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United States must learn from Afghanistan failure

By NATHANIEL HAAS
February 26, 2014 2 Comments/in Multimedia, Opinion, Opinion Columns, Podcasts

President Barack Obama is about to join Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Lord Auckland and Leonid Brezhnev in a very exclusive club that only adds a new member every few decades: world leaders who have tried and failed to successfully invade and reshape Afghanistan, referred to in the history books as “the graveyard of empires.” […]

Screen on Sound: Oscar predictions

By LANDON MCDONALD AND NICOLAS RANSINANGUE
February 26, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Film, Multimedia, Podcasts

In this week’s installment of Screen on Sound, Lifestyle writers Landon McDonald and Nicolas Ransinangue talk about the upcoming Oscars and their picks for wins.

Traveler’s Tracks: Stress Less

By Razan Al Marzouqi
February 24, 2014 1 Comment/in Arts & Entertainment, Multimedia, Music, Podcasts

Rini Sampath is back with Traveler’s Tracks, joined by our design director Mollie Berg, keeping you calm and stress free with a playlist of soothing songs including tracks from Alt-J, Matt Corby and many more. Rini Sampath is a sophomore majoring in international relations. Her podcast “Traveler’s Tracks” runs every Tuesday.

Do the Oscars really matter?

By C. MOLLY SMITH
February 20, 2014 2 Comments/in Arts & Entertainment, Columns, Multimedia, Podcasts

My family loves film. It’s integral to who we are. My mom acts. My dad works in box office data. I’ve worked at a movie theater on and off throughout college. To no one’s surprise, we take the Academy Awards very seriously. And the Smith family father-daughter Oscar pool is no exception. With that star-studded, […]

Condemnation of Kansas law offers hope

By NATHANIEL HAAS
February 19, 2014 in Featured, Multimedia, Opinion, Opinion Columns, Podcasts

In a new book titled The Right Path, former Republican Congressman and current MSNBC host Joe Scarborough lays out a vision for politics, and the Republican party in particular, that is based not on ideology, but on pragmatism. The more ideological a particular candidate becomes, Scarborough argues, the more successful they become within their own […]

Screen on Sound: Pompeii, 3 Days to Kill, and more

By LANDON MCDONALD AND NICOLAS RANSINANGUE
February 18, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Film, Multimedia, Podcasts

In this week’s installment of Screen on Sound, Lifestyle writers Landon McDonald and Nicolas Ransinangue talk about the recent and upcoming movie releases, as well as what’s hot on TV.

Monuments Men contemplates significance of art

By C. MOLLY SMITH
February 6, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Columns, Featured, Multimedia, Podcasts

Upon hearing the story of the men and women working in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives sections throughout World War II — aka the Monuments Men — who were fighting to reclaim art that had been stolen by the Nazis, I asked myself a series of “what if” questions. What if the Nazis had […]

Trojan Transcripts: an interview with Elizabeth Eddy

By WILL LAWS
February 6, 2014 in Multimedia, Podcasts, Soccer, Sports, Women's Lacrosse

As part of a new podcast series, Trojan Transcripts, managing editor Will Laws interviewed soccer star and lacrosse player Elizabeth Eddy about her recent draft to the NWSL’s Sky Blue FC, as well as her plans for the future.

Congressional Budget reports distort ObamaCare facts

By NATHANIEL HAAS
February 5, 2014 2 Comments/in Multimedia, Opinion, Opinion Columns, Podcasts

A brief story illustrates the problem that arises when causation and correlation are mixed together. Take for example the tale of the misguided czar, who noticed that the province in his kingdom with the highest rates of sickness was also the province that contained the most doctors. His solution? He ordered that all of the doctors […]

Screen on Sound: That Awkward Moment, Labor Day, and more

By LANDON MCDONALD AND DANIEL GRZYWACZ
January 30, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Film, Multimedia, Podcasts

In this week’s installment of Screen on Sound, Lifestyle writers Daniel Grzywacz and Landon McDonald talk about the recent and upcoming movie releases, as well as what’s hot on TV.

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