Jake Milender April 13, 2013
By JAKE MILENDER GUEST COLUMNIST For some inexplicable reason my Spotify decided to crash this past Sunday morning while I was getting dressed for Easter brunch. I’d just finished washing off my Ticker-musk when “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” cut out mid-chorus. Painfully ironic as it was, the situation only continued to get worse, as [...]
Jake Milender March 1, 2013
Films are oftentimes the forbearers of political sentiments. An idea that may not be widely understood by the general public can be given a voice through the success of a movie, both by entertaining and informing. Sunday night’s Academy Awards featured a number of films with an outright connection to politics, most notably Argo and [...]
Jake Milender February 8, 2013
Let me preface this article by admitting my love for conspiracy theories. While I don’t actually take too many of them seriously, there is something about the untold perspective of an event that I find alluring. So when the lights went out for over a half hour during the 3rd quarter of the Super Bowl [...]
Jake Milender October 21, 2012
What is the most important part of an election? Provocative candidates and well-funded campaigns are certainly key aspects, but I would argue that the most substantial factor ensuring a successful political race is a well-informed electorate. Debates are perhaps the most intimate forum for the public to acquire political information, with candidates personally stating claim [...]
Jake Milender March 24, 2012
By JAKE MILENDER Just when you feel like you’ve lost the will to wake up and go to class, time seems to magically switch gears for a few days, allowing us to all gratefully exhale and embrace our favorite week of the year: spring break. Some of us travel to warmer climates, searching for the [...]
