known as be-ing simplicity at the best, Google has other features that are improving. Some of Google s̓ other features in-

clude Google Mail (Gmail), Google News, and Google Video. Gmail email mes-sages are stacked so that when one receives a reply, one does not have to rely on memory to remember what

the conversation was about. Gmail is also known to have a fl exible fi ling system and a reliable mail search.

Google News pro-vides an updated list of

the most recent stories and Google Video is an archive of thousands of TV shows, movies, music videos, and random clips. It includes ev-erything from Family Guy to Sims-made movies to rock concert tapings.

While their stock val-ue faced a sudden plunge in early February, according to CNN.com, Google refuses to play sycophant to Wall Street and give into their de-sire for earnings forecasts. Fund manager Ian Warmed-an of Henderson Globval Investors predicts Google will eventually conform.

“Sooner or later

theyʼre going to have to do it the same way as everyone else,” Warmedan said. “[But until a big mess] they wonʼt feel compelled to bow to what the Street looks for them.”

The aloofness to mainstream corporations, non-conforming culture, and laid-back, fun-loving at-mosphere at the Googleplex are some of the trademarks of Google. Those things may take a back seat, how-ever, as the need for “bigger and better” grows. Today, Google approximately has a revenue of $6.14 billion US dollars.

In recent weeks fol-lowing Denmarkʼs Jyl-lands-Posten newspaper publication depicting the prophet Muhammad in caricature format, Muslim extremists have taken to rioting as a means of pro-test.

The newspaper sham originated in Denmark and later reprinted in European media and elsewhere.

Many Muslims have found the cartoons both racist and deeply insult-ing because Muhammad is of high reverence in the Muslim religion.

President Bush acted fi rmly against the recent protests, defending rights of newspapers while at the same time cautioning news

media to be sensitive to of-fending power.

After stating his cautionary advisory, Bush called on many foreign governments in efforts to cease the hostile rioting that spread across the Mus-lim world.

The protests at one time included wall climb-ing, gate busting, and fl ag burning, intensifying as police in Afghanistan killed four demonstrators in-volved in a group of hun-dreds marching to a south-ern U.S. military base.

Protests have in-volved armed men, aimed at foreign and Afghan government targets. The protest at the U.S. military base in the southern city of Qalat initiated with dem-onstrators hurling rocks at Afghan police. With Af-ghan police fi ring warning

shots to clear the crowd, it ended with shots fi red into the crowd.

Many senior Afghan offi cials have come to be-lieve that al-Qaida and the Taliban could be fueling the anger over the cartoons. Efforts are provoking vio-lence, but there is no fac-tual evidence linking the assertion.

While trade and eco-nomic ties ceased between Iran and Denmark, where the drawings were fi rst published, the heads of the European Union, and the worldʼs largest Islamic group urged the violent protests to stop.

Rioting has persisted despite requests to halt vio-lence with a wrath of inter-national fury and a debate between freedom of speech and religious respect hang-ing in the balance.

No. 1 search engine plans to expand services

Cartoon sparks riots

Torino hosts Olympics

Before Torino was even ready to host this year s̓ Olym-pic Games, there was lots of hype around them, so it is cer-tain that these games will be just as entertaining and com-petitive as any before them.

The United States has many promising athletes competing in Italy and ex-pects them to fl ourish in To-rino. Names like short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno, snowboarder Shaun White, fi gure skater Sasha Cohen and skier Bode Miller are expected to produce medals for team USA. Newcom-ers such as snowboarders

Seth Wescott, Hannah Teter, Gretchen Bleiler, skier Ted Ligety and speed skater Chad Hedrick also deserve some attention.

On February 12th Shaun White won gold in the men s̓ halfpipe event, while team-mate Danny Kass took the silver. Ligety earned gold for the men s̓ combined alpine skiing in his fi rst competitive appearance at the Olympics.

In skating, Hedrick and teammate Joey Cheek captured the gold in the 5000 meters and the 500 meters, respectively. In his Olympic debut, Wescott placed fi rst over Radoslav Zidek of Slo-vakia in snowboard cross, giving the U.S. its sixth gold medal and ninth total medal.

The U.S. is currently fourth behind Austria, Norway, and Germany in total medal count, and the U.S. is tied for fi rst in gold medal count. Famed Bode Miller has yet to obtain a medal in alpine ski-ing, placing fi fth in the down-hill and getting disqualifi ed in the combined. His three other chances to medal are the giant slalom and slalom events.

Another U.S. Olymp-ian, Michelle Kwan, is not able to compete this year, ending her chances of win-ning a gold medal in fi gure skating.

This year s̓ Olympic games have already gotten off to an exciting start and are sure to end with a fl ourish as well.

2 THE HAWK OPINIONSOPINIONS

Love oneself before loving others

“Austin Powers, because Mike Myers is so funny.”

STAFF

The HAWK is published monthly, during the regular school calender, by the Journalism Department of Birdville High School. Its purpose is to serve as an open forum for the stu-dents, faculty and staff of Birdville and the surrounding com-munities of Richland Hills, Hurst, and Watauga.

The HAWK is a member of the Interscholastic Press Confer-ence. Advertising Rates are $5.00 per column-inch. Current circulation is 1500. Papers are distributed free of charge. Edi-torials refl ect the views of the HAWK staff, signed columns refl ect the views of the writer and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the school faculty, staff, students, or administration.

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Haylee WardEditor-In-Chief

Lauren GoffNews Editor

Kylie MorrisonOpinions Editor

Amber BellFeatures Editor

Christina DavidsonSpecial Interest Editor

Sara WoodSports Editor

Caleb WilsonEntertainment Editor

Terry GilbertAdvertising Editor

Danielle RamirezPhotography Editor

Staff WritersShane CrawfordJason Gamble

J.B. MartinPriscilla Totiyapungprasert

PhotographersCody GardnerKevin Gaver

Jannet HilesAdviser

Susan FisherPrincipal

What is your favorite movie of all time?

“Wedding Crashers, because it was so funny and made me laugh.”

“A Clockwork Orange, because of the cinematic

excellence of this fi ne motion picture.”

