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BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer Imagine passenger pigeons and Carolina parakeets flying the skies over the United States. See Tasmanian tigers running through the Australian outback, Caribbean monk seals…
BY MOLLY SULDS ‘14 Contributing Writer It’s time we get real. And by real I don’t just mean posting problems to FandM Confessions. No, it’s time we get real about…
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff The tides of history favor progress — some kinds more slowly than others. When considering the gay rights movement, which began only about 40 years ago,…
BY MIKE KRAUSS ’71 Alumnus Writer The United States remains trapped in a slow moving social catastrophe. Millions of unemployed, late-middle-aged Americans will never again have full-time, well- paying jobs.…
BY THOMAS ROSS ’14 Staff Writer There are very few records held in such high regard as that of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. The Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor Katie Grant ’15 competed in the NCAA Championships in Shenandoah, TX on March 27, 28, and 30. Grant competed in the 500-yard freestyle championship,…
BY MARK DOURMASHKIN ’14 Layout Assistant Opening Day is finally here! Spring training has taken its course, numerous players have competed in the World Baseball Classic for their respective countries,…
Native stands out in already-impressive catalogue BY CHARLOTTE HUGES ’16 Contributing Writer OneRepublic fans will have a chance to “feel again” one of the coolest bands on the scene right…
American Horror Story disturbs all BY BRIONA PRICE’16 Staff Writer Recently, I’ve noticed a lot of strange things that have been going on in the world — in the television world. This…
Depeche Mode reinvents classic sound, incorporates synthetic sci-fi elements BY JULIA BYRNES ’13 Contributing Writer When I first picked up Delta Machine, Depeche Mode’s 13th album, released on March 22,…
Franco’s newest production comes off as bad trip for all audiences BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial Editor If the most impressive component of a movie is its instrumental…
Strokes successfully tap into retro New Wave sound BY TESS MELCHREIT ’14 Contributing Writer Sometimes, I just don’t know how I feel about The Strokes. The band’s debut release in…
Stephenie Meyer’s Host proves she actually has moderate level of creative ability BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Staff Writer The Host, based on the book of the same title by Stephenie…
Cancellation of Arrested Development established as “huge mistake” BY GEORGIANNA PISANO-GOETZ ’15 Staff Writer Mitch Hurwitz’s cult favorite, Arrested Development, is returning to the small screen. Since its run from…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Managing Editor Virginia Morell, contributing correspondent for Science and author of four books, visited the College to deliver a lecture and to speak at the Writers…