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It would be incredibly easy for me to dismiss almost all of today's popular music as a fad. I would call it "fad-pop" and I'd say that fat corporate bureaucrats and attach-carrying businessmen created it in a devious scheme to control the music industry. Unfortunately, the current overwhelming deluge of "fad-pop" fails to offer any […]

Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra for over 20 years, is finally retiring after an amazingly successful career.Innovation and risk-taking characterized Dohnanyi's years with the orchestra, as he would often perform lesser-known contemporary works alongside their much-studied, much-performed counterparts. An article written by Anthony Tommassini for the Jan. 28 issue of the New […]

With eight games remaining, the women's basketball team is at a pivotal point in its season.After a disappointing weekend of University Athletic Association competition in which they fell to both Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago, the Yellowjackets are fifth among eight teams in the UAA with an conference record of […]

Mary Frances Berry, chair-woman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, will deliver the Martin Luther King, Jr. Com-memorative Address. Her speech, "Empowering the Dream: Reaffirming the American Ideals of Freedom, Justice and Opportunity for All," will be presented at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1.The speech, given in Strong Auditorium, is free and open […]

Cable networks have often been commended for tackling controversial issues and creating programs for the minority audience. A station such as BET caters to the African-American audience, while Lifetime and Oxygen primarily reflect female stories and themes. However, why doesn't there exist a station for the gay community? Well, that's about to change!In the Jan. […]

This year's Australian Open was a perfect example of the differences in men's and women's tennis.Marcelo Rios, who lost in the quarterfinals, criticized the depth of women's tennis and said that the women's game is a joke.It is true that the top women seem to win almost every Grand Slam event, but I do not […]

I haven't been alive long enough to know how heartbreaking the life of a New England sports fan can be.I wasn't old enough to watch the Patriots' humiliating Super Bowl loss in 1986 or the Red Sox' agonizing World Series loss nine months later.I have felt the sting of New England sports, though.I listened to […]

The men's and women's indoor track and field teams both placed second at the St. Lawrence University Indoor Classic on Saturday, but the meet results were not as important as the progress the teams made."We have a system where we want to do well at each meet along the way, but our overriding goal is […]

The men's and women's swim teams posted good times, but Ithaca College proved to be a dominant foe last Saturday as the teams wrapped up their regular season with dual losses, 168-63 and 152-91 respectively.Ithaca has been a traditional challenge for the Yellowjackets. Last year, the men lost 148-89 and the women lost 140-85 at […]

Head coach Mike Martz and his St. Louis Rams come into Super Bowl XXXVI the strong favorite to win their second Lombardi trophy in the past three years. Following last Sunday's win over the heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers, do the Cinderella New England Patriots have enough left in the tank to pull off another improbable […]