| Summary: | PHOTO BY HANNA STEVENS Elsa Lund observes a row of dresses at the new Forever 21 in the West Acres Mall.The grand opening took place October 16th. PHOTO BY MOVIETRAILERCOM Clint Eastwood's film "Hereafter" grossed $ 13 milion in its opening weekend. Are you "green?" Do you love art? Habitat for Humanity is looking for artists to participate in their first Recy-cled Art Show and Auction. Artists will receive a S5o to offset the cost of buying recycled materials. Contact hailey@lakeagassizhabitatorg for more information. PULSE NOVEMBER 5, 2010 Women go wild for Forever 21 Eastwood's Here-after disappoints which includes anything from sweatpants, casual wear, party outfits, and even menswear. St. James is looking for ward to also serving these male customers. "Forever 21 actually has a huge men's line, which many people don't know," St. James said. She added that the men's section is placed at the front left of the store so more people notice it. As the crowds settle down and the initial excite-ment of the store eases, shoppers should be able to shop in comfort as Forever 21 becomes a local clothing staple, keeping in times with what has already become a national style necessity. BY MEAGAN McDOUGALL PULSE Writer Young women around campus had an extra spring in their step the week be-fore mid-semester break. As many walked to class, they sported their new Forever 21 finds. Before the grand open-ing of Fargo's Forever 21 in West Acres Mall on Saturday, Oct. to, the closest location was Minneapolis. The opening week drew in throngs of shoppers from open until close as women, and some men, showed their excitement for the store. Forever 21 District Man-ager Jenny St. James wasn't anticipating such a large turnout. "We exceeded our expec-tations by quite a bit," St. James said. "In general our grand openings spur enthu-siasm, but in general we run busy stores so we are used to it." The store has come a long way since 1984, when it first opened its 9oo-square foot shop in Los Angeles, Calif. Ten years later, Forever 21 expanded outside of Cali-fornia. Now, the California-based company opens about 90 new stores every year, which average a whopping 24,000 square feet per store. Many Fargo-Moorhead shoppers are looking for-ward to the fashion diver sity Forever 21 will bring to the area. Sophomore Hope Krusemark feels the store will be a popular shopping destination. "Because we live in what is stereotyped as 'the flats,' I think getting a Forever 21 in Fargo made people real-ize we are with the times," Krusemark said. "There are only a few Forever 2IS in Minnesota, so it is a privilege to get one here in Fargo." Freshman Tansy Wells, from Jamestown, N.D., was one of the thousands who flocked to the store to find articles of clothing to en-hance her style. "Where I'm from, we have very little selection and we always have to travel to do major shopping," Wells said. "I feel like having a For-ever 21 in Fargo brings some-thing popular in the U.S. to BY JESSICA STRENDING Contributing Writer Every college town has one.bThe local hang out where students migrate to in herds. For some towns it's a diner or bowling alley. For the students in Moorhead, MN that place is wild. The Safari Theater-where adven-tures prowl on and off the big screen. For Concordia College and Minnesota State Uni-versity- Moorhead students, the close proximity of the Sa-fari to campus is ideal. In the characteristically bad weath-er of the Frozen Tundra, the voyage to Fargo may seem too treacherous. The Safari is a close place that is worth a ten minute blizzardy trek. Many large universi-ties have the luxury of their own movie theater directly on campus. For Concordia College students, in many ways the Safari is the campus theater. When watching an action movie, a filmed explo-sion of some sort will occur. This explosion, for a brief moment, will illuminate the the Fargo-Moorhead area and opens us up to unique and different shopping op-portunities." As a store, Forever 21 strives to provide style choices to fit any person who walks through its glass doors. The store sells multiple brands that have different target audiences, including Forever XXI, For Love 21, Gadzooks, and Heritage. Manager St. James be-lieves the variety of Forever 21 is what makes the store special. "The great thing is that we are a three-generational store," St. James said. "There is something for everyone. Everyone who comes here can leave with a little some-thing special, whether it be darkened theater and most likely, illuminate students wearing maroon and gold. An explorer new to the Sa-fari will see Cobbers in their natural habitat. The Safari is more than just a theater—for many college students it is the scene of first dates and tra-ditional dating rituals. That happy nervous anticipation where thoughts like "I like her.does she like me?" race through your head faster than a reel of film. As you pay for her ticket (or go Dutch, it is 2010) the nervousness only increases. "I hope this movie is good. I hope she likes it. I hope she likes me!" Then as you get settled in your seat and the opening credits begin to play you be-gin to relax. Slowly you put your arm around her shoul-der. She doesn't move away. You're in. She likes you. You are too busy thinking about your arm to watch the movie, but that's okay. The price of the ticket was well worth