The Nineties Are “All That” For Nickelodeon And MTV
Entertainment September 16, 2011
BY HAILEE YEAGER Most high school students were 90’s kids, watching Nickelodeon shows like Rugrats, All That, Hey Arnold and the Amanda Show every day after school. However, nothing lasts forever, and the old lineup disappeared. Of course, as everyone grows older they feel nostalgia for the classics of their youth and Nick... Read more
To Be Or Not To Be A Hipster
Blogs September 15, 2011
BY JEREMY HAAS It’s a word most high school students have heard by now. It’s derogatory, and it’s mysterious. “Hipster” is a phrase used to describe a large group of kids, but its true meaning is unknown. This word, with no official definition, is normally used to describe... Read more
Life Through A Lens Blog: Remembering 9-11
Blogs September 13, 2011
BY KAYLEE OBERFIELD The Tuesday before 9-11 in Mrs. Sharp’s class AP Art, students gathered around a scrap of the steel structure salvaged from the World Trade Center after the attack. Mrs. Sharp was lent the piece, which is now in an installation at the Fire Museum in Ft. Lauderdale, in... Read more
Review: Widowspeak
EntertainmentReviews September 9, 2011
BY JACK BRADY Widowspeak’s eponymous debut album is a mystifying concoction of smoldering wild-west indie rock suffused with psychedelic folk, electric blues, and classic surf rock. Like a midnight drive down a forgotten wilderness trail, the listener is utterly lost in the album’s eerie, nocturnal themes and haunting imagery,... Read more
Life Through A Lens Blog: If I Only Had A Brain
Blogs September 8, 2011
BY ALEXANDRA LEVINSON This past summer, I interned at the epilepsy center of Kansas University’s Hospital. Epilepsy is neurological disease that causes chronic seizures, so I spent a sizable amount of time looking at brains. During an autopsy of a man who had died of multiple sclerosis, I had... Read more
BY MICHAEL LLERENA 1994. A truly pivotal year in the history of punk rock. Green Day releases their Grammy award-winning opus Dookie. The Offspring release the equally pivotal album Smash. Coincidentally, this was also the year that Lollapalooza veteran Kevin Lyman created his own tour to showcase his favorite... Read more
The Lariat Blog: Northwestern Week 3
Blogs July 26, 2011
BY ALYSSA FISHER I have no excuse to miss a deadline ever again. In less than three days, I wrote three articles, shot a video and edited it. I’m so pumped right now. Let me back up. It is Web Week here at the cherub program, meaning that... Read more
The Lariat Blog: The Montage Girls-Week 2
Blogs July 16, 2011
BY KAYLA LOKEINSKY AND SARAH ROUSSELL We are blogging together from the University of Miami summer journalism program. As we begin to put together our video stories let’s recap our second week at the Miami Montage We recently completed all of the articles that are going into the... Read more
The Lariat Blog: Northwestern Week 2
Blogs July 16, 2011
BY ALYSSA FISHER I’m choosing to believe it’s not real. It can’t be. But unfortunately, it is. Wednesday marked the halfway point in the program here at Northwestern University. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been here for months, the time has truly flown. Even though they might not believe... Read more
Bon Iver Review
EntertainmentReviews July 15, 2011
BY MICHAEL LLERENA Bon Iver’s 2008 debut album For Emma, Forever Ago was hailed as a masterpiece in the indie community. The record’s bare bones instrumentation and unrivaled ability to truly convey one man’s hardships would make the album a tough act for frontman Justin Vernon to follow. It... Read more
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