“Fight Club, because it is the only movie that ever really made me think.”

“Glitter, because I love Mariah Carey, she is so

fi ne.”

Kelsey LarsonFreshman

Jeremy CrookSophomore

Chaney TynerJunior

Deann TooleyFaculty

“Glitter, because I love Austin Powers, because Mike

Jason GambleStaff Writer

Cult fi lms needequal approval

Relationships can be a tricky subject, especially for teenagers. High school relationships are especially delicate, with gossip, mes-sages between friends, drama and the Internet all playing a large role. One key element necessary for the success of a healthy and satisfying relationship is “loving oneself”.

Loving oneself has nothing to do with arro-gance or being self-cen-tered; it focuses around self-respect. Students who frequently berate and tear themselves down for their own failures, such as a fumbled pass in football, a failing grade in geometry or a broken promise are not contributing to their own well-being. Every word a person speaks or thinks

J.B. MartinStaff Writer

Travis DaltonSenior

Danielle RamirezPhotography Editor

can have power over their thinking and they begin to believe anything they tell themselves. This can be particularly harmful when someone does not care for his or her own self-image.

How many times a day do you say negative things -- call yourself stu-pid or a failure? These thoughts hold power. Whether we communicate with someone else or our-selves, we must use correct speech so we may begin the process of truly loving our-selves.

When you begin to criticize and judge oth-ers step back, take a deep breath, make a self-apol-ogy and move on. Berat-ing ourselves for speaking unkindly does not help. It just perpetuates the nega-tive. As you learn self-re-spect life will start becom-ing more full and precious.

Speak to yourself as

you would truly want to be spoken to -- with honor and gentleness. You are your own best friend or worst enemy, and you will believe what you tell your-self. Treat yourself as you would a good friend: with respect, kindness, truth, and sincerity. Be honest to your feelings and be open to yourself.

Please remember --- what you think is what you create in your life. Most people do not like to hear “you create your own re-ality,” but it is true. Your life is a result of what you think. The images and thoughts we hold in our mind are what govern us.

No one said becom-

ing conscious was easy. It takes commitment, dedica-tion, and hard work -- but you are worth it. Who bet-ter to love than yourself?

Accept your friendʼs love for you at face value; it comes without strings or payments. Take yourself on a date. Pamper yourself. Read a good book or listen to some favorite music and make peace with yourself. Find out all the things that bring you great joy. Let down your guard and meet yourself today.

Once you begin lov-ing yourself, you can be-gin to share this love with others in a fuller and more complete way than ever be-fore.

After the National Hockey Leagues lockout it decided it might as well spice things up a bit, with some rule changes. These changes to the game are supposed to enhance the game without changing it too much; though only time will tell if they will truly be effective or not.

These rules will lead to offi cials being much less lenient on calls involving tripping, holding, hooking, slashing, cross checking and interference.

Also, goalies are now given less sympathy for calls and less power around the puck. With smaller pro-tective equipment and free-doms, goalies will have a more diffi cult time.

Another rule in the offensive favor is the use of

the two-line pass. This en-ables teams to pass the puck up the ice more effectively for breakaway plays.

Perhaps the most monumental and noticeable refi nement is the acceptance of shoot outs to determine a winner in a regular season game.

If, after an overtime period, the game is tied, the winner will be determined by a shoot out. Ties will no longer be possible in the NHL. Teams will receive two points for a win, one for a loss in overtime or a shoot out and zero for a regulation loss.

Too many new rules and alterations will dimin-ish the nature of the game. Supporters argue hockey will be faster-paced and exciting, focusing more on offense. No matter who supports the new rules they are there and teams will have to deal with them.

Among all the genres that movies fall into there are two dividing classes, commercial and cult mov-ies.

Commercial movies are widely known, have predictable plots and con-tain conventional fi lm mak-ing styles.

A cult movie on the other hand does not follow the trends of mainstream.

Both categories bring in lots of money from its different viewing public, but the question is which is the better type of fi lm? Which is worth watching and which is not?

In the entertainment industry a commercial mov-ie, such as Titanic, can gross large amounts of money simply due to the public-ity before release. Titanic grossed $600,788,188. Many critics and people rushed to see the fi lm, main-ly because it was a commer-cial based movie with a tag line and a certain predictable plot. Hollywood was able to

take a sad event and turn it into a money maker.

Without tag lines di-rectors and stars of cult fi lms have more liberties to do or put what they feel in the fi lm. There is no worrying about getting the approval of mainstream.

Directors especially have freedom to deviate from current trends and styles. Quentin Tarantino has made a name for him-self because of his unique style and different types of movies.

These types of movies offer an innovative outlook on life. By viewing these fi lms one can feel closer to their themes types of movie, devoting themselves to the soul idea of one fi lm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Star Wars are prime ex-amples.

Cult movies may not gross as much money and be as predictable as com-mercial, but they are just as valuable to the fi lm indus-try. They follow different rules but can be just as in-spiring as mainstream pro-ductions.

Improvements made in hockey

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HMC aims for spiritual growth in school

Technical Crew works to bring Theatre to life

Certain names of past students come to mind when someone talks about Birdville High School s̓ short but suc-cessful theatre program. Johnny Kerr. Melanie Size-more. Andy Harold. More recent graduates include Jett Cain, Gabe Whitehurst, Julia Johnson and Jessica Graham. All of these students are past actors and actresses in the the-atre program who dedicated themselves and their abilities to the drama department to bring a myriad of characters

and stories to life. But there is another side of the theatre that few people see: the technical crew.

The tech crew is the supportive backbone of each and every production. Be-hind every prop, piece of wood and painted set is a hardworking student equally as dedicated to his or her job behind the scenes as the actors performing onstage. The techies –theatre term for technical workers– are rarely given credit where credit is due, even though they work to bring Birdville s̓ produc-tions to life than the actors themselves.

In Birdville s̓ most

recent production of Much Ado About Nothing, each

technical class, under the guidance of theatre director Michael Valentine, designed and built a massive set that

included a two-story house with a balcony, a church and

a pub, as well as a large fence and swing unit. Each build-ing had to have bricks hand painted onto them to create

the illusion of stucco and ce-ment, which was achieved through the combining of dif-ferent shades and textures.

