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Saturday 20th March 2010

Recent Reviews

The New Classics: Cuarón weaves the perfect, honest coming-of-age tale in ‘Y tu mamá también’

A movie’s meaning changes with your state of mind at the time you see it. Perhaps it influences your philosophy on life or highlights all ...

Building the perfect ‘Castle’

When I first saw an advertisement for the new ABC show “Castle,” I thought, “Oh, no, not another terrible cop drama.” I was still getting ...

Don’t ‘Observe’ this film

To give Jody Hill’s “Observe and Report” any credit for being an indie-comedy (it somehow appeared in the SXSW film festival, don’t ask me how), ...

Tortured genius on tortured genius about tortured genius

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="548" caption="OBSERVE & REPORT: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Caden) turns in a fabulous performance in Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York." "]...

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Casting for breast cancer

Credit: Varonin

[caption id="attachment_5312" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Credit: Varonin"][/caption] The brightly colored plaster breast moulds hanging around campus hint ...

New moon for ‘blue moon’ at student magazine release

Sam Epstein, ‘12, Aaron M Zalman, ‘12, Nick Gottschall, ‘09, Rimmy Doowa, ‘12, and Adriel Borshansky, ‘12 perform on April 26 on the Reid Side Lawn as part of the blue moon release party. Credit: Norman

“This release party is a testament of Whitman creativity on campus,” said first-year Aaron Aguilar as he fingered through the glossy pages of his personal ...

Music Video Meltdown, Volume II

Mike Sado's weekly review of what's hot in music videos. This week it's Ciara, the Black Eyed Peas and the infamous Snoop.

Summer Fashion Report

  Actual sunshine, leaves emerging on the trees, flying Frisbees on Ankeny—all signs that summer is coming to campus. With summer’s imminent approach we find ourselves ...

Thrashing for a good cause at Battle of the Bands

Though Whitman offers Coffeehouse for entertainment, this Saturday students will have the opportunity to watch performances from several popular student bands in the same show. ...

Coffeehouse changes result from activity program merge

Matthew ‘Ranger’ Sciacca, ‘09, and mandolinist Dave Stewart on stage at Coffeehouse last Friday, April 17. Credit: Norman

Though budget cuts and a thin supply of advisor resources have forced Whitman’s various activity programs, such as Coffeehouse and the Campus Activities Board (CAB) ...

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