November 2005:
Number 499
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REMINDER: Priority registration begins Nov. 29
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Spring classes start Tuesday, Jan. 17, so enroll early to avoid the rush! Registration will be available online or by phone from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily.
Priority Registration
Schedule
(Based on hours completed at Collin)
50 hours+ Tues., Nov. 29
30 hours+ Wed., Nov. 30
10 hours+ Thurs., Dec. 1
One hour+ Fri., Dec. 2
Everyone Sat., Dec. 3
Download e-schedule:
www.ccccd.edu/eschedule.
Register online:
www.ccccd.edu.
Register by phone:
Collin/Dallas counties
469.452.2222
Rockwall County
469.757.2222
All others
1.877.COLLIN1
A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.758.3849. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Nov. 11. All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, student correspondent; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Nick Young, photographer; Layout by Publications
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Music Review
By Mark Robinson
Coheed and Cambria
Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Coheed and Cambria’s place in rock music is hard to put a finger on.
On one hand, they are adored by the emo dudes and emostresses, who, in their ill-fitting shirts, think C&C are pretty rad.
However , the band is perched upon a higher pantheon. More Rush and Led Zeppelin than Fall Out Boy and Death Cab for Cutie, C&C exist on a classic- and prog-rock plain, more epic than ephemeral.
The third installment of their quadrilogy, “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness,” continues the band’s sci-fi-soaked story.
In it, the listener is finally introduced to the Writer, a god-like creator of Coheed, Cambria (the characters, not the band), Claudio (the character, not the lead singer of band), Claudio’s love, Newo, and the Writer’s own love, Erica Court.
The story is long and complicated – sci-fi, it is fantastic! – and has been made into a full-fledged graphic novel. However, what should not be overlooked is C&C’s (the band, not the characters) cohesiveness on the disc.
C&C create virtual rock symphonies and the musicianship only compliments the vast storyline. They have taken the concept album genre to an entirely different level, without compromising melody and their marketability. C&C are larger than rock music, than any scene.
Five out of five paws
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