By Carter James, editor in chief Big budget films seem to be in a weird spot right now. You’re either trying to make a cinematic universe, start a franchise or click the reset button because you’re on life support. Since Disney bought 20th Century…
The combatants of this year’s Life Raft Debate
For the 17th year in a row, the world has ended in a fiery nuclear explosion. Through the fallout and debris, a lone plastic raft drifts through rivers of contamination and destruction. Those gathered in…
UM welcomes class of 2018
[caption id="attachment_1134" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo by Reed Strength[/caption] On Friday Aug. 22, a large group of Freshman students moved into UM’s eight residence halls and lodge. Clutching hulking bags of folded clothes and keepsakes, the…
College cuisine: Cherry chocolate oatmeal
Is there anything better than chocolate? Yes — having chocolate for breakfast! Of course it’s not healthy to grab a candy bar and call it breakfast, but chocolate in moderation is fine. It gives you…
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes science cool in “Cosmos”…
Thirty-four years ago, famed astronomer, astrophysicist and science evangelist Carl Sagan took viewers across the globe on a journey through space and time with the television series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.” The series educated a…
Keep spring in your step, not your sinuses
Spring is here; that means allergy season is too. Many of us get tired of itchy, watery eyes and sneezing from pollen in the air. There are several ways to stay healthy and avoid these…
Review: “Divergent” soars in box offices, sags in…
[caption id="attachment_1067" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Courtesy of divergentmovie.com[/caption] Teen fiction novels have been a major focus for film creators within the past eight years. The teen flick phenomena began in 2008 with the ever popular and…
Gimme gimme Juan Wauters
Photo Credit: Carmelle Safdie For all New York musician Juan Wauters knows, his show at Eclipse Coffee and Books on March 10 could be a total disaster. In our conversation a few days before his…