Photography from the "Recycled Fashion Show" at the Columbia Museum Of Art

Photos By Shawna Simmons

Grand Market Place goes 24 hours

The word “gimp” is often used as an adjective to describe mild physical deformities, yet it is also used as a noun, a colloquial term for sex slaves, usually male, bound in full suits of leather bondage gear and masks. Both connotations could loosely apply to Gimp patrons at 2:30 a.m. on a Wednesday.

Gaming: Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
(Nintendo DS)
After a day or so I'm on Level Five of this interesting little game, and I have to say that my wrist is hurting a bit.

Every now and then, an artist comes along whose work creates an entire sub-category within a genre. J.R.R. Tolkien did it in fantasy, Hendrix did it in rock, and George A. Romero did it in the realm of horror storytelling. His independent, ultra-low-budget masterpiece Night of the Living Dead single handedly created the zombie movie genre as we know it. Besides just being a great scary movie, Romero's debut makes for some very unflattering commentary on the society of the time. The sequels Dawn-, Day-, and Land of the Dead, all do likewise, with varying degrees of success.