Art

Besides the rise in jaywalking tickets, file-sharing lawsuits, tuition increases, road rage blow-outs, the new or returning student at the University will have the opportunity to experience something more positive - a growth in the arts. Former University President Lotus Coffman was first to implement the idea of a museum on campus. The idea of art on campus remains important.

In a world of lyrical mediocrity, a few artists are taking on the record companies whose stations helped make them famous.

On her new album, Stripped, the little blonde genie is calling the shots and maybe making a career for herself.