My uncle always taught me “with great power comes great responsibility.” Ok, technically he wasn’t my uncle, and he never existed in the first place. Either way, on Feb. 11, Provost Frank taught me otherwise. At the board of trustees meeting, the topic of the evening was clearly the open […]
Month: February 2010
WZRD Hosts Haiti Benefit Concert
WZRD hosted a benefit concert for Haiti in the school cafeteria on Thursday Jan. 28. The concert was the brainchild of WZRD members Michael Robin and Avi Steinberg, the former presented at the concert. The concert presented live music from various genres by artists such as DJ Demchuk, Kelsey Montanez, […]
Evolution of Black History Month
February is known for Valentine’s Day and being the shortest month of the year, but February also represents a history that is usually not given much attention in the textbooks, Black History. According to History.com, Black History Month was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the second Black American to […]
“Dante’s Inferno” drags you to hell
If you’ve been on top of the current gaming gossip, there has been a huge hype machine on Electronic Arts (EA) and Visceral Game’s “Dante’s Inferno.” Considered to be a unique mixture of literature and gaming, “Inferno” has a big weight on its shoulders: attempting to convert the main plot […]
The Hue:
Brand new in the music scene is the underground band The Hue. Unique to the core, these guys provide a completely instrumental arrangement of songs. Now you may be thinking, “Oh, well they must be a classical group or the like,” yet what makes these guys so different than any […]
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief:
A mother fetches beer from the fridge for the abusive alcoholic stepfather playing cards with his friends. Sound familiar? The back story of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” directed by Christopher Columbus, is one that will resonate deeply with children of single mothers everywhere. Percy is forced […]
“The Wolfman” transforms into an entertaining film
#8220;The Wolfman” is a remake of the 1941 movie of the same name. The main character, Lawrence Talbot (played by Benicio Del Toro) receives a letter requesting that he comes home to Blackmoor, England. He has been estranged from his family ever since his mother died. The letter is from […]
Mindless action
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Travolta star in “From Paris with Love,” a movie about secret agents who are lousy at keeping secrets. Add a lot of violence and a lack of comprehension of the word “discreet” and you have the main idea of this movie. The movie is confused […]
Remembering history, collectively
People have fought for freedom and civil rights in this country, and have won. It is important to remember this struggle in our nation’s history. The Civil Rights Movement changed not only the law, but people’s perspectives of themselves and how they interacted with one another. It tackled issues such […]
Sodexo anticipates change next semester
With the upcoming change of Activity Hour next semester, both student organizations and other on-campus groups are scrambling to come up with a plan to work around this new 3 p.m.-4 p.m. slot change. With students considering the school cafeteria to be one of the major social places at the […]