4B - Thursday, December 6, 2007
HARTMANN
From page 3B
A closer look at GodTube gives
my cynical self a bit of hope.
According to the website, "Mem-
bers of other religions, agnostics
and atheists are encouraged to join
and participate and share their
point of view, as long as it's done
respectfully." Perhaps, then, their
mission - if I may use that word
- really is to "connect people and
discuss those issues that often
divide us."
GodTube may have the makings
of an off-kilter, grassroots con-
spiracy (via the ever-so-credible
venue of the Internet), but its global
membership says otherwise. I'll
hold onto my skepticisms - the site
might stillbe a stone's throw away
from cult status - but hey, there are
worse things to do online.
- E-mail Hartmann at
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From page 1B
pose, but more."
But for many, the process of
realizing that purpose asa student
is a challenge. "(The School of
Art and Design) challenges your
notion of aesthetics and order in
conjunction with your sanity,"
Goldstein said. "Have you ever
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tet while Goldstein and his
peers view being a student in the
School of Art and Design as chal-
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work critiques and, therefore,
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Goldstein is running a video
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create a piece influenced by the
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those new to it are causing more
than just ripples.
New work from freshmen gives
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in the future. In the Jean Paul
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work from freshmen in the School
of Art and Design rivals that of

Art from every direction.
some graduate students.
A series of oil paintings by
freshman Sarah Jones mixes
the expressionist style of paint-
ing with dripping paint and large
brush strokes on miscellaneous
paper items like comic strips, pat-
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her combination of color and pat-
tern could make even the most
skeptical critic stand silently in
awe of the young spirit that spilled
out, in the most pure and raw
form, onto a canvas.
Another freshman, Maria
Svidler draws the casual stroller
in with a magnetic force from her
mixed media sculpture. Suspend-
ing a blue dress made of Tyvek,
a synthetic fiber, from a wooden
frame by weaving threads of thin

string as immaculately as a spider,
Suidler not only catches the dress
in her web but also the viewer.
Work: Ann Arbor, along with
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Robbins Gallery on North Cam-.
pus, boast works ranging from
simple sketches to elaborate con-
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what and why students around
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"I think that when you decide
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why you want to create to the
next level," Davis said. "When you
decide, it becomes your purpose."
There will always be those
people who walk out of a gallery
huffing, "I don't get it." But these
artists will make you get it.
And while they admit that art
has completelytakenthemwithits
addictive nature, don't be afraid to
try it just this once.

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