Kick in the Arsenic
On Monday, November 29, the science community was all abuzz about a big announcement from NASA. That announcement? That they would announce something later that week.
Hide Yo Bigots
During the BET awards last month, an enthusiastic Antoine Dodson briefly assumed control of the stage and gave a rousing rendition of his famous single, “The Bed Intruder Song.” Dodson’s glee was apparent from his vivacious grin, and his energy incited cheers and applause from the crowd. Dodson bore his signature handkerchief, similar to the […]
Fresh Reflects
“I never change; I’m too stuck in my ways.” There is a hope that we forget that “corrupt but necessary” college admissions process once in college. This, of course, is hypocritical and hopeless, for who hasn’t heard that kid boast of turning down Yale, or boast of some score? Who hasn’t heard some dude call […]
The Miracle of Woodstock
Advertisers described it as “an Aquarian Exposition.” The _New York Daily News_’ early coverage headlined it “Hippies Mired in a Sea of Mud.” Today, Wikipedia calls it “one of the greatest and most pivotal moments in popular music history.” Conservapedia (in the interest of fair and balanced reporting) describes the event as “marked by widespread […]
Is Assange Strange?
Julian Assange views the world through the prism of mathematical metaphor, one might gather from his article “State and Terrorist Conspiracies.” In this article, Assange describes terrorist networks as connected graphs, a mathematical concept involving nodes and connections between them. In Assange’s words, “take some nails and nail them into a board at random . […]
Tiny Audience
Lena Dunham, a 23-year-old filmmaker from New York who has a degree in film studies from Oberlin, plays Aura, a 22-year-old Oberlin grad with a “useless” film studies degree, in Lena Dunham’s first feature as a director, _Tiny Furniture_, written by: Lena Dunham. _Tiny Furniture_ is the story of Aura and her attempt, immediately after […]
The Book Has a Body
Jonathan Safran Foer has had a trajectory in the publishing world that is close to ideal. In 2002, at the age of 25, he published _Everything is Illuminated_, a novel that developed out of his senior thesis at Princeton where he was a philosophy major. The book was a major critical success at the time. […]
Rag Before Shag
Recently, The Candie’s Foundation, which works to educate America about the dangers of teen pregnancy, released a public service announcement featuring Bristol Palin and Mike “The Situation.” In this two-minute video, the pop icons discuss the necessity for safe sex, as related to both abstinence and condoms. At the end, The Situation announces the Candie’s […]
Chiral
Perhaps strange, perhaps vague… How things can break and almost mend themselves, A little strange. How we succeed ourselves. Pioneers barely dominate infinitely As Parthenon becomes a Laurel and laurels become…. Become. Franchise, monetize….value nothing is immutable. On the verge of concluding a pointlessness- Staring at the face of mutability At the fading morning glory […]
Why Does Anyone Care About Old Faithful
Bee Hive, which happens to be a fifteen minute walk away from here, is just as awesome, actually more awesome because it’s more frequent and reliable and lasts longer and is overall a better investment for the whole family and the screaming children in the backseat who have had to pee for four hours. But […]
Spring 2011 Course Guide
__ARC 269 / EEB 269__
Owl City: Could It Happen?
