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Six Exciting Things to Watch Next Time You're Procrastinating

If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly looking for reasons to procrastinate. If you’ve already watched all of “House of Cards”, “Jessica Jones” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” you do not have to look any further for new material. Here are the best six things you should watch

“Zootopia” Succeeds with Meaningful Social Commentary and Fun

“Zootopia” Succeeds with Meaningful Social Commentary and Fun

Disney’s latest animated feature film, “Zootopia,” aims for depth and meaning and succeeds. However, by contradicting its own message at times, it doesn’t quite reach the status of animated titans like “Toy Story,” “Wall-E” or “Inside Out.” “Zootopia” takes place in a world where animals have civilized themselves.

Hood’s “Eye in the Sky” Reveals the Moral Ambiguities of Wartime

There is probably no premise in existence more charged with contradictory politics and moral ambiguity than that of a war film. Many directors and screenwriters know that embracing this complexity may hamper the accessibility of the film and choose to evade it through different methods. Some, like Francis Ford Coppola’

The Waiting Game : Frank Ocean Keeps Fans Awaiting Next Album Release

The Waiting Game : Frank Ocean Keeps Fans Awaiting Next Album Release

Frank Ocean is the music industry’s indisputable king of procrastination. The contemporary R&B artist and former member of the alternative hip-hop collective, Odd Future, gained a following after the release of his 2011 debut mixtape “Nostalgia, Ultra.” Since the 2012 release of his Grammy award-winning debut studio

@jackjunk Shares His Artistic Expression Through Instagram

@jackjunk Shares His Artistic Expression Through Instagram

The photographs on @jackjunk’s Instagram profile may astound you — it’s not very often that you meet someone your age who has already mastered the art of capturing the various essences of their daily life, leaving viewers wanting to know more. However, a warning: Once you view Jack’s

Thesis Spotlight: Annika Nygren ’16 Explores “Hook-up Culture”

Annika Nygren ’16 was inspired to write her senior thesis on romance and intimacy on college campuses after studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. She often refers to her thesis as an exploration of “hookup culture” and its complex effects. I had the fortunate opportunity to sit down with Nygren and

The Broad: New Art Museum Opens in Downtown Los Angeles

The Broad: New Art Museum Opens in Downtown Los Angeles

Each senior at my high school was instructed to take the last three weeks before graduation to focus on a project, internship or idea. In May 2013, I chose to work with the design team at Gensler, an architecture firm. One of their then-current projects was to co-design a new