For each production a deck crew is assembled from tech students who au-dition. Each member of the deck crew, led by a deck crew head, has a certain re-sponsibility during the show, such as moving props dur-ing blackouts, closing and opening curtains, or running backstage lights. Gus Ruby, Much Ado About Nothing s̓ deck crew head, worked hard to maintain the deck crew s̓ professionalism and work ethic.

“[We work] fairly

well together, with a little bit of control problems,” Ruby (12) said. “I keep everyone in line backstage as the deck crew head.”

Ruby s̓ past produc-tion work includes 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Annie, Skin of Our Teeth and Over the Riv-er and Through the Woods.

One of the consider-ably challenging positions on the deck crew is stage manager. The stage manager sits backstage during the production and waits for cer-tain spots in the play called cues, such as certain lines or actions performed by the onstage actors. When these cues occur, the stage man-ager will alert the light and sound crews over a walkie-talkie type headset. The stage manager keeps the technical aspect of the show smooth, controlled and organized. The stage manager plays a fundamental part in the suc-cess of a production.

For some shows, stu-dents are also given the re-sponsibilities of costumes and props. The costume crews ensure that the ac-tors ̓ costumes are cleaned, maintained, picked up after a performance and possibly al-tered before the show. When the show calls for a spotlight, one or more members of the crew will be on the catwalk above the audience physi-cally moving the spotlight onstage.

Watch for the up-coming shows that the tech crews will be working their backstage wizardry for. The shows include the UIL One-act Last Night of Ballyhoo and the student-directed shows of Studio Fest.

Terry GilbertAdvertising Editor

It is no secret that the predominant religion in Texas is Christianity. De-spite that, most students do not feel the need to openly express their faith. Groups such as FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and the newly created HMC (Hard-core Musicians for Christ) have taken it upon them-selves to provide anyone who wants a better under-standing of their beliefs to learn in a group setting.

It is a federal law that teachers cannot lead stu-dents in any religious activ-ity. Birdville ISD has said that a teacher must sponsor all clubs, groups and orga-

nizations. This brings up the question of how religious groups are able to exist. The answer is simple: the

law says that a teacher can-not lead a religious group, but it does not say that the

teacher cannot be in the room.

HMC was origi-nally created to make room

for the varying schedules of band members. This does not in any way mean

that the group is only for members of the band.

“Weʼre hardcore for Jesus, and thereʼs music,” Nick Ramos (10) said.

HMC is a nondenom-inational group with the purpose of learning more about God through music, prayer, and group discus-sion. Once the meeting starts, the group starts sing-ing modern Christian mu-sic, accompanied by gui-tar. Afterwards, the group discusses a topic meant to help a daily relationship with God.

“[Our goals are] to reach out to the school and share Godʼs words,” Curtis McConnell (11) said.

Although many members of HMC have at one time been in the FCA, the two groups are very dif-ferent. FCA is a national or-ganization, whereas HMC is only at Birdville High

School.“FCA targets ath-

letes. It doesnʼt exclude anybody, but it targets a different group. They have more focus on prayer while we have more music,” Tay-lor Lumby (10) said.

One of the ways that HMC plans to reach teens is called “The Way”. It is primarily centered in Keller, where it originated. The purpose is to gather the schoolʼs Christian pop-ulation together to pray for the school.

“Thatʼs part of the whole reason why we start-ed, so we can reach out,” Melissa Yeakley (12) said.

HMC is thinking toward the future. With hard work, dedication, and a little help from the big guy upstairs, they hope to become a driving force in spiritual development of the school.

Photo by Jessica Rigsby

L to R: Chris Redwine (11), Curtis McConnell (11), Tay-lor Hines (11), Katie Jenkins (10) and Nick Ramos (10)

4 THE HAWK SPECIAL

Academy Awards ‘06SAG Awards, Criticʼs Choice, Golden Globestip Academy Awards ̓viewers on Oscar picks

Kylie MorrisonOpinions Editor

Watch the Academy Awards on ABC, Sunday March 5th

Some consider the Os-cars to be the best of all award shows, but usually it is just a refl ection of award shows that have come before it. Through award shows like the Screen Ac-tors Guild (SAG), Criticʼs Choice and the Golden Globes viewers are able to get an idea of the yearʼs Oscar winners.

The top movies sweeping the award shows are Brokeback Mountain, Walk the Line, Crash, Cin-derella Man and Capote.

Brokeback Mountainwon best picture, best di-rector (Ang Lee) and best drama at Criticʼs Choice. At the Golden Globes it won best drama, best screenplay (Diana Ossana), and origi-nal song (A Heart that Will Never Grow Old).

For Walk the LineReese Witherspoon won

best actress at the Criticʼs Choice, Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes. Joaquin Pheonix won for best actor musi-cal/comedy at the Golden Globes. The movie also

received best musical/comedy at the Golden Globes.

Crash took best acting ensemble at the Criticʼs Choice and SAG award. The cast included Ludacris, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrance Howard, Thand-

ie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate.

Cinderella Man won awards at the Crit-icʼs Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards for best supporting actor Paul

Giamatti.For the movie Ca-

pote Phillip Seymour Hoffman won best actor at the Criticʼs Choice, Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes.

Television shows, though not included in the Oscars, also picked up awards at the Screen Ac-tors Guild and the Golden

Globes. Desperate House-

wives won outstanding performance by an en-semble cast at the Golden Globes. It also won best series musical/comedy at

the Golden Globes. Fe-licity Huffman walked away with outstanding performance by an ac-tress at the Screen Ac-tors Guild.

For Grey s̓ Anat-omy Sandra Oh won best actress in a drama at the SAG and Golden Globes.

The HBO series Empire Falls won best actor, Paul Newman, at

the SAG. He also won for best supporting actor at the Golden Globes. Over-all the show won for best miniseries at the Golden Globes.

Lost won for out-standing performance by an ensemble in a drama series at the SAG and the Golden Globes.

Overall, last year

licity Huffman walked away with outstanding performance by an ac-tress at the Screen Ac-tors Guild.

omybest actress in a drama at the SAG and Golden Globes.

