Celtics Battle With Heart and Resilience All the Way Until the End

May 9, 2013 | Calvin Hwang Last season, the Boston Celtics were ruled out any chances of making an NBA playoff run by numerous fans and analysts. However, they proved speculators wrong. Led by their veteran Big Three, the Celtics pushed their way deep into the NBA playoffs, taking the more talented Miami Heat to Game 7 of the Read More

Outside Lands 2013: It’s Not All About the Headliners

May 9, 2013 | Kiyana Salkeld | One Comment   The official Outside Lands 2013 lineup was released just over two weeks ago, and, I will admit, I found myself feeling a bit underwhelmed at first. The big name bands I had hoped for  - The xx, Alt-J, The Lumineers, Mumford and Sons, The Postal Service, etc. - were noticeably absent; essentially, Read More

Monsters University vs. UC Berkeley

May 8, 2013 | Jo W. Is anyone else as excited to see Pixar's Monsters University when it comes out in theaters this summer? When Monsters Inc. came out in 2001, we were all probably in elementary school. Now that Pixar is releasing Monsters University while we're in college, it is exciting to see the characters we knew Read More

The Roller Coaster of Emotions: Finals Week

May 8, 2013 | Meg Elison Classes are over. There is time ahead to study and prepare, to read and review. Final exams are headed your way and you may be experiencing some significant emotional highs  lows, not unlike a roller coaster, as finals week approaches. It is important that you give your emotions some room, and find Read More

Profiling Your Facebook Profile Picture

May 7, 2013 | Anne Ferguson When we go out into the real world each day, we are greeted by a society that generates opinions of people based on outward appearances. And since the eruption of social networking sites for all facets of life, that societal opinion has expanded to include our cyber selves as well. Just as we sort through Read More

Hello, Pop Underground

May 7, 2013 | krista kurisaki As strange as it sounds, there is a world separate from both the strawberry bubblegum of radio and the grungy mosh pits of scene kids tattooed with Nirvana lyrics. Luckily, we now have a name for this hidden dimension of music, directly from one of it's main contributors, Andrew McMahon: "I am proud Read More

An Addiction to Returning

May 6, 2013 | Michelle Robertson Clothing stores are my libraries. I return those Steve Madden combat boots or that Forever 21 mini dress with as much enthusiasm as dropping books off in the library return slot. I savor the endorphins that pump through my brain as I hand over my Visa to the cashier, just as any fashionista does, but Read More

Discovering the Art of Manliness(.com)

May 6, 2013 | Sarah Tang I re-watched American Beauty the other night and it struck me in a way that it didn’t when I was ten and had found it in my parents' movie collection. I had been too horrified by Lester Burnham’s attraction to his daughter’s friend to appreciate the message of the plastic bag scene. I had also Read More