I must admit, I was skeptical when I pressed "play" for the first time listening to Reflection Eternal. I've anticipated its release for nearly three years now, but after hearing Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek's most recent single, "The Express," a few months ago (an underwhelming track conspicuously absent from the album), I thought that my anticipation would be met with another sub par title. Was I ever wrong. Go to article

I am prescribing a pleasure reading threshold: let none enter but the lyrical, memorable and accomplished. Enter Michael Cunningham, who by the way, is all of those things according to the New York Times Book Review. Cunningham's A Home at The End of The World isn't at the top of the Times bestsellers chart today, but that's OK. It's still there, lurking beside Clancy and Delaney in "Fiction." Go to article

Late last night, frantically searching for a way to talk about this movie, I asked a friend for advice. "I just want to tell everybody I loved it over and over again," I sighed. "Good," she said, "Now tell 'em what you loved about it. You'll do fine." So, I guess that's what I'm going to try to do... Go to article

Hollywood's Magic Castle enjoys a legacy at Pomona College. Dan Cole '00, who organized a number of successful Quest classes relating to sleight-of-hand and other tricks of the dark side during his Pomona tenure, is a performer of significant standing at the club. Go to article

It was Saturday night. I was cocked. My editor rolled by on his skateboard. "Hey, Nate. I called you a couple of hours ago. Can you cover the lei party?" Though I think I said yes, I wasn't too enthusiastic about it. The thing is that The Student Life will only pay me for four hours worth of labor per week, and so this makes me a little wary of the assignments I choose as they invariably add up to more than four hours. Go to article