Empire Fallsactor, Paul Newman, at

The 78th Oscars are looking to be one of the most interesting, heated, and glamorous Oscar cer-emonies with comedian Jon Stewart hosting.

Stewart, best known for his sardonic “The Dai-ly Show With Jon Stew-art” on Comedy Central, mixes political, social, and irreverently satiri-cal humor to appeal to a younger, hip generation that prides itself on keep-ing savvy with the cur-rent politics of the day. With past guests includ-ing former President Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, and Kermit the Frog, Stewart has gained notoriety with his list of high-profile guests.

Stewart differs from past Oscar hosts Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Whoopi Goldberg

in that he is not well known for his standup comedy or acting his-tory, preferring a more relaxed and easygoing approach to his com-edy.

Stewart grew up in L a w r e n c e v -ille, New Jer-sey, battling an t i -Semi t i c harassment as the only Jew-ish student in his high school.

In his college years at the College of William and Mary in Williams-burg, Virginia, Stewart found moderate success on the menʼs soccer team.

Stewart had an award named in his hon-or, the “Leibo,” which is annually awarded to the teammate who experi-ences the most personal

growth and provides the most humor for fellow teammates.

Stewart began to find success in comedy when he moved to New York in 1986, and in 1993 he began hosting

the The Jon Stew-art Show on MTV, The Daily S h o w ʼ s precursor. Although

T h e Jon Stew-art Show f l o p p e d and was

cancelled in June 1995, but Stewart caught the attention of Comedy Central.

Stewart took up the position of host for The Daily Show upon host Craig Kilbornʼs retire-ment in 1999, which he continues to host today.

In October 2004

Stewart turned heads with his fiery criticism of CNNʼs Crossfire host Tucker Carlson and co-host Paul Begala, claim-ing they were “partisan hacks.” Stewart then asked them to “stop hurt-ing America” with their biased and uninteresting debates.

CNN cancelled Crossfire six months lat-er, citing reasons other than Stewartʼs criticism for its cancellation, but fans of Jon Stewart gen-erally laud Stewart for his unswerving views for true Athenian De-mocracy.

With his keen eye for unconventional com-edy and wit, Stewart should help make this yearʼs Oscar Ceremony one of the best yet.

His program, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”, is shown at 7:00 p.m. on Comedy Central each weekday.


Jon Stew-art Show on MTV, The Daily S h o w ʼ s precursor. Although

Jon Stew-art Show f l o p p e d and was

Comedian Jon Stewart to host show, humor appeals to younger audiences

seemed to have about five big players seeping at the award shows. The Oscars are suspected to be the same way, with many of the same nominations as the Golden Globes, Criticʼs Choice and Screen Actors Guild.

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1. Million Dollar Baby 2004 2. Chicago 2002 3. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 4. Gandhi 1982 5. The Godfather 1972 6. My Fair Lady 1964 7. Ben Hur 1959 8. Casablanca 1943 9. Gone With the Wind 193910. Wings 1927/28

Best Picture

INTEREST

Academy Awards ‘06Watch the Academy Awards on ABC, Sunday March 5th

Everyone from critics to movie buffs are weeding through Oscar competition trying to fi gure out who is going to win what.

Oscar judges in the past have a tendency to pick winners based on movies that have had the most hype, the most seri-ous storyline, or have had the most emotional im-pact, usually with one or two good surprises thrown in the mix. Movies that are historical or have a strong moral always stand a good chance. Usually, there is one movie that is nomi-nated in many categories, but does not win any major awards save for perhaps one.

For the Best Actor award, nominees include Phillip Symour Hoffman (Capote), Terrence How-ard (Hustle and Flow), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Joaquin Phoe-nix (Walk the Line), and David Strathaim (Good Night, and Good Luck). The past three Best Actor winners won for movies that were either historical, dramatic, or a biopic.

The Best Actor award will probably come down to either Joaquin Phoenix for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash,

as her acting capabilities attempt to outweigh her “pretty, made-for-Holly-wood face”. It will mostly likely come down between Dench and Huffman.

With the Director award, usually the movie that is the best directed

also wins Best Picture. Predicting could be diffi -cult though as all the Best Director nominees have di-rected all the movies nomi-nated for Best Picture. The nominees include Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Bennett Miller (Capote), Paul Haggis (Crash), George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck), and Steven Spielberg (Mu-nich). Steven Spielberg, already a highly-known di-recting veteren, will most likely be cast out.

Competition will probably be within the triad of Haggis for his darkly honest and heart-wrenching fi lm, Crash,


Staff Writer

Phillip Seymour Hoffman for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote, or perhaps even Heath Ledger, who has been praised by both critics and moviegoers. Though Capote has not had as much publicity as Walk the Line or Brokeback

Mountain, the Oscars like the biopic genre and Phil-lip Seymour Hoffmanʼs true-to-form performance will be hard to beat.

Nominees for Best Actress are Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents), Felicity Huffman (Trans-america), Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice), and Charlize Theron (North Country). Refl ecting on the last three Best Ac-tress winners, the Acad-emy likes tortured souls and strong female leaders. Though Theron portrays a feminist advocate, she has already won an Oscar two years ago. Knightley would be the underdog

Critics predict Best Picture winners, weed through previous competitions

Leeʼs widely commended fi lm, Brokeback Moun-tain, which may be what helps him beat out the likes of Bennett Miller for Capote. Clooney is over-shadowed in the press by his competitors, but per-haps the Academy would like to surprise people this year.

Best Original Screenplay nominees are Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, Match Point, The Squid and the Whale, and Syriana. Past winners include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, and Talk to Her. The Academy of-ten pick quirky, uncon-ventional storylines from “real life” movies about interconnected lives and moving, eccentric char-acters. This puts Woody Allenʼs Match Point as a strong contender, along with Crash and The Squid and the Whale. Syriana is the most unlikely to win.

