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The Beach Boys kick off 50th anniversary tour in Tucson
Let’s not make too much of the fact that the Beach Boys kicked off their 50th anniversary tour on casino grounds, nowhere near the beach, on a day that hit 105, with gusts of dry wind blowing in from the surrounding Arizona desert _ not a wave, T-bird or little surfer girl in sight.
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Big Sean and The Cataracs entertain students at the spring concert
WCU was buzzing on Thursday, April 26. It was finally the night that Big Sean and The Cataracs came to campus. I don’t know about everyone else, but my friends and I could not believe the time for the concert had come already. We had our tickets for weeks, and it seemed like the concert and summer were synonymous.
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Dev mixes pop-rock and hip-hop styles, charms crowd in Center City
“The album is finally out,” popular singer, Dev, shouted to the audience during her April 17 concert at The Trocadero in Center City, Philadelphia. She was known for the longest time as the girl who provided the back-up lyrics for The Catarac’s and Far East Movement’s top 40 single, “Like a G6.
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The Ting Tings rock the Troc, mesmerize fans with music
On Friday, April 13, a versatile group of fans lined up outside of the Trocadero Theater in Center City, Philadelphia to see The Ting Tings perform live. One fan held a sign, asking The Ting Tings if she could play the guitar during their 2008 hit single, “Shut Up and Let Me Go.
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Axl Rose says no to Rock Hall
LOS ANGELES _ This weekend, Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will throw its annual induction ceremony and concert to celebrate its newest members, which include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan and Guns N’ Roses. Make that four-fifths of Guns N’ Roses.
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Turn on the “Lights” at The Note this April
Lights sensation is happening at The Note in West Chester, Pa. on April 19. A light show, people might think, but actually, Lights Poxleitner is an electro-pop music enthusiast, bringing her passion of life to the stage. In 2008 when she hit the music scene, Lights was playing and programming her own instruments and sang her own lyrics.
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Department of Theatre and Dance presents annual Spring Concert
University Dance Company and the Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Kaleidoscope,” a dance concert, from April 19 to April 21. The annual spring concert focuses primarily on student choreography, and includes three dances from WCU dance faculty Liz Staruch, Gretchen Studlien-Webb and adjunct professor Jerzy Golek.
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‘Bully’ delivers emotional impact
LOS ANGELES _ If you feel like you’ve already read quite a bit about the documentary “Bully,” you have. But that still won’t prepare you for the experience of seeing it. “Bully” has been in the news a lot lately because it received a restrictive R rating (for a small amount of bad language) and then chose to go into theaters unrated.
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Fly away with The Astronauts’s innovative sound at The Note
Philadelphia-based music group, The Astronauts, will introduce West Chester and The Note to hip-hop with no barriers, experimental electronics, and a new innovative sound. With the slogan, “the average person wouldn’t understand us for we are from space,” it is enough to grab attention from all audiences.
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A return voyage, in 3-D, for ‘Titanic’
NEW YORK _ George Lucas has tweaked “Star Wars” on its various rereleases, including adding a scene of Han Solo chatting up Jabba the Hut. Steven Spielberg removed guns from the federal agents chasing the kids in the 2002 rerelease of “E.T.” James Cameron, however, is leaving his 1997 Oscar-winning best picture alone when the 3-D rerelease of “Titanic” sets sail Wednesday.
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Softball ousted from playoffs early after losing first two games
The Lady Rams made an early exit from the double-elimination PSAC Tournament Wednesday as they lost their first two games to IUP 1-4 and Mercyhurst 6-9. Being the third and final seed in the East Division, West Chester (28-25) had to face the three seed from the Central Division, IUP (25-12-1), in the first game of the tournament Wednesday morning.
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Golden Rams enter PSAC semifinals tied for No.1
The Golden Rams women’s lacrosse team ended the regular season with back-to-back wins over C.W. Post, 18-15, and Kutztown, 17-13, to sail into the PSAC semifinals tied for first alongside rival Lock Haven. West Chester (14-2, 9-2 PSAC) implemented a come-from-behind victory initiated by Jamie Dolan over No.
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Wendle to leave everlasting legacy for WCU baseball
There are five tools that a baseball player is measured by: the ability to hit for power, hit for average, field the ball, throw the ball and run the bases. All players at a college level have at least on of these tools, many of them two or even three.
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Rams take three of four from Bloom, earn top seed in East
The West Chester baseball team secured the top seed in the PSAC East last week by taking three games of four from rival Bloomsburg. After a bit of a stretch in which the offense was not clicking on all cylinders, the Rams’ bats exploded to score 29 runs in four games as they took the season series from the Huskies.
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WCU hosts Last Chance Meet to finish 2012 season
The West Chester University track and field teams completed their regular season on Friday, hosting and competing in the WCU Last Chance Meet at Farrell Stadium. LaQuan Chapman was the team’s top performer, taking two field events. He won the men’s long jump with 21 feet, 0.

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