Archives - Jacob Hanley
Art
Screaming Into the Void: A night with UR’s creative writing faculty
The process is the best part of writing — or any art form, for that matter. It’s where one can find the joy in building their own unique world.
Ed Observers
Desk jobs aren’t the death of creativity
Being forced to create within a specific framework can generate ideas that wouldn’t have otherwise arisen without such a restriction.
Television
“Beavis and Butthead” is a lot deeper than you think
Beavis and Butthead’s antics are so ridiculous that it’s easy to look down upon them — but don’t they represent a flaw that is inherent to us all?
Music
Peanuts and self worth
Nobody loves Charlie Brown because he’s particularly amazing at one thing. Everybody loves Charlie Brown because he’s Charlie Brown.
Media
Go off the grid and build a log cabin
What does the trivial acquisition of wealth matter if it stops you from fulfilling a lifelong goal?
Television
Lessons in confidence from WWE
If professional wrestlers can “fake” their way to achievement, why can’t we?
Music
20-minute albums: creativity concentrated or a capitalist cash-grab?
Is the trend of shorter albums an artistic triumph or despair?
SADACA
SADACA talks mass killings of Armenians in Artsakh
Last Friday, the Student Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness (SADACA) hosted an event for organizers and attendees alike to discuss events currently happening in Artsakh and how people could get involved in helping Armenians and the people of Artsakh.
bats
Would becoming a vampire be worth it?
In all seriousness, though, to answer this question, we must turn to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” for answers.
Music
The Cure’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ is the perfect Halloween soundtrack
Whether you’re looking for artistic inspiration, watching a horror movie, partying with the four people you’re quarantined with, eating candy, breaking it to your parents that you’ve decided to become goth, running from serial killers, or haunting innocent hikers, be sure to put “Seventeen Seconds” on this Halloween.