Nominees for arguably the most presti-gious award, Best Picture, include Brokeback Moun-tain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Munich. Usually the winners for this award are the most publicized, the ones that are the grand movies of epic (or fl ashy) proportions. With Crash and Brokeback Moun-tain both being the most talked-about movies, the award will most likely go to one of them.

in fi lm business. Shortly thereafter,

MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed the Os-car statuette, and a sculptor from Los Angeles, George Stanley, created the three-dimensional fi gure. It was a knight standing on a reel of fi lm as he gripped a sword.

The fi rst awards ban-quet was held on May 16, 1929. Since then, 2,530 statuettes have been pre-sented to the most out-standing actors, actresses, casts and directors in the


Statuettes nicknamed Oscar, established 1972business.

New statues are made every January by R.S. Ow-ens and Company, who has continued creating the statuettes since 1983.

The statuettes were originally gold-plated bronze. Later, due to metal shortages in World War II, plaster, and today have tak-en on a new style in gold-plated britannium.

Oscar stands 13 1/2 inches tall and weighs close to eight and half pounds.

The fi gure has not been changed since the

fi rst run of production, ex-cluding the time when his pedestal was made taller in 1945. Each statuette is hand crafted.

Formally named “The Academy Award of Merit”, the statuette has taken on the nickname Os-car. The birth of this nick-name is not clear, and the Academy did not use this name until 1939.

The most popular rumor for the nickname is that an Academy librar-ian, Margaret Herrick, said that the statuette seemed to

resemble her uncle named Oscar; the Academy staff began referring to it as Os-car from then on.

In 2000, just weeks before the Academy Awards, the entire ship-ment of Oscar statuettes was stolen from a ship-ping dock. Although the statuettes were recovered a week later, since the inci-dent in 2000, Noreen Pro-haska, representative for R.S. Owens, has been the United Air Lines ̓ escort for the shipments of statu-ettes.

After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was estab-lished in 1927, a group of

people met for a dinner and debated on how

to best credit those who had the most

o u t s t a n d i n g achievements

6 THE HAWK SPORTSSPORTS

Girls Soccer remains strong through seasonShane Crawford

Staff Writer

With temperatures breaking the seventy mark this February, the weather has been depicted as rare, unique, and only heating up, but unknown to most is the strikingly identical qualities represented by this year s̓ Lady Hawk soccer team who hopes to make their way to and through the playoffs.

The Lady Hawks kicked off their season with a three-team scrimmage, fac-ing McKinney High School and Highland Park High School. The scrimmage was held at McKinney High, and gave way as to how the Lady Hawks would perform in the remainder of the sea-son. The girls even tied the defending state fi nalists in the scrimmage.

Following up on the pre-season hype, the girls competed in the Birdville

Tournament at the FAAC/Birdville and defeated all adversaries by winning the entire tournament, but only after wining the fi nal game against Joshua High School 5-0. The Lady Hawks also competed in the Colony Tournament at the Colony to which they did not come away with an overall tour-nament championship title, but did gain valuable experi-ence points as well as a few wins to boost them into the upcoming district play.

Between and after Tournaments, the team matched-up against Aledo High School in a non-dis-trict match-up, as well as 5-A Southlake Carroll, and 5-A Fossil Ridge. The team proved successful as they defeated Aledo and Fossil Ridge, but lost to Carroll in close game that resulted 1-0.

District play began January 30th when the Lady Hawks tried to gain a 1-0 district start as they played

Northside High School at the FAAC. The girls defeat-ed Northside with a score of 7-0, and since, have de-feated Brewer High School 6-0, Carter Riverside 6-0,

Keller Cental 4-2, and Dia-mond Hill Jarvis 9-0.

With a record of 16-2, the Lady Hawks have reached a point of high expectations as well as a

Arena league replaces NFL as sport alternative Shane Crawford

Staff Writer

The NFL season has offi cially come to a close with the Pitsburgh Steelers crowned as Super Bowl XL champions with a defeat over the Seahawks, but un-beknownst to most football fanatics is the condensed version of football played within the confi nes of an indoor padded surface 85 feet wide and 50-yards long with eight yard end zones to create what is dubbed the Arena Football League.

The rules of the Are-na Football League, to be called the AFL hence forth, are very much the same as those of the NFL, with slightly varying regulations that pertain more specifi -cally to the dimensions of play.

With a goal post only nine-feet in width in-corporating a 15-foot high crossbar, the task of kick-ing a fi eld goal from any where on the fi eld becomes more of a question of ac-curacy rather than of pure distance.

Straying from the NFL rulebook, the AFL al-lows eight players on the fi eld from each team at a time rather than the tradi-tional eleven, and in addi-tion to this, all the players must play both ways with the exception of the kicker, quarterback, and offensive specialist.

Conditioning is a major factor in the AFL as well, due to the restriction of only one substitution per quarter for each of the eight players. To stress the high

impact, fast pace qualities of the AFL, the rules allow both missed fi eld goals as well as kickoffs to be re-bounded off the end zone nets, the clock stops when a player goes out of bounds, or throws an incomplete pass, but only in the last minute of play, and there is absolutely no punting.

With the rules only furthering the thrill of the game, the players of the AFL offer back the price of admission with an assort-ment of skull-rattling hits, spectacular catches, and an in your face running game, literally.

To cap off the begin-ning of the next chapter of the AFL̓ s 20 seasons, Dal-lasʼs very own Desperados scratched a “W” in the win column.

The AFL, due to the shortened fi eld, hypotheti-cally, should average more points per game than a tra-ditional game of football, and hypothetically, this is defi nitely true with more points merely being an un-derstatement.

The Desperados racked up 58 points to the Kansas City Brigades ̓ 44, and under the lead of their new quarterback, Clint Dolezel whom entered his eleventh season this year with 25 of his 35 passes completed for 271-yards and seven touchdowns.

Clint wasnʼt the only one contributing to Dal-lasʼs 1-0 start, because by receiving the U.S. Ironman of the game award that is given to a player that con-tributes via three phases of the game: touchdown, in-terception, and fumble re-

covery. Will Pettis can not go unmentioned. Defen-sively, defensive specialist Hamin Milligan recorded 10 tackles, an ADT defen-sive player of the game award, and all that mat-ters, one Brigade helmet knocked clean off.

