Thank you Beyoncé for uniting us with music


Last Saturday evening was just supposed to be another quiet night at home for me. I had planned to spend this time working on an enormous term paper due before the end of the semester, as well as to catch up on some work that I had left until the last possible moment. However, my […]

Grow your herbs with a dorm-friendly indoor garden


When a recipe calls for chicken, pasta, veggies or cheese, I nod my head thinking, “Got it, got it, got it and got it.” But when moving to the bottom half of a recipe and noticing it calls for common herbs such as parsley, basil or oregano, I think, “Don’t got any of that.” I, […]

Grimes concert is a spiritual awakening


It’s Thursday night and the Shrine is packed full for a sold-out show. The audience is getting restless, waiting for someone to take to the stage. That someone is Canadian-born Claire Boucher, better know as synth-pop artist, Grimes. The April 21 performance featured female-fronted openers Tei Shi, a Brooklyn-based pop/R&B singer, and French group Christine […]

Ask Tiffany: How to deliver a mic drop


Looking back, what has surprised you most about college? Based on your answer, do you have any advice? I chose to answer this question with every intention of devising some heartwarming and profound revelation as a convenient conclusion to this column. When it came time to brainstorm my answer, however, I found myself stymied, unable […]