Category: Life & Arts
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Professor’s PBS show hits 26th year
Program offers unbiased political discussion to local audience A clinical professor in the Executive Education program in JSOM, just celebrated his television show’s 26th year of production. Dennis McCuistion and his co-founder, producer and ex-wife Niki McCuistion started the show, titled “The McCuistion Program,” in January 1990. The informative show, which discusses socioeconomic and political…
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Club orchestra features anime music
Anime Orchestra Ensemble gives student musicians with niche tastes place to showcase talents The Anime Orchestra Ensemble isn’t like anything one has ever heard before. Rather than playing traditional classical music, the AOE plays anime or video game music. Neil Nguyen, president of AOE and a supply chain management sophomore had a passion for orchestra…
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Just Kickin’ It
For the first time, members from Student Government and Student Media came together to compete in a friendly game of kickball on Saturday, April 16. The purpose was not only to get to know each other better, but also to collect food for the Comet Cupboard. A total of 212 cans were collected by both…
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Making a scene
Student actors tackle tough content in Spring play University Theater’s production of “Woyzeck” opened last week to positive reception, following the department’s successful production of “subUrbia” earlier this year. Because of the play’s different style and physical nature, the cast members faced unique challenges in their work backstage. Set in a German provincial town, “Woyzeck”…
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Pinpossible: Watercolor Mugs
I’ve been on a huge watercolor kick lately. I love the imperfection of using watercolors because they make everything look so much more real, rather than something that’s mass produced. The small problem is, however, that I’m terrible with watercolors or any other kind of paint for that matter. Wire, x-acto knives, yarn, etc., I’ve…
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Batman v Superman disappoints
Movie suffers from uneven storytelling, mediocre acting Zack Snyder’s latest filmmaking endeavor is an unfinished puzzle of jumbled ideas. Jesse Eisenberg’s neurotic Lex Luthor is a portrait analogy of Snyder’s vision. Eisenberg’s character focuses on his plan of pitting the two caped vigilantes against each other for his own ulterior motives. Snyder’s master plan with…
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Houses of the Holy: Latter-day Saints
Mormon senior finds peace, happiness at temple Editor’s note: This is the fifth part in a five-part series. The towering white marble walls of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dallas are covered in crawling gray veins that hold special meaning for interdisciplinary studies senior Mikaela Johnston. “I just…