ComFest Survival Guide 2011

ComFest Survival Guide 2011written by Josh WeikerSo you’re going to ComFest …            Do you know what you’re doing?                        Do you know who you’re going to see?                                    Do you know what to bring?It can be very easy to show up to ComFest ready to party, but unless you know what you’re doing, and what is actually happening around you, then you aren’t getting...

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BUSTOWN MUSIC OPINIONS & COMMENTARY

OPINIONS & COMMENTARYThe Right to Dance: Written by Richard C. Ehrbar III During the late night of April 12, 2008, Mary Oberwetter and a small group of individuals decided to gather to pay homage to America’s foremost freedoms of expression and individual rights. The anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday was to transpire in the coming minutes, and those who gathered at the Thomas Jefferson memorial in DC had planned on celebrating the life and memory of the champion of the 1st Amendment. To celebrate this day in history, and the ideals of free thought and expression, Oberwetter and others’ decision to dance, would have been an appropriate mode of expression. Surely, nobody could be hurt or distracted by this harmless act. But...

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