Category: Arts & Entertainment

In Martin Millar’s “Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me,” he writes, “I’m not going to say much about school. After all, you were at school. You know what it’s like.” Teenage misery is universal. Even if your high school years were wonderful, some difficulty probably dogged your footsteps.

Theatre students spend countless hours every day in Wishart Hall practicing and studying the art and craft of theatre. Students who decide to major in theatre at the College also have a different Independent Study (I.S.) experience then other students. Majors have the opportunity to write and perform for their study with the help of…

The Writers Guild of America Strike officially ended on Feb. 12, 2008, but its effects continue to resonate through the industry. This, unfortunately, will be clearly seen in this fall’s TV lineup. What few anticipated new shows there are, like Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” won’t be ready to premiere until midseason, leaving networks to fill the…

For many singer-songwriters, it’s the happy songs that are the hardest to write. The kind of artist who seeks to convey his or her own struggles is driven to do so by the kind of inner turmoil that necessitates melancholy, the kind that thrives on minor chords and emotional bridges. The Cherry Flavored Elevator is…

Rapper The Game returns as vicious as ever in throwback form to his West Coast predecessors in his third album “LAX”. Straight out of Compton, the former Washington State baasketball player is back on the mic in an attempt to dominate the gangsta’ rap genre and solidify his seat among the ranks of Ice Cube,…

Christopher Paolini took the world by storm when he published his first book “Eragon” in 2003. Paolini had been home-schooled his whole life and graduated from high school at the age of 15. He then proceeded to begin writing the Inheritance cycle. A short five years later, the first half of the last novel in…