The Desperados entered week 2 and came away with a win of 56-53 over the Utah Blaze at the Delta Center in Salt Lake

City Utah. The Desperados

performed top notch as WR Will Pettis earned the U.S. Army Ironman of the Game honors again, Jer-maine Jones was named ADT Defensive Player of the Game, Terrill Shaw set a receiving record with 208-yards with 11 catches and Clint Dolezel complet-ed 21-31 passes for 343-yards, seven touchdowns,

and no interceptions. In week 3 action, the

Desperados destroyed the Columbus Destroyers with a score of 52-38, and have improved their record to 3-0 this season.

The Desperados play their games at the Ameri-can Airlines Center, locat-ed where the Dallas Mav-ericks and Stars play their regular season games.

The price of admis-

sion is no great amount of money, and the side enter-tainment is worth it alone. With dancers, mascots, and end of quarter con-tests, the whole outing can be said to be a show within an action packed game of football, and any football that reaches the stands be-comes ones ̓own souvenir, so that every aspect of a good time is right at ones ̓fi ngertips and wallet.

Odd Sports not always popularJ.B. MartinStaff Writer

another stepping stone to-wards a district champion-ship and a bid to extend their season deep into the playoffs. This seasonʼs team is hyped to be even

more promising to advance beyond District play than last yearʼs team, partially due to the teamʼs connec-tion that many have shared since freshman year.

Although some may argue that sports such as water polo, badminton, or curling have no right to even be called a sport due to their unusual nature, there exist other sports, un-beknownst to most, whose popularity is so miniscule that only a select few even have knowledge of their existence.

Ancient civilizations have always found clever

ways to pass the time. Such sports as hockey, soccer, and football are evolved forms of games played recreationally thousands of years ago. Hockey has been played, in various forms, since the 16th centu-ry. Soccer has been around since the Han dynasty.

Rugby, the predeces-sor to American Football, became an offi cial sport in 1845. Included in the original Olympic Games, wrestlingʼs history is also a long one. Also, the most primitive form of fi ghting,

boxing has been in exis-tence since the beginning of mankind, but its earliest traces date back to 4000 BC.

Many odd sports have not become so popular, however. Irish road bowl-ing is a game in which con-testants simply throw a ball a certain distance along the side of the road.

Another odd Euro-pean sport takes place in Gloucestershire, England: the annual Cooperʼs Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake. The competition consists

of a multitude of contes-tants chasing a large wheel of cheese down an impos-sibly steep hill, usually get-ting injured in the process.

With the Olympics coming up later this year, there are sure to be some pretty unusual sports repre-sented there. Discontinued strange Olympic sports in-clude live pigeon shooting, tug of war, and croquet.

Other unorthodox events currently included in the Olympic Games are skeleton, curling and bi-athlon.

Baseball grows on past reputationShane Crawford

Staff Writer

This seasonʼs varsity team will have a reputation to fulfi ll as well as a chance to fulfi ll the teamʼs not so distant goal of a district championship.

“Despite our loses from last year, we still have a large selection of talent coming up from this yearʼs

junior class, and our seniors are no joke either,” Garrett Thomas (11) said.

The varsity season began with a series of six scrimmages and is to be followed up by three tour-naments. Following the inner-squad scrimmage that determined the current teams, the varsity prepped for and played against 5-A Plano, 5-A Burleson, 4-A Aledo, 5-A Fossil Ridge, 5-

A Trinity, and 3-A Forney. Tournament play begins February 23rd starting with the Baylor Tournament, and ending with the Wichita Falls Tournament on March 9th. The team will begin district play on March 14th

with a match-up against Eastern Hills, and is set to end April 29th with the past yearʼs rival, Azle.

“Azle only lost a few players last year, so they

should be coming back strong, but we feel that with this yearʼs dedication, we can pull out two wins against them,” Thomas said.

The team, while very diverse, even found a way to bring themselves to-gether as a team this year, and through their Birdville Hawk crew cuts, they hope to play as a team rather than a group of individuals.

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Courtney Crowson (11) gets ready to run to third base in the game against Pascal.

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Softball hopes for district 3-peatLady Hawks begin regular season with championship in mind

Beneath the Bleachers

Olympic Skating



Callie Rice (12) gets ready to run to third base in the game against Pascal.

Indiana trades all-starRon ArtestJ.B. MartinStaff Writer

Former Indiana Pacer Ron Artest was offi cially traded on January 25th for small forward Peja Stoja-kovic of the Sacramento Kings.

The deal was initially rejected by Artest, a player who was seemingly dissat-isfi ed with his position in Indiana. However, it ended up going through after Art-est apparently had a sponta-neous change of heart.

Artest is probably better known for his tem-peramental attitude, name-ly the incident in Detroit last season (which he was suspended the remainder of the season for) than his ability to perform in clutch situations.

This season Artestʼs contribution to the Pacers was affected by his actions last year. His 24.6 points per game in the 04-05 sea-

son dropped to 19.6 this season.

Artest only played seven games for the Pacers before he was suspended, and only 16 games this sea-son before he was traded to the Sacramento Kings in a deal involving Peja Stoja-kovic.

Pejaʼs performance on the court has also been sub-par recently due to in-juries that caused him to miss eight games this sea-son.

His points per game dropped from 24.2 to 20.1 before he was traded to the Pacers. Stojakovicʼs shoot-ing percentage also dropped almost 4 percent.

With many of their veterans gone, Sacramento will have a tough time du-plicating its success in past years.

Mike Bibby, one of the only remaining Sacra-mento leaders, may also have a tough time coping with his boisterous new

teammate.Overall the trade is

fairly even. Both teams dis-missed players that were not functioning to their full potential.

Indiana got a quiet ef-fi cient leader in Stojakovic,

who can easily fi ll the spot of injured star power for-ward Jermaine OʼNeal.

Sacramento got a powerful offensive force in Ron Artest, who is sure to make some noise in Arco Arena.

Callie Rice (12) gets ready to run to third base in the

The Hawk softball team has been conditioning and training for six months now in order to achieve their goal this season, to be the only sports team at Birdville to get three dis-trict championships in a row.

