Bad things, sometimes, take time. The Ed Sullivan-era musical satirist Tom Lehrer enjoyed shocking his audiences with piano-driven ditties about educational experiments describing “new math,” a teaching method where students are encouraged to focus on concepts over practice. After singing a complicated word problem to his audience, Lehrer would grin and declare, “It’s so simple, only a child could do...
Culture
Karaoke emerges from the Underground this evening
Get ready to sing your heart out tonight at the first karaoke night of the year. Join the Student Activities Board tonight from 9 until midnight at Broadstreet Underground for food, friends, and, of course, karaoke. “The environment just makes for a cooler, more casual place to hang out,” said Bridget DeLapp, Media Officer for SAB, in an email....
Lessons on love and life from ‘La La Land’
During an audition, aspiring actress Mia recalls her aunt dancing in the frigid waters of the Seine for no other reason than to experience the potent medley of water and snow. She had a cold for the next month, but, she told her niece, it was worth repeating. The movie “La La Land” is much like the story told by...
‘How to get gone’ — and back again
All alone, yet surrounded by 12 million people, a 22-year-old man began to immerse himself in a foreign culture while teaching English at a local school in South Korea. This young man is Ben Liebing, a 2008 graduate who will self- publish a book “How to Get Gone” through Amazon Creative this spring. The book will encapsulate his travel experiences...
