Arts & Events

Midterms: you survived all the papers and exams, but just barely. It’s only just the beginning of the year, but you must already be burned out on your favorite study spots. The library is great, until it suddenly becomes too quiet—or too loud. Yeah, you two can discuss the need to wear makeup to look alive, but not in the Learning Commons for two hours. Diversions and Oppenheimer are fine places to study, but can be entirely too social as you write up a lab report. This leaves studying to...

On Oct 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released a new music video called “Same Love” with singer Mary Lambert. Fans of the Seattle-based artist nationally agree that what the duo launched was more than just another music video, but a powerful message for change. Well-known for his iconic hip-hop songs “And We Danced” and “Can't Hold Us”, Macklemore takes a deeper turn in his music in his song “Same Love” and expresses his perceptions in a way that everyone can relate to. Original and honest in his depiction of same-sex...

The Philosophy and Political Theory film series commenced last Wednesday, Sept. 25 with the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness. The screening—followed by a discussion with professors Ariela Tubert, Justin Tiehen and Alisa Kessel—began this year’s film series, themed, Apocalypse and Dystopia. For those unfamiliar with Apocalypse Now or Heart of Darkness, the movie tells the story of U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Willard, who has been sent on a mission to kill the rogue and possibly insane Colonel Kurtz. Along the way,...

This week: Back on the Boogie, a music genealogy with DJ Lil’ Bito Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. These are the first weeks of live DJs on KUPS 90.1FM The Sound. This is also the premier of Overlooking The Sound, a column randomly critiquing radio shows. To you DJs who are relieved to have gotten a show: don’t go lax, someone is always listening. Yes, someone heard the four syllable curse word you let fly last Wednesday, so thank you for apologizing, you morning hosts. There were no such mistakes on...

Our very own Schneebeck stage was graced with talented performers for a rousing evening of off-the-script comedy two Saturdays ago, on Sept. 22. Three members of the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) comedy troupe provided a much-appreciated weekend break in which the lofty thinking Puget Sound students could engage, standing by their troupe motto: Don’t Think. UCB is an improvisational comedy troupe based in New York City and Los Angeles, producing such established comedians as Amy Poehler, Jack McBrayer, Ed Helms, Bobby Moynihan and many more. The group has theaters...

As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” With every trip to the movie theater, it seems that the trailers for the “new” movies are not “new” at all. The reduxes, the spin offs, and the never-ending series that have come to make up Hollywood’s lineup has disregarded originality. Not that the “good ‘ol days” of cinema offered more variety, there are enough John Wayne “spaghetti westerns” to feed a small village. The influx of successful movies with non-original ideas has led fewer innovative films while simultaneous reinforcing...