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Breakdance jam breaks down barriers

A jam, the inspiration for the event’s name, is a blend of competition, performance, and ritual, in which the dancers and the audience are equally involved. Read More

Musical theater flourishes, expands opportunities for students

The members hope to perform two to three musical productions each year in the future. Read More

‘Room’ is full of surprises

It’s one of those films where knowing absolutely nothing about it is the only way to watch it. Read More

Juicy Connotation brings the funk

They are planning to release their debut album, “Freshly Squeezed,” in a few weeks. Read More

‘Refuge’ depicts tension and release in elegant form

Take a step into Hartnett Gallery, and you are placed in the middle of a picture book, one where little houses are fight to survive amongst swirling black forms. Read More

Finding beauty in mundanity

kenvinnewsman56 highlights an exciting new frontier for the Internet, in which a YouTube personality simply acts as himself within the matrix of mundane day-to-day life. Read More

Oscar watch: A Christmas ‘Carol’

Giving into the charms of Todd Haynes’ “Carol” is kind of like falling in love: you begin to slowly surrender, until you do so all at once. Read More

‘All the President’s Men’ deserves a rewatch

Though the book is far more detailed and exact, the 1976 film–starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford–expresses the paranoia of the era in all of its creeping eeriness. Read More

Celebrity worship is fleeting

Two weeks ago, we witnessed the unexpected dethroning of Queen Jennifer Lawrence when she called out a reporter at the Golden Globes for looking at his phone. Read More
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Goodbye, Alan Rickman

Not since the death of Robin Williams has an actor so ingrained in our childhood passed away. Read More