HBO’s Documentary Miniseries “The Jinx” Captivates Viewers

The first episode of the HBO series “The Jinx”, which investigates the unnerving life of multi-murder suspect and New York real estate heir Robert Durst, feels like a cheesy “Law & Order” episode. An innocent civilian embarks on a stroll by the bay and notices many mysterious trash bags floating on top of the water. The police arrive and discover that the bags hold four dismembered limbs and a headless torso. There is no head to be found. Cue the haunting, catchy music, introducing the show, the

Napster to Tidal: Riding the Wave of Music Streaming Services

In June 1999, Sean Parker and childhood friend Shawn Fanning revealed a homebrewed business that challenged the way in which music reached music listeners worldwide. Shortly after Napster’s launch, music labels and artists alike assailed the file sharing service with numerous lawsuits concerning the pirating and leaking of songs prior to their commercial releases. Napster eventually succumbed to corporate rebuke and closed its doors in 2001. However, during its fleeting yet wildly successful run

Mumford & Sons Return With First Track of Third Studio Album

In a 2013 Rolling Stone interview, keyboardist Ben Lovett announced, “There won’t be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future,” signaling the end of the band’s four year monopoly on the folk rock industry. After skating into the national music scene in 2009 with the acclaimed, kick-drum album Sigh No More, the band ended 2013 in a frenzy of boisterous banjo tunes, choirboy acoustic melodies, Grammy wins and unfortunate health scares as bassist Ted Dwane underwent emergency brai

Bloodsworth Lecture Illuminates An Innocent Man’s Journey Through Death Row

As students shuffled into Converse Hall’s Cole Assembly Room last Wednesday night, a gray-haired, casually dressed, beefy, not-quite-6-foot-man with a Van Dyke mustache lounged in the front row of the auditorium. The Amherst Political Union, who hosted the event, soon introduced the man as Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, the first American on death row to be exonerated by DNA evidence. Bloodsworth took the podium, his presence commanding the audience’s attention and striking each student silent and st