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Marcus Amaker Staff Writer
DILATE Ani Difranco
kick (out of four stars)
Clearly one of the most underrated singer-songwriters
of our time is Ani Difranco. Within six years she has released
eight albums on her own label, Righteous Babe Records,
but has yet to find success beyond her loyal fans.
Earlier in her career she released strictly acoustic
albums, and eventually her sound developed and progressed,
really beginning in 1994 with "Out of Range." Her latest
album, "Dilate", finds Ani taking more chances than ever
with her music and picks up where 1995's "Not a Pretty
Girl" left off.
Hie difference with "Dilate" is there's less focus on Ani's
acoustic guitar skills and more attention paid to Ani as a
complete artist, able to compete with the best of her Top
40 peers.
"Dilate" begins with one of the boldest songs in Ani's
career, "Untouchable Face" (largely due to the use of a
certain four letter word twice in each chorus). This song,
with its underlying bass and slow tempo, sets the tone for
the whole album, along with the second song "Outta Me,
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Onto You", which is the album's first single.
These two songs show Ani wants to take "Dilate" in i
different direction than any of her previous works. Insteai
of including humor in this album, as she has done in eacl
of her earlier releases, Ani takes on a more serious ton
with "Dilate" ?exploring every aspect of failed relatonship
and romantic disappointments.
"Dilate" is easily Ani's most eclectic album. The soni
"Going Down" and her seven minute version of "Amazin
Grace," both inluenced by trip-hop, are unlike anythin
she's ever done in the past.
The track which stands out from the rest of the albur
is "Napoleon," an irresistable song-with an equally irresistabl
guitar hook.
Two ballads, "Done Wrong" and "Adam and Eve," ar
other highlights. Both songs display the raw emotion <
a broken heart and the anger felt from betrayal. In "Dor
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listen to.
"Dilate" may not be the best choice for first-time fan
but this album is one of the best of the year. Ani Difrant
continues to be one of the most consistent artists of 01
generation.
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CECE VON KOLNITZ Special Projects
The room in the center of Thomas
a Cooper Library's fifth floor computer
i lab has a Braille printer, a Kurzweil
i Personal Reader and speakers on each
e side of the lab's computers,
s "All this stuff talks to you," David
Bundy, former lab assistant, said,
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g for Adapted Technology. The center
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n Bundy said everyone including
e students, faculty and staff can and do
use the lab. Most people who use the
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equipment according to their needs,
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can identify specific needs, its hard tc
do," Coloney said.
According to Coloney, the technology
is out there.
There's a world of technology oul
there, but if you don't have anybody
that has a need for it, no one uses it,'
Coloney said. "A lot of the technology
is specific for the user.'
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budget for the lab, but she doesn't wan
to buy a lot of equipment unless student
request it.
"I don't want to buy somethinf
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any other computer facility. Ifs busiest
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i ' The center's hours are the same as
the fifth floor computer lab's. The main
r " lab assistants are on-hand to help
aturlonta who want t.n use the renter.
t Coloney said for students who can't
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i "We want people to know its here
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I said.
t Bundy said, The fact that this (the
3 center) is here is great. It makes things
a lot easier. I don't know how I managed
I before I had all this. It can be done,
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