On the stage, a woman scribbles a letter and a man sits perfectly still — dead still, in fact. Patrons file into Keck Theater, and eventually, the lights dim and the audience takes one last look at their cellphones before silencing them for what seems like a lifetime. On stage, the man’s cellphone rings. The stage is set as a...

“My life is a movie. And everyone’s watching. So let’s get to the good part.” Though that sounds a bit egotistical, it’s hard to not keep an eye on Justin Bieber after he rode the coattails of Skrillex and Diplo this summer on their triple-threat hit “Where are Ü Now." The song plastered Bieber’s face all over the EDM scene...

What is Gabe Bethke listening to? For the senior American Studies major, there’s no short answer. He jumps from ‘80s thrash metal to EDM, Young Thug to Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Bethke’s diverse musical tastes are largely hidden by his modest disposition — he’s not one to boast or even give himself credit where it really is due. The only...

Earlier this month, video footage of a white male police officer violently flipping over and then dragging a black female student out of her desk at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina went viral. The reason for such a reaction: simply texting in class and refusing to leave the room after the teacher and an administrator requested she exit....

Living near the coast for nearly my entire life has made the ocean central to who I am. Coming to the Galápagos islands was a dream come true, to spend a semester on a tiny piece of land surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean. With the beach just steps from the school, this study abroad program has been a paradise...

Paul Krugman, an American economist and op-ed columnist for the New York Times, wrote an interesting piece this past summer about how central bankers' alma mater guide their future policy stance. More specifically, he looked at the influence of the University of Chicago and M. I. T. on renowned economists. Traditionally, graduates of the University of Chicago maintain a free-market,...

Part 1: Honored “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you.” (Isaiah 43: 4) I spent a good ten minutes the other day in the Green Bean just snickering to myself at my laptop. The reason was not entirely new. Buzzfeed...

I was never the kind of girl that could connect with her camp counselor. I wasn’t the type who got swung into the air or put on someone’s shoulders at camp. I never eased my way into a campfire song, and nobody ever made me a lanyard bracelet. Those girls were from Long Island or Connecticut and had moms who...

It’s a bird, it's a plane, it's … not Superman. Sorry if I disappointed you. But it is his cousin Kara Zor-El, more commonly known as Supergirl. Monday October 26, she and her red cape flew onto CBS. Since this is the first DC Comics show featuring a woman hero since “Birds of Prey” in 2003 and “Wonder Woman” in...

“Spectre,” the 24th movie in the iconic James Bond series, opens in U. S. theaters Friday. The film has already been a box office smash in the U. K. and received glowing reviews, with The Guardian calling it “inventive, intelligent and complex” and Little White Lies regarding it as “the purest Bond experience” since Daniel Craig took over the role....