The Verdict

Yes…

to a sixteen page Bagpipe, and sixteen days until summer.

No…

to anything resembling term papers or exams.

Faculty Quote

“I’m not sure if mules can be male or female. But I’m not really familiar with mule genitalia.”

-Prof. Tim Morris, Contemporary Biology

“My parents told me not to do anything to a girl that I wouldn’t want done to my sister.  So that pretty much ended my dating career.”

- Prof. Toni Chiareli, Intro to Sociology

This is Happening: Our Generation

This could be the defining sound of our generation. This could be the one our kids look back to as the one that meant everything to everyone. The way “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” did in the 60s, or “Forever Young” did in the 80s, or “Bittersweet Symphony” did for our older sister.

I’d like to [...]

MGMT

In another story of talent gone wrong, a promising indie group sits in their parents’ basement doing copious amounts of hard drugs to inspire creativity, and after finding that creativity doesn’t come from drugs, relases a fairly poor album. CONGRATS

MGMT have joined the ranks of Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and The Grateful Dead. Before you [...]

Beach House: Teen Dream

A chronological imagining of the album’s story.
(2010, Sub-Pop Records)

Monday, 4:35 PM, “Walk in the Park”
The confusion had been building for weeks. I just needed to blow off some steam, clear my head, figure things out. “The face that you see in the door isn’t standing there anymore.” In the sinking January sun, which is no [...]

The Year in Billboard

As the year winds down, we take a look back and discuss some of the hits that formed the soundtrack to our lives (for those of us who listen to the radio, that is). A few clear winners emerge, and a few others, well, they could be contested.

Kid Cudi, “Day ‘n’ Nite”

JD: Kid [...]

An interview with Bowerbirds

Bowerbirds delivered a killer show in Covenant’s chapel last weekend.

I had the chance to sit down with Phil Moore and Beth Tacular from Bowerbirds after their show Friday night. They were down to earth and seemed to genuinely enjoy talking with us and the other students who chatted with them at the merchandise table. [...]