I am a bitch. According to a certain "Bitch Test" administered by a certain website, I rate 39%, which is 1% above the average. While I embrace this ascription, I regard it as a culturally contingent one. It's probably one of the most interesting words out there. Go to article

Through the ages, Canada has forced upon our fair nation a great many musical plagues, most notably Alanis Morrissette. Not only did Ms. Morrisette scoff at American culture by shattering Boston's long-standing record for the best-selling debut album of all time, she also belittled the Christian faith by claiming enough resemblance to God to portray Him/Her in a terrible, terrible film. Go to article

Due to the generic excuse of "artistic differences" with former soul mate Kool Keith, The Automator this time around has enlisted the melodic, deep-voiced lyrical assistance of the great granddaddy of Hieroglyphics, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. The result is 21-tracks of head-scratchingly eccentric lyricism laced over pure musical brilliance that will leave your jaw on the floor. Go to article

Sound interesting? Maybe a little gross? Believe me, it's a lot of both, but what could you expect from a web site full of pictures of half-eaten pork chops and blueberry pies, underwear shots of fatty hopefuls, and a day by day commentary from thesparks's editor/visionary-in-residence Chris Rudder. Go to article

In my first few months here at Pomona, I've gone from being a big fish in a small pond to being a small fish in a big pond (well not that big of a pond, but you get the picture.) It's been somewhat of a "rude awakening," but I've learned a lot, too. Go to article

Pumpkins are good. We carve them into Jack-O-Lanterns and we also make pies out of them. Jack-O-Lanterns are carved specifically for Halloween, but pumpkin pies can be made on any occasion, except for the 4th of the July. On the 4th of July we eat apple pie, unless you're a bad American, in which case you might as well eat the Constitution and smoke the Federalist papers, but that's a different story. Go to article

Hey, public! It's votin' time! Here's your imaginary ballot! Given the choice, would you take: a box of rocks or a shoe full of spit? A bag of spiders or a bucket of lice? A rusty spring or a used retainer? A callous, dyslexic oil heir or an insincere career politician possessed of all the warmth and charm of a public address system, only louder and weirder and way less interested in progressive populism? Go to article

It's pretty safe to say that Pomona students probably know more about art than the average person. We've all gone to museums, we know the names of the most acclaimed artists, and we've all been required to "analyze art critically" and "perform or produce creative art" to fulfill our PACs. For a lot of us though, that's where our relationship with art ends; few people are so passionate about it that they decided to spend their life working with it. Go to article