Love or Nothing

Shakespeare asks the big questions and sometimes he answers them. In Romeo and Juliet he asks about love, often.

Writing East

Maybe I’m homesick or maybe I’ve just sold out, but I’ve stopped distinguishing between the states that make up the great green Midwest I call home.

Martial Wings

Lieutenant Ariel Mark Klainerman’07, my brother, received his wings last Saturday.

Hospital Stories

The pain was too much; if I couldn’t sleep it was too much.

Hospital Stories

Never before this week had I been hospitalized.

Why Kidz Bop Has to Stop

On July 19th, 2011, Kidz Bop, the by kidz, for kids, musical juggernaut, released its 20th installment.

Meetin’ WA

As often as my pocketbook and homework allow, I go to New York City to the movies. I come from Kentucky, a place that neither can nor does sate my appetite for cinema. There are no festivals, no repertory theatres, no arthouses; there are only blockbusters, and great movies can’t be seen but on the […]

Macbook Virtuosos

First it was Guitar Hero. Then came Rock Band. They even had DJ Hero.

We Have 99 Problems

By now many have seen the picture of Dr. Cornel West at Occupy Wall Street holding a sign that reads, “If only the war on poverty was a real war then we would actually be putting money into it.”

Weddings and Celebrations

A chance encounter; a fated beginning; a supernatural love connection infused with sweat and Top 40 pop hits.

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