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Ian Fox, ‘14, wins Collins Book Collecting Contest, will compete at national level
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BHERT remains less than visible on campus
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George Steinmetz lecture delivers inspiration
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Students weigh in on a year of changes, and consider what is to come at Puget Sound
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Unpaid internships garner mixed reviews from Career and Employment Services
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Austin Lawn:
Congrats to the Puget Sound students. This seems like some great advancement to -
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Matt:
I pretty much only do photography to be able to do what George gets to do. Lucky
Posts Tagged ‘review’
‘Game of Thrones’ returns to HBO
On Sunday, Apr. 1, the second season of Game of Thrones, HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s enthralling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, premiered to a far broader audience than the show began with. During the first season, viewers acquainted and unacquainted with Martin’s work were gradually drawn to the show’s all-star [...]
We Need to Talk About Kevin haunts and disturbs
Given that our society devotes significant effort to the conception and raising of children, both through the actions of parents and through our educational systems, We Need To Talk About Kevin contains a very pressing and contemporary kind of trauma, one connected deeply to women’s liberation, to child-raising in the “new” American family and to [...]
New 6th Ave. bar fun and fresh
Want to try something fresh? How do $2.75 happy hour drinks sound or $7 specialty Martinis or drink? No need to fill your gas tank to get to this little gem, just lace up your kicks and head towards 6th and Alder. What place am I speaking of? Overtime Tacoma Bar and Grill. [...]
Bullhead reveals horror of Belgian beef mafias
T he directorial debut of Belgian writer-director Michael Roskam, Bullhead (Rundskop in the original language) (2011) has the atmosphere of Gommorah (2008) and the character depth of Bronson (2008), all with a powerful aesthetic that demands seeing to believe. Whether through wide angle shots of a pristine skyline or through ultra-close-ups of pivotal characters obscured [...]
Moneyball an underdog story lacking in originality
With baseball season almost upon us, it seems appropriate that the baseball drama Moneyball was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Starring Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane (a role which garnered him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), Moneyball tells a dramatized version of the A’s 2002 season as a [...]
The Spar a deserving Old Town favorite
Craving quality? Want your parents to take you out to breakfast, lunch or dinner when they visit? Take a drive down Union Avenue until you see the water and then turn right onto N. 30th St. Continue down the road parallel to the water, down the treacherous hill until you see The Spar on the [...]
Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot worth taking time for
While Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Marriage Plot was published in October, the novel is still causing stir in the literary world. It was recently nominated for the National Book Critics Circle’s fiction award, along with two other works. The storyline of Eugenides’s The Marriage Plot is an especially intriguing and relatable one for its college culture. [...]
Sleigh Bells slump?
Sleigh Bells’ latest record Reign of Terror brings up a tricky question: Is it important to see growth in a sophomore album or should the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality apply to new material? Reign is, without a doubt, a good album. Alexis Krauss’s signature war cry vocals are still intact and [...]
Double Fine’s big adventure
Tim Schafer needed money to make a game, so he asked the internet to help him out a bit. In eight hours he had reached his goal—$400,000. In 48 hours, he’d made a million dollars. “This is not a cute, quick little game anymore,” his most recent update on Kickstarter reads. “This is the real [...]
Metamorphoses stuns
On Friday, Feb. 24, Puget Sound’s run of Metamorphoses debuted in Norton Clapp Theatre. The 90-minute play is based on David R. Slavitt’s translation of Roman poet Ovid’s collection of poems. The play, directed by John Rindo, focuses on Greco-Roman mythology and is split up into about 12 sections, including an introduction and conclusion. First [...]