it. Unfortunately, the Safari is also the site for some last rocker chick, lacey and flirty, or just a piece of jewelry." Krusemark is ready for the Forever 21 style and name to spread across the state, but she hopes the traf-fic calms down to allow for a more normal shopping expe-rience. "My first shopping ex-perience in the Fargo For ever 21 was overwhelming," Krusemark said. "I had so many clothes in my hands to try on, and the place was a zoo. It was a little too hectic for me, but I plan to go back on a weekday when I have more time and don't have to worry about waiting in line to check out." And time is definitely what any shopper needs to explore the massive store, dates. That is okay because the Safari is also the place where your friends can afford to take you out to make you feel better about an ended re-lationship. It's also the place we go with friends to spend a much deserved night away from text books, essays and deadlines. The Safari for ap-proximately two hours is a place of escape—maybe not into the wild African jungles as the theaters' name sug-gests but into the world of movies. Most importantly for us poor college students—it is dirt cheap. For the pocket change the smelly kid in your bio lab should have used to pay to clean his dirty laundry, he can now go see Will Fer-rell do something funny on the silver screen. Why waste ten dollars to see Cameron Diaz do the same thing she does in every movie? For just $2.50 you can see that estro-gen-- filled romantic comedy or watch the action movie where everyone is shirtless for no apparent reason guilt-free. All the Safari requires BY ANTHONY PILLOUD Movie Reviewer Clint Eastwood has made a name for himself as an great director. And not just a great director, an excel-lent director. From "Million Dollar Baby" to "Gran Tori-no," Eastwood has produced films that are nothing but solid gold. With the release of his new film, "Hereafter," he decides to take a break from his normal style of in-tense dramas to dip his toes into the supernatural. The film follows the stories of three different people. Matt Damon is a psychic who has given up on his ability and is trying to live a normal life, despite his overbearing brother who wants him to share his gift with the world. The next individual is a successful French woman who survives a tsunami, encountering a near death experience. The last character is a young boy whose twin brother dies without the help of their al-coholic mother, who is sent to rehabilitation and he to a foster home. The opening scene was Clint Eastwood excellent: the tsunami. The scene was made all the more powerful considering its relation to current world events (anoth-er scene involves a bombing in a London train station). In short, the movie starts off with a bang. However the rest of the movie does not share that level of emotional intensity. Sure, the movie is pretty much sad from beginning to end, with deviations into bittersweet, but it lacks the emotion we come to expect from an Eastwood film. It was like we had the same amount of butter, but spread over an old piece of toast. Acting was hit and miss. Matt Damon was spectacu-lar, and his short romantic run in with Bryce Dallas Howard was one of the most believable Hollywood flirt-ing I've seen for some time (even if he was a psychic). Cecile De France (who plays Marie, the French woman) was also excellently ex-ecuted. However, Frankie McLaren (who plays the twins) was an unbelievable mess. Tears roll down his cheeks with false clarity and his supposed sadness was restrained, feigned, or out-right disgustingly scripted. The sadness of his condition was thusly rendered incred-ibly un-sad. Considering a movie in which all events of the hereafter are concerned, the actual hereafter played a significantly minor role. We do get consistent glimpses of it (which appears to be an altogether boring place, to be honest), but noth-ing is really stationed. It is both there and veiled, an ef-fect that both hindered and helped the film at times so that we were focused on the characters and their emo-tions; however, we are left yearning for more answers. There is nothing too bad in this film, but there is also very little good. It was a film that was enjoy-able, made me briefly think and then slowly dissolved as it ended with minor resolu-tion, losing the Eastwood Excellence. A movie that is worth renting and watching, but not for the full cost. is a few dollars and a few months patience. You can also watch a summer block buster a few months later for the third, fourth and fifth time with-out breaking the bank. For hardcore fans the six month stretch from film to DVD is too long to handle. The Safari provides an outlet for the most hardcore and at times desperate movie junk-ie. The setting of the Safari itself even lets a movie-goer feel a little hardcore. The Sa-fari is not known to be the swankiest of places however, in some ways that is part of the appeal. If you are brave enough to look past popcorn dust and the occasional flick-ering lights, the Safari will welcome you into its unique ecosystem of movie magic. The Safari Movie Theater is more than just a theater. For the college students in the Fargo/Moorhead area it is an experience. It's a wild place where bad memories are forgotten and good mem-ories are made. An ode to Safari 7
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