07 November 2011
Countless are the times that I have wandered into Dinand with nothing but a backpack filled with books and a face that clearly betrays my despair. I, like many other Crusaders, have perused the stacks in search of a chair to acquaint myself with for the long evening of hard work. Often are the times [...]
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25 September 2011
I think I need a reality check—because I’m pretty sure I’ve just been going through the motions of being a senior (AHH!) without actually recognizing that I am a senior, if that makes sense. I’ve started to fill out applications for next year, look for fellowships, take the GRE, but all of this seems, at least to me, to be applicable for something that is so far in the distance that it doesn’t yet require my worrying. Except, it kinda does.
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24 September 2011
With only one of these tracks lasting less than 5 minutes, Tammar is keenly aware that their Sonic Youth-ian guitar hooks and shoegaze-y droning, though plentiful, can only get them so far. At its core, Visits is an album all about the art of creating a sonic atmosphere, creating music you can
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19 September 2011
You should know about Toro Y Moi. The solo project of 24-year-old, South Carolina native Chaz Bundick, Toro Y Moi has been an internet darling for a couple of years now, dating back to his stellar full-length debut, January 2010’s Causers of This. That album, which has garnered Bundick some mainstream praise from the likes of Kanye West (“Cool shit,” West once commented on Toro Y Moi’s blog) and Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator, is considered one of the forbearers of the short-lived “chillwave” movement, which hit its peak around the summer of 2009 and into the time of Causers’ release.
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18 September 2011
People pass through them on a daily basis, often giving them little thought. But this isn’t just a door. It is a gateway – a gateway to God. Seriously…the theology department is up the stairs just inside. These are the faithful portals that allow entryway into Carol & Park B. Smith Hall from the side directly opposite Healy. Truly, there can be no evil that emerges from these doors. That is, until night.
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14 September 2011
Cool Beans is the place. September is the month. The date is somewhere in the middle, its exact number lost in a haze of late nights, readings, and papers. The year is irrelevant: arbitrary numbers can’t measure things like this. After all, it takes a certain level of craftsmanship and perfection to create such a [...]
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06 May 2011
By Amanda Marello When my Dad and brother came to Ireland over Easter break, I knew I wanted