Category: Arts & Entertainment

Adriana Hoak ‘14: What she’s wearing: A vintage dress from a thrift store in Houston What made you want to wear it today?: Convocation! You’ve got to look nice. George Skelly ‘14: What he’s wearing: Clothes from Paris How would you describe your style?: European Audrey Platt ‘15: What she’s wearing: All Goodwill. The bike is…

Laura Merrell I have committed an egregious blunder that makes people gasp in horror when I recount it. Until this past summer, I had never watched a “Lord of the Rings” movie. Before I receive unwarranted criticism, I must explain that I did read “The Hobbit” when I was younger so, in my defense, I…

Travis Marmon Editor in Chief I spent this summer paying money to have my senses assaulted. I saw the loudest concert of my life after the last day of finals when I went to Cleveland to see the stoner metal/drone/garage rock/psychedelic band Boris. The Japanese trio is notoriously deafening, and they lived up to the…

Dani Gagnon If there were ever an album released in the wrong season, it was Tame Impala’s, “Lonerism.” The Perth, Australia neo-psychedelic band’s most recent album was released in October of 2012. Yet, almost a full year later it is just hitting its prime. In fact, because 2013 has so far been a generally slow…

“Breaking Bad” Dominic Piacentini ’15 The final eight episodes of “Breaking Bad” will begin late this summer on August 11. The five season story arc that transformed the awkward and naïve Walter White into the ruthless drug lord Heisenberg was created to be an intensely compact thriller by  Vince Gilligan, who from the beginning planned…

  Celebrity Arrests Sarah Vulpio What do Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton and Reese Witherspoon have in common? Yes, they’re all celebrities,  but that’s not it. Great hair? You’re getting close. Drunken mishaps with the police? You got it! Yes, even America’s sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon has joined the rest of Hollywood in the “poor…