In the past 28 years, R.E.M. has released 15 albums that frequently walk similar lines. The group’s latest, “Collapse Into Now,” continues this trend by stably walking a fine line between fast, up-tempo guitars and slow, personal piano-driven serenades. This does not mean bad things…
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Nothing good ever happens after 2 a.m. For some, that adage rings true – that last bar you shouldn’t have entered, the greasy burger you ate or the drowsy e-mail you sent. Senior Wassim Elhouar is the exception to the rule. Last September, when hit…
On any given day, everyone makes hundreds of thousands of choices. They can be as simple as what to eat for breakfast or what shoes match with an outfit, but sometimes a choice is much more complex than picking out a pair of shoes. “The…
Sitting in the library and attempting to focus on studying becomes complicated by that cute engineer in the study room who is looking at six different calculators or that redhead in glasses mouthing the words to the song in her earbuds because she is so…
In today’s romantic comedies, a woman who is educated, smart and career-focused usually transforms into a love-struck doll by the end, as she is finally thought to “see the light,” using her heart instead of her brain. In Moliere’s comedy “The Learned Ladies,” importance is…
In entertainment, there is one quality everything from celebrity pregnancies to drug arrests (minus those involving Charlie Sheen) have in common. Surprise. Sometimes, though, in entertainment, the surprise is a much more welcome one – an actor that turns out to be better than expected,…
Bright Eyes isn’t my favorite band. Bright Eyes isn’t even really a great band. Even so, I couldn’t tell you a more influential group in my development as a person. Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst began recording his first album, “A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded…
You know the story: detective meets partner. Partners meet criminal. More attractive partner meets pretty female supporting character and engages in harmless flirtation. The whole crime scene drama has been done so many times for one reason and one reason only – it works. Audiences…
In America, product placement has become invasive, the lines constantly blurred between what is actual story and what is advertisement. No medium is safe, either. It’s everywhere, from BCS sponsorships to the movies to TV shows. Sometimes, it’s annoying and distracting, and other times it…
By the time you roll into work or class on Monday, the Academy Awards will have been pre-hashed, hashed and rehashed more than Justin Bieber’s new haircut and the effect it will have on the trajectory of his career. Of course, that doesn’t mean we…