- November 18, 2008
"Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"
4 out of 5 StarsI’ve missed David Byrne. I feel that in some ways I’ve been stuck on a road in the middle of nowhere, musically, without him. We all would have been in a similar state had he never existed. Crazy hipsters wouldn’t have had Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Fratsters would have gone without Vampire Weekend. Hell, Guster wouldn’t have been able to cover “(Nothing But) Flowers.”
With this in mind, is it wrong that I confess my ignorance as to who Brian Eno is?
- October 22, 2008
As you may or may not know, I am a linguistics major. What am I doing writing about sex? Well … I’m not sure. But there is something to be said about the culture of sexual language in America. To illustrate, I challenge you to complete this exercise:
Take 15 minutes and write down all the slang words you can think of for vagina, penis, vaginal intercourse, oral sex (both fellatio and cunnilingus), anal sex and masturbation. You can do this exercise alone or with a group of friends. But no outside resources!
- November 19, 2008
The Tribe’s entire 2008 season will come down to one game Saturday against no. 7 University of Richmond Spiders in a virtual play-in game for the FCS playoffs.
Here’s all the midweek news from the biggest week for the Tribe since 2004:
Forgetting JMU
The Tribe is not spending any time lingering over its 48-24 blowout loss at no. 1 JMU Saturday. The team didn’t spend Monday reviewing film from the game (as is customary each week), instead moving on to get a jump start for its preparations for Richmond.
“I don’t think you ever truly forget anything.
- December 2, 2008
Happy Monday, lab rats! Here’s a review of a book I read last year. Enjoy, and see you Thursday!
In Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande, a general surgeon, addresses the current state of the science and practice of surgery. More specifically—as the title implies—he addresses the problems of surgery.
Complications is a collection of essays grouped under three central themes: Fallibility, Mystery, and Uncertainty—not exactly what one wants to think about before undergoing an operation.
- November 20, 2008
The Student Assembly passed the Helping Haul Hindi Here Act and the Student/Police Tailgate Act during Tuesday’s meeting.
The Helping Haul Hindi Here Act allocates $500 from the off-campus account in order to supplement the funds needed to bring a visiting professor to the College to teach a level 100 course in Hindi.
Various centers, deans and offices associated with the College had already donated $4,250 to the program.
- November 18, 2008
The Flat Hat’s news coverage of last Sunday’s Veteran’s Day events, For Veteran’s Day, paintball, has been criticized heavily, both online and in print, as disrespecting veterans and sensationalizing certain aspects of the events.
First, I would like to point out the differences between the article and a staff editorial that appeared in the same issue.
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