Taking Stage: Why Theatre Needs Punk

By: Declan Hertel Entertainment Editor Back in the seventies, disco was king: meaning it was grandiose, self-important, and by the late seventies had metastasized into an elitist ball of sonic suckitude that engulfed popular music. But then punk happened. Punk was...

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2015 NBA FINALS

The NBA Finals Playoff series is set to start in Oakland on Thursday, June 4 with tipoff at 6 p.m. PST. The Golden State Warriors are favored to win the series with in-form Stephen Curry coming in off the back of game three against the Rockets where he broke the...

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Diversity in books still a work-in-progress

By Emily Pate Freelancer Literature can be an escape from everyday life, a place to retreat from reality. And yet, for many, these retreats are not as accommodating- or as representative–as they should be. In 2012, Roxane Gay, writing for the Rumpus, surveyed...

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Buy games; help kids: The Humble Bundle

By Declan Hertel Staff Writer Games are expensive. This is the sad truth of all gaming, be it video, board, or roleplaying: it is a costly hobby. However, efforts to make gaming more accessible have been made. For video games, Valve (Team Fortress 2, Portal) has the...

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Max Max: Second Opinion

By Declan Hertel Staff Writer In sharp contrast to my colleague Nathaniel, I hated “Mad Max: Fury Road.” I hated it because it was a perfect action film and, therefore, has ruined all other action films for me. I didn’t know that movie genres could be won, but “Mad...

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