During the last few weeks, University students have rallied to aid the Haitians devastated by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake outside Port-au-Prince.
At the beginning of each school year, it can be difficult to keep your head above water. With the inundation of new people, new classes, new credit card debt (going online for your textbooks will ease the pain considerably) and, of course, the huge demands of your social calendar, it can be difficult to find time to flex your artistic muscle.
Opening the menu at Basil Mediterranean Bistro can be vastly overwhelming. If you don't have a background in Greek or Lebanese cuisine, it is tempting to stick to many of the menu's tried-and-true favorites -- Philly cheese steak sub, Caesar salad or pepperoni pizza, all of which are delicious.
Is there really anything more to music than sex, drugs and rock 'n roll? It is refreshing to think so, and when we see a band with the self-proclaimed aspiration to "cause people to view life through a different lens, one of honesty, hope, redemption, and change," we sometimes find ourselves a bit surprised.
The University of Virginia prides itself on ample performance opportunities for aspiring entertainers.
For some of you out there, the word "marathon" induces fear. Images of Dustin Hoffman's strung-out Marathon Man and Marion Jones' steroid-related downfall might rush to the front of your mind.
Last week tableau, along with college journalists from across the country, had the opportunity to speak with actor John C.
What film could possibly be truly great that tries to Hollywood-ify Charles Dickens? This story may sound familiar: A young, naïve boy grows up in a terrible orphanage where he clings to the unrealistic hope that his parents will rescue him from his destitute life.
Are you missing your nightly Colbert Report fix? Barely surviving without Jon Stewart's infamous interviews?
It is certainly a sign of the times that a sports movie spoof and a film about a NFL quarterback softened by a precocious little girl were both considerably more popular at the box office than the new political drama Rendition (even though it stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep). Allow me to advise you -- if you can only afford one $10 movie ticket, skip The Rock's stony performance, and please skip the 37-millionth spin-off of Scary Movie. "Rendition" comes from "extraordinary rendition" -- a term that was born during the Clinton administration.
