While the word "opera" may bring to mind classical orchestral scores and Italian ballads, the Pacific Opera Project (POP) has reimagined one of Mozart's most famous operas in an entirely unique way—as a Star Trek episode. A group of students and faculty gathered in Bird Studio in Booth Hall March 5 to watch a preview of POP's production. POP's adaptation...

Along York Boulevard's bustling stretch of assorted storefronts and twinkle-lit eateries, there are two doors, freshly painted in vibrant pink and blue. The doors mark the entrance to co-LAb gallery, Highland Park's latest addition to the community's burgeoning art scene and a space that is turning the gallery concept on its head. co-LAb gallery was founded in 2010 by owner...

A ceramic eagle flies over a bed of puppies, a floral vase and a miniature watering can. On the next wall, a finely sculpted cupid-like figure in a basket slides off a mountain of ceramic slime. Across the gallery, an enormous, towering wave composed of paintings envelops the room. Amidst these pieces, visitors are completely transported into the imagination of...

My high school classmates' senior years did not go as planned. Call it dumb luck or terrible mistakes, but many of my closest friends received concussions that year. The head injuries, from either football or soccer, lasted weeks or months. In one case the headaches were bad enough that my friend John had to drop out of school for the...

Thunderous applause emanating from Thorne Hall is a sure sign that the Black Student Alliance's Apollo Night has arrived. This year, students put their hands together at the annual talent show for acts ranging from spoken word to strolling and stepping. Kyle Beasley (senior) and Mika Cribbs (junior) hosted the event, keeping the audience's energy up between talents with dances...

Abbey Williams '14 never imagined she would give a TEDtalk a year after graduating from Occidental College. Speaking last November at a StateStreet sponsored event in Boston, Williams gave a talk titled Ghost Town Road Trip: Evocative Glimpses in Time, based on her senior comprehensive project illustrating ghost towns through printmaking. Williams applied to speak at the event through the...

When asked about her start as a musician, Rachel West (senior) can’t help but smile. “It’s actually really funny—my mom recently found one of the first [songs] I ever wrote in like fifth grade,” West said. “It’s called ‘Falling Down’ and it’s great. I’m just going to go ahead and claim it’s great.” Although West is entering the final months...

Economics majors would agree that the true price of something is what you are willing to give up for it. Gamers know the value of their favorite games, and to me, “Resident Evil 4” is worth buying three separate times. I know this game came out around a decade ago, but the recent release of a remastered HD version of...

Students entering the Green Bean for their daily dose of caffeine this February will immediately notice the vibrant artwork displayed across the walls. Wire chains suspend a trifold board collaged with newspaper articles, and two monochrome portraits of young girls involved in the Civil Rights movement command attention from the back wall. The emancipation-themed installation is a first-time collaborative effort...

Alongside 11 other women onstage and with a near-packed Thorne Hall watching, Frankie Radogna (senior) prepared herself for her big scene in the "Vagina Monologues" affectionately called, "The Moaner." In this particularly popular piece, formally known as "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy," Radogna played a sex worker who specialized in making women emit different kinds of moans....