Spring Break
What if, what if? What if I had asked her out? What if I'd been five minutes earlier? What if I'd studied business instead of English? Who cares? Your life wouldn't be any more significant, you worm of a human. You might have gone to the dance, you might have made that big meeting, you might not be living in a burnt-out refrigerator. (0) comments
This week, The Daily Campus Focus Editor Stephen Ortiz will be reporting from New York City on the College Music Journal Marathon Festival. Each night he will select one venue to highlight. NEW YORK - In 2006, Nas released "Hip-Hop Is Dead," a declaration on the deceased state of hip-hop music, but last night's intimate showcase at the Blender Theater proved quite the opposite. (1) comment
Your iTunes is on and you're scrolling through your extensive music collection. Your mind starts to wonder about what could have been if Tenacious D met Mariah Carey. What about Simon & Garfunkel collaborating with the Offspring? Madonna and Salt-n-Pepa? What beautiful symphonies or hideous noises could be born? The Daily Campus asks you to keep an open mind and take a minute to think about these mind-blowing musical mergers. (1) comment
Imagine a videogame world without Sony and Microsoft. Imagine if it was still only Nintendo and Sega like the old days of the early '90s. What if "Halo" were released for the PC or Dreamcast before the conception of the Xbox? These are the scenarios that could have been realized if certain decisions went one way or another. (1) comment
When it comes to movies, things rarely happen the way they are planned. "Development hell" is a reality of the industry for scriptwriters. Projects get sidelined, actors express interest then drop out, directors die in plane crashes and shooting goes over budget. (2) comments
Tuesday night ConnPIRG hosted a free showing of "Shelter: A Squatumentary," a documentary studying the lives of squatters: people who live in, or make use of, abandoned buildings. Jeffrey Czerwiec, ConnPIRG's campus organizer, said that by showing this film, ConnPIRG "hopes to spread awareness about hunger and homelessness… there is not enough low cost housing and this is one way people are dealing with it. (0) comments