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Three trophies proves good start to spring
The 7-month-old varsity team all but swept competition at the University Rowing Association (URA) Championship this past weekend.The women's rowing team placed first in every race but one and earned 97 points out of a possible 99, taking home the overall points champion cup.The weather was another pleasant surprise for the team.' We enjoyed racing […]
The complex world of credit
While some people live by the saying that the art of life is not in making money but in keeping it, others prefer to follow the axiom that you should live beyond your means, even if you have to borrow to do so. In a nation where the national debt is $12.4 trillion and 40 […]
Why Pokmon is still cool (and I'm still not)
There are some things that our generation will forever be associated with. Many are quick to label us as the iPod generation, the boy-bands-destroying-music generation or just the lazy, instant access to everything generation.But I'd raise them the true yellow fever of a Pikachu any day.If you were to ask my grade school teachers the […]
Two new releases by former 'Brothers'
Throughout their career, the Blood Brothers always defied classification. They were too dense to be punk, too extravagant to be hardcore and even though their music repelled almost everyone upon first listen, there were earnest elements of pop thrown in as well. They weren't for everyone, but they made some of greatest and most unique […]
S.L.A.P. brings the noise to sign language concert
If you did not go see 'Pop, Roar and Whir: An Evening of Music and American Sign Language" on Friday night in the Drama House, then 'train go sorry," or as translated from American Sign Language to English, you missed the boat my friend. For someone with minimal exposure to ASL, even while living in […]
Mass Effect 2' furthers a great gaming franchise
'Mass Effect 2" has received a great deal of praise since its release. Its fascinating narrative and attention to improving the problems of the previous installment are some of the most notable aspects of this sequel. There is something very interesting about how 'Mass Effect 2" is constructed, and it feels like this release is […]
Cowboy roams the 21st cenutry in FX's 'Justified'
Two cowboys circle one another. A gun rests silently in each man's holster. The brim of each man's hat shadows his face. A tumbleweed blows by. The tension mounts. And finally a shot echoes into the air as one man falls to the ground.Now this may not be exactly how Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens […]
New games are the best ones yet
Pokmon 'HeartGold" and 'SoulSilver," the most recent entries in the Pokmon game series, contain an intriguing mix of nostalgia and new experiences. The two are remakes of games that were originally released in 2000, but don't let that fool you though these games are not just simple rehashes.If you have never played Pokmon before, the […]
One Act Play Festival presents an otherworldy experience
The audience hushed, the casually overlooking dinosaur skeleton faded into the dim background, and I prepared myself for my first Todd Theatre experience, figuring it was about time I ventured into the world of fellow student playwrights and performers.On the menu was the 12th annual One Act Play Festival, a yearly compilation of student-written single […]
Feel the B???
With all the tables, chairs and couches that typically clutter Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons, imagining a group of 50 people performing the Electric Slide there seems slightly far-fetched. Or at least it did.Yet this past Friday it indeed happened as Sigma Delta Tau hosted its first annual 'Feel the Beat" Dance Marathon, setting groups […]