The top song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965 was a cover by the British group Herman’s Hermits. It had only one verse, repeated ad nauseum: “I’m Henery the Eighth, I am. Henery the Eighth I am, I am! / I got married to the widow next door; she’s been married seven times before, / And every one...
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Varied mediums represented in student art exhibit
Paintings, sketches, sculptures, photographs, textiles, graphics, and more will adorn the walls and podiums of the final senior art exhibit of the year, as seniors Hannah Akin, Jill Frasier, and Esther Olson present the collected works from the last four years. The grand opening of the exhibit is April 14 at 3 p.m., featuring a wide selection of works in...
‘Wounds that Will Not Heal:’ racial preference policies in America
Recently the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case regarding race-based admissions at the University of Texas. This case has the potential to radically alter or even eliminate racial preference policies in higher education, and for the better, according to Russell K. Nieli, author of “Wounds That Will Not Heal: Affirmative action and our Continuing Racial Divide.” Nieli argues...
ROGER EBERT: A REAL FILM CRITIC
In honor of Roger Ebert, I recently cycled through his reviews of films he particularly hated. One line stood out. “I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than ‘The Brown Bunny.’” When Roger Ebert didn’t like a movie, he made sure you knew it. He wouldn’t just dismiss it as...
