Published February 5, 2010 It’s February, and I think we all know what that means: it’s still cold. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I can move on to more important subjects, like Spanish thrillers. Those of you who don’t know me too well might think that I was being clever in [...]
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Published January 29, 2010 Well, it’s a New Year, at least in the real world. Here it’s just a new semester, Part Two of the epic saga of Your Life. For me it’s sophomore year, Episode Two: Revenge of the Return of the Wrath of the Yeti’s Ghost (Rated PG-13 for mild language and intense battle [...]
Published January 29, 2010 As Etsy gains popularity on the SLU campus, we at Hidden Gems have decided to dedicate this week’s column to the little guys, independent artists struggling to get their art, and their message, out to the people. What is the best way to get the younger generations interested in anything? Add [...]
Published January 29, 2010 Winter in the North County appears as consistent and reliable as basic necessities in Haiti. Too soon? I meant that to catch your attention. Woe to he who assumes that winter will be cold and snowy. With these changes in mind, I am proposing a few Outing Club trips to take [...]
Published January 29, 2010 Vampire Weekend blew up in 2007 when their self-titled EP blazed through the indie blog and forum circuit. Despite the hype and expectations surrounding its release in 2008, the band’s debut album, Vampire Weekend, was a rousing success, selling a cool half-million copies. A skilled group of musicians combining [...]
Published January 29, 2010 The hopes of a segregated nation were answered on August 28, 1963 with the promise of a dream. An infamous day in American history, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On that day, no American, black or white, [...]
Well, this is it. You won’t ever have to read the crap I write again. And you know what? I learned something from this column. I learned that no matter how much you extort the Hill News staff, no matter how much you pay your way into prominent writing positions, no matter how incredibly funny, [...]
Now, I’ve been noticing a lot these days that religion is going out of fashion. Christmas, like most other holidays, is becoming more and more about buying stuff that you don’t need. I’m all for presents, but only if they actually mean something. Notice how December 25th isn’t called “Presents Day?” That’s because it’s about [...]
Poignant pieces of history surround us every day of our lives, we simply have to look for them. Being the closest university in the North Country to the border of another country, we sometimes forget that some of the older customs of that country are closely enmeshed in our own. As students living in the [...]
