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For Affleck, Argo is Three for Three

For Affleck, Argo is Three for Three

“Argo” is the second of the handful of year-end films carrying with them heavy loads of Oscar buzz and attempting to bring home the hearts of film-goers and, more specifically, the Academy Awards come February. Following “The Master,” the result of a five-year toil of the director whose previous film

Finding Significance in "Liberal Arts"

Finding Significance in "Liberal Arts"

A common question that we all ask ourselves here at Amherst College deals with the purpose of a liberal arts education. Why liberal arts? Why are we here? We come to answer this question from a variety of perspectives as time goes by. Through our daily experience, we regularly redefine

Hating to Juggle Our Hapless Add/Drop System

Now that we’re substantially into the semester, and the sting of getting the boot from that first-choice class has subsided, it’s time to look back and rant on the confusion that is add/drop. We come to Amherst for one main reason: the academics. Our school provides the

More Than Awkward Nerd And Hot Girl

More Than Awkward Nerd And Hot Girl

Currently in its sixth season, “The Big Bang Theory” is a sitcom that revolves around the lives four nerdy scientists and their friendships with Penny, an aspiring actress and waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. Roommates Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstader (Johnny Galecki), both physicists, live in an apartment

“Channel Orange:” A Glimpse into Unrequited Love

“Channel Orange:” A Glimpse into Unrequited Love

In mid-July of this year, rising R&B artist Frank Ocean released his new album “Channel Orange.” The album was heavily anticipated by R&B lovers, especially in the wake of several popular songs released by Ocean in 2011 such as “Thinkin Bout You,” “Novacane” and “We All

The Art of Our Sister Colleges: An Overview

The Art of Our Sister Colleges: An Overview

When your aesthetic appetite has exhausted the 18,000 works available in Amherst’s own Mead Art Museum or when you’re just looking to get off campus for an afternoon, hop in a car and head to Smith or Mount Holyoke, or both. The Smith College Museum of Art,

“Looper:” For Once, Time Travel Done Right

“Looper:” For Once, Time Travel Done Right

There’s a lot to be said about “Looper,” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQuhsmtfHw]but perhaps the most important speaks less to the successes of the film than to the dreary state of the pseudo-genre “time travel” movie and the larger science fiction genre as a whole. Simply