Nick Cox



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We, the Students?

Nick Cox

the apologist issue — Apr 13, 2006

I have been involved with the Student Bill of Rights from its inception to its present state – and I am proud of this document. I am partly enthused and partly saddened by the controversy over the bill, although it must be clarified that the College Republican leadership expected controversy from ...

Movies from a Recession Summer

Nick Cox

The News Hour with Jim Bear — Oct 2, 2009

Now that it’s October and this year’s parade of “Oscar hopefuls” is in motion, the time has come to ask the question: What were this summer’s movies—collectively—all about?

There Will Be Odd Blood

Nick Cox

Precious White Eggs — Feb 18, 2010

In an interview with Pitchfork in August 2008—shortly before they were to play at Terrace Club for Lawnparties—bassist Ira Wolf Tuton said that his band, Yeasayer, “always wanted to be the biggest band in the world.” This remark is a testament to just how far indie music has ...

"If I Could Just Leave My Body For a Night"

Nick Cox

Avatarotica! — Feb 4, 2010

The Major Motion Picture is, along with presidential elections and natural disasters, one of the few events still capable of giving our fragmented culture a sense of unity, brief though it may be. The buzz surrounding the release of such a movie, the "countdown" widgets and the midnight showings, speak ...