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B Jennifer BrownStaf Reporter

  Jonathan Biss brought togethermodern and old style music duringhis Tursday night perormance inthe Dvorak Concert Hall o theDoudna Fine Arts Center.

In the rst hal, he memorizedall the songs he perormed, includ-ing the Sonata in C Major by FranzSchubert.

“Te modern pieces I tend touse music or,” Biss said. “Te resto the program I have memorized.”

Prior to playing the Sonata, Bisstook the time to explain each o thetwo halves.

“Franz Schubert didn’t completeeither o these two halves,” he said.“Te rst hal is laid-back, and thesecond hal is tightly strung.”

Biss won the Leonard Barstein  Award in 2005 and has perormedin the International Music Festivalo 2007.

“I think he plays with a lot o expression,” Derek Maninor, areshman piano player said. “I’mglad he’s perorming works that arenot well-known, such as Selectionsrom Jatekok.”

Biss even brought some Mozartto his concert.

“Te Mozart had grace, and

the Schubert had powerul climax-es,” said Harrison Cole, a seniormusic perormance major said. “Heplayed beautiully the entire time.”

Nocturne in D fat Major deliv-ered powerul beats and melodiesto the audience who attended. Teperormance received Biss a stand-ing ovation.

“I really like that Eastern’s start-ing to get this kind o thing,” saidNeil Wright, a sophomore psychol-ogy major. “He was phenomenal,and more than I expected.”

Te last musical selection o theevening, Ballade No. 4 in minor,Op. 52 composed by Frederic Cho-pin, gave a soothing end to his per-ormance.

“Te love or music is whatgives me the courage to keep play-ing,” Biss said. “It’s what keeps megoing.”

Jennier Brown can be reached at

581-7942 or at jebrown2@eiu.edu.

campus briefs

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correction

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Mobile Services will be on

campus rom 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

today in the Bridge Lounge o theMartin Luther King Jr. University

Union.

State law allows driver’s license

renewal up to one year in

advance. Proper identifcation is

required or new and duplicate

driver’s licenses and state ID cards.

 The mobile services available

today will include driver’s license’s,

state ID cards, vehicle sticker sales,

collegiate license plates, passen-

ger/b-truck license plates, vehicle

title and registration, organ tissue

donor registration and parking

placards or persons with dis-

abilities.

Pst t gvdmstat kaat There will be a karate demon-

stration at 1 p.m. today in the Ar-

cola/Tuscola Room in the Martin

Luther King Jr. University Union.

Gus Albear will be the presenter.

Audts bg Pk Paths

Auditions or The EIU Pink Pan-

ther Dance Team will take place

April 17 to 19 in the Student Rec-

reation Center with registration

beginning at 4 p.m. in the Lantz

main hallway. All incoming resh-

men, transer and current Eastern

students with jazz, lyrical, kick and

hip-hop dance experience areencouraged to audition.

More inormation can be ound

at eiu.edu/~eiupinks. Anyone

with questions can contact Lisa

Dallas at lmdallas@eiu.edu or at

581-3716.

—Complied by News Editor Matt

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“I really like that

Eastern’s starting

to get this kind o 

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— Neil Wright,

sophomore psychology

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stated that the Illinois Secretary

o State Mobile Services was on

campus Thursday. The services are

available today.

The DEN regrets the error.

B rASHiDA LyLeS CowAnStaf Reporter

Painul words are hard to orget but releasingthese words by painting them on bricks helps anindividual overcome that pain.

Painting bricks or “Writing on the Wall” isscheduled or 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. uesday throughTursday.

Te Residence Hall Association will be spon-soring this event.

Students will have the opportunity to write

any hurtul word on the bricks that are ull o racism and hate.Te wall will be constructed on April 20 out-

side the Martin Luther King Jr. University Unionacing the Booth Library and will stand until

 April 23, when it will be torn down to symbolizetearing down barriers between people.

RHA President Justin Schuch said they arelooking or volunteers to help monitor the wallor vandalism. Te shits that need to be lledare rom 2 to 4 a.m.

  Also during the meeting, letters were passedaround to ask members to sign in support o building the proposed Renewable Energy Cen-ter.

Student Senate members Mark Olendzki andOmar Solomon introduced the letters to RHA.Te Renewable Energy Center would replace

the more than 80-year-old coal burning steamplant on campus.

Students rely on the steam plant or heating,cooling and other energy needs on campus.

 A bill introduced in the Illinois Senate wouldallow the plant to be constructed.

Te energy center project was put on hold inNovember to consider alternative unding or the$40 million project and or urther consultation

 with community members.Te next RHA meeting will be held at 5 p.m.

Tursday in Stevenson Hall.

Rashida Lyles Cowan can be reached at 581-7942 or

at DENnewsdesk@gmail.com.

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Erin MathEny | thE Daily EastErn nEws

Pianist Jonathan Biss laughs while signing autographs ollowing hisperormance Thursday night in the Dvorak Concert Hall o the DoudnaFine Arts Center.

Pianist ends concert

with ‘Ballade,’

encore