The Lady Hawks have already proved they are off to a strong start with winning the home opener on February 14th against Pascal High School. The fi -nal score was 5-1. Three of the runs scored were hit by senior Tammy Kierg.

They will be play-ing in a tournament held in New Braunfels next week.

“Coach Porter is de-termined to get our third district title,” said Emily

Webb (12).The Lady Hawks

even have a post-game tra-dition. Every time the girls win a game they do a chick-en dance on the fi eld. The logo on the softball shirts this year is “Do the Chick-en Shuffl e.” Some girls even carry a rubber chicken in their backpack at school for good luck.

The team this year is made up of primar-ily seniors including Emily Webb, Tammy Kierg and Chelsea Welch. Although the team is 3/4 seniors, ju-nior Lauren Woodside is a strong factor on the team.

This season the girls will be dissapointed if they get anything less than dis-trict championship. Last year the Lady Hawks lost in the fi rst round of playoffs.

Azle will be their big-gest compitition this year.

Playoff dreams end in Ft. Worth


On Monday, Febru-ary 13th, the Lady Hawks entered their fi rst playoff game of the season with high hopes. Their oppo-nenets were the Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets of Fort Worth.

The Lady Hawks kept the Lady Jackets ̓ un-der their thumbs in the fi rst half, keeping their scoring to a minimum. The Jack-

ets fought back with a tight defense, keeping the game close and low-scoring in the fi rst two quarters.

In the second half, the Lady Jackets came back with a vengence. They took the Hawks ̓lead and over-turned it to favor their side. With a new lead in the third quarter, the Jackets quickly widened the points gap.

The Lady Hawks at-tempted a last push in the fourth quarter closing, clos-ing in on the Jackets. The fi nal score was 56-41.

U.S. womenʼs fi g-ure skater Michelle Kwan recently had to withdraw out of the olypmics due to a groin injury. The injury just progressed when she started her fi rst practice at the olympics.

The decision to withdraw was recomend-ed by team doctor Jim Moeller.

Kwanʼs replace-ment will be 17 year old Emily Hughes, the young-er sister os Sarah Hughes who happens to be a 2002 olympic winner.

This is Hughes fi rst year as a senior skater. Hughes fi nished fi fth as Skate America as well as getting third at the nation-al championships. She won the bronze medal at last years Junior National Championship.

Kwan should have never accepted to com-pete in the winter plym-pics if she knew she was not one hundred percent.

Although the olym-pic committee allowed her a replacement, there was a good chance that she could not have gotten one since it was a pre ex-sisting injury.

Kwan took a big risk by going to Torino.

The U.S. womenʼs fi gure skating team could have been one member short if the committee would have approved her a re-placement after her with-drawl.

Replacement Em-ily Hughes got the phone call Saturday night say-ing that should would replace Kwan when she was out eating sushi with her family.

Hughes arrived in Torino on February 16 and wasted no time prac-ticing for the games.

Sister Sarah Hughes is in Torino to support Emily, but she tries to maintain a low profi le to prevent divert-ing attention from her sister to her.

Trying to step out of her sisters shaw-dow maybe harder than Hughes expected. In a press conference a re-porter mistakenly called Emily by her sisters name.

The U.S. womenʼs fi gure skating team is ex-pected to do well in the short program on tues-day.

Sasha Cohen is the expected gold med-al winner this year but sheʼs not letting that get to her head. Cohen has been practicing in a rink 90 minutes away from Torino just to keep the media focus off of her.

Overall the U.S. womenʼs fi gure skating team is expected to re-cover after the breaking news of Kwanʼs drop out, but do not be suprised if the team does not place at all due to that loss.

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8 THE HAWK ENTERTAINMENT

The Bird Feeder

R taurant Reviews


Though many of the same restaurants dec-orate similar cities across the country, the Johnny Carinoʼs on the corner of Mid-Cities Boulevard and Grapevine Highway (Hwy. 26) is a new topic of discussion in the North Richland Hills area.

The atmosphere in Carinoʼs is one of classy and upbeat style, although formal attire is not a necessity. At fi rst glance, Carinoʼs looks similar to many of the other Italian food res-taurant chains, but upon closer inspection reveals a different view.

Carinoʼs basks in traditional deep reds, greens and tans, and fl aunts its tasteful atmo-sphere from the outside of the building all the way to the kitchen and restrooms. The décor is warm and welcoming, presenting the resound-ing feel of a good family meal.

The wait staff is friendly and personable, and they offer much in-formation on all aspects of the menu, even giving their personal opinion on different foods. The food is cooked in a semi-open kitchen where it is later served on a counter-top so that servers are able to pick up the orders at that time and bring them to customers.

The menus are

elaborate, yet simple to understand, and of-fer many Italian selec-tions, including a va-riety of pastas, soups and salads. Prices range anywhere from a few dollars for an appetizer to pricier items at seven or eight dollars to the most expensive at fi fteen dollars. Most menu items include either a soup or salad before the meal and hot, deli-cious bread with olive oil and herbs for dip-ping.

Meals arrive quickly, and serv-ers pay special at-tention to not let the customer run out of drinks or bread while eating. Customers are the topic of the serv-ers ̓ thoughts during the entire experi-ence, making the visit worthwhile.

All of the des-serts look appetizing, and the cheesecake is excellent.

As a special treat, customers can enjoy a slice of free chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert on their birthday, much like many other resta-ruants one can visit.

Johnny Cari-noʼs, although not the newest face in the res-taurant scene, fi ts hap-pily in North Richland Hills.

Anyone who wishes to visit this restaurant will enjoy a good meal.

Swedish rock bands gain fans, popularity in United States

New stars garner attention, fi lms Danielle RamirezPhotography Editor

In the entertainment industry, there are many great and talented actors and actresses that have become household names all over the nation, but there are also actors and actress that are just now coming out of the woodwork.

One such actor is Evan Peters of ABC s̓ Invasion. Evan Peters was born in St. Louis, Missouri and traveled to Los Angeles after a tal-ent manager, Craig Wargo, discovered him from an act-ing tape made at his school. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Peters landed the lead role in the independent fi lm Clipping Adam, thus getting his acting career started.

Clipping Adam earned Peters many awards. Af-ter his role as Adam, Peters made his television debut in Disney s̓ Phil of the Future (as Seth) and later that same year he also got a role in the

motion picture Sleepover as Russell.

Peters then got a star-ring role in ABC series The Day as the cynical but witty teen Copper Day, who maps out his family s̓ growing dis-tractions in his nightly jour-nal. The show was a spring season hit, but did not return for a second season. Now Peters is starring in another ABC show Invasion, in which he plays Jesse. With his amazing acting skills and his believable parts, Evan Peters is sure to become a household name.

Kristen Bell is an-other upcoming actress; she is currently starring in UPN series Veronica Mars.

Bell started her act-ing career in Detroit at the age of 12. After realizing her passion for acting, Bell moved to New York to study performing at the Tisch School of the Arts. Follow-ing her move, Bell got the part of Becky Thatcher in a Broadway production of The Adventures of Tom Saw-yer. She then landed another

Broadway role in The Cru-cible alongside Hollywood greats Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.

In 2003, Bell starred in Gracie s̓ Choice, where she played an unforgettable young girl trying to get by while raising her three step-brothers after their drug-ad-dicted mother was sent to jail.

Now Bell has her own show, Veronica Mars, in which she plays a Nancy Drew-ish part. She has al-ready been nominated for Best Actress on Television in 2005 for her work on Ve-ronica Mars.

Coming in July, Bell is scheduled to star in a new feature based on the 2001 Japanese horror fi lm called Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Bell is sure to become a big success in her acting career because of her great charis-ma on and off screen.

Cillian Murphy is al-ready a well-known Holly-wood name, with his perfor-mances in the 2005 Batman Begins fl ick and Red Eye.

Murphy has already acted with many of Hollywood s̓ greats such as Wes Craven, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.

Murphy attended the University College Cork (UCC) where he studied law. Later, Murphy s̓ interests charged towards performing arts and music. After leaving college, he went on to appear on stage in Disco Pigs. Disco Pigs was Murphy s̓ fi rst big break in London, but he soon made it into the US s̓ big stu-dios after his work in Danny Boyle s̓ 28 Days Later.

After the craze of 28 Days Later, Murphy got parts in many great movies such as The Girl with the Pearl Ear-ring and Cold Mountain. In 2005, he received the roles of Dr. Jonathan Crane in Batman Begins and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye.

Murphy is certainly making a name for himself as well as actor Evan Peters and actress Kristen Bell. So be sure to keep an eye out for their work in future fi lms and shows.

26th Annual Raspberry Awards to air before 78th Annual Oscars


With the Academy Awards drawing closer, the nationʼs eyes are focused on Hollywood, anticipating the highest honor given to movies. The nominations for those coveted statues have been released, with the fi lmmakers, actors and actresses hoping to be the best of the best for 2005. Also approaching is anoth-er award show: the spin-off Raspberry Awards.

This year, 2006, will be host to the 78th Annual Academy Awards, coincid-ing with the 26th Annual Raspberry Awards. These

awards honor the worst of each yearʼs screenplays, actors, actresses, direc-tors... anything pertaining to movies.

John Wilson created the Raspberry Awards, more commonly known as the RAZZIE Awards, in 1980. The trophies are a tacky, golf-ball sized spray-painted raspberry, atop a reel of fi lm. These trophies have an estimated street value of $4.97, ac-cording to the offi cial web-site of the show.

Nominees for the Awards were determined by sending ballots to fi lm professionals, fi lm journalists and fi lm fans across 41 states and fi f-teen foreign countries.

Many of the nominees for this yearʼs RAZZIES are repeated in many of its categories.

Categories for the show include: Worst Pic-ture, Worst Actor/Actress, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor/Actress, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Director, Worst Re-make or Sequel and Most Tiresome Tabloid Target.

Some of the celebri-ties being dishonored this year include: Tom Cruise (War of the Worlds), Jen-nifer Lopez (Monster-in-Law), Jessica Simpson (Dukes of Hazzard), Paris Hilton (House of Wax), Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episode III: Re-venge of the Sith) and Will

Ferrell (double-nominated for Bewitched and Kicking and Screaming).

Since the 2005 year ranks as one of the worst years for the box of-fi ce, this yearʼs RAZZIE awards promise to be an exciting show. For more information about the Raspberry Awards, visit the Raspberry Founda-tionʼs offi cial website at www.razzies.com.

The 2006 RAZZIE Awards will air on Sat-urday, March 4th, at 7:30 Pacifi c Time, twenty-four hours before “that other award show”. Do not for-get to check it out and see which of todayʼs hottest celebrities will be dishon-ored on TV.


Staff Writer

Among many of the international bands, three bands hailing from Swe-den come across the At-lantic with their own style added to old-school garage sound.

Mando Diao, from Borlänge, made their fi rst appearance back in 1999. Their fi rst album, Bring ̒ Em In, was released in Sweden in 2002 and internationally

in 2003. Their follow-up album, Hurricane Bar, was released in 2005. It is an al-bum full of upbeat garage rock and gritty vocals.

The band consists of Gusfag Norén, Bjorn Dixgård, Carl-Johan Fo-gelklou, Samuel Giers, and Mats Björke. According to the band, the word ʻMando Diao ̓has no real meaning.

They have played alongside Iggy Pop and bands such as The Raveo-nettes, The Donnas, and The Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Another Swedish

band is the Shout Out Louds. They have a sound that is a mix of twee rock, soft ga-rage-guitar and powerpop.

Their latest album was Howl Howl Gaff Gaff. Songs that stand out from the album include “Please Please Please”, “Go Sad-ness” and “A Track and a Train”.

Caesars is another band that sticks out. They were known as Caesar s̓ Palace before discovering it was the name of a famous casino. Americans know them best for their song

“Jerk It Out”, which was used for an iPod advertise-ment in 2004.

Their most recent album, Paper Tigers, was featured in Entertainment Weekly on a ʻBest of 2005 ̓list, where they were re-ferred to as “trippy” and “garage aesthetes”.

Members of the band include César Vidal, David Landgurst, Nino Keller and Joakim Ålund.

These European bands are a fresh breath into the American music scene.

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