“The old ways are sometimes the best.” This refrain in “Skyfall,” the third James Bond film of the Daniel Craig legacy, gives anchor to the overlying theme to the film: after fifty years in the business, Agent 007 is a classic character who still has a lot to give. The film follows Bond as his...
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The Carrot or the Stick
In first grade I wanted to be a bunny rabbit. I spent the first month or so at school that year under the table hopping and nibbling on whatever I could find that looked most like a carrot. Studying was beneath me. Bunnies don’t need to know math or grammar, or anything else. I just...
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First Floor South records in Nashville, Tenn.
Sophomores Corey Voorman and Michael Pope met in Simpson Residence Hall their freshman year, and, finding they shared a passion for music, created their aptly titled band: First Floor South. “It was kind of just like it happened,” Pope said. “We were roommates and we just started playing and writing music together and it just...
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Saga Solution: “Coffee Float”
The ice cream machine in SAGA offers a consistently delicious dessert, but soft serve in a cone every night can become sull. Sophomore Corey Voorman has a simple recie to make this frozen dessert a resplendent treat. Ingredients: Ice Cream Coffee Simply fill a cup half-way with ice cream and then top it off...
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Movie review: ‘Cloud Atlas’
Set in six different time periods ranging from the mid-19th century to the futuristic world of the 2300s, “Cloud Atlas” is not entirely history and not entirely fantasy, but entirely humanity. Based on the novel of the same name, by David Mitchell, who incidentally makes a cameo appearance in the movie, the film chronicles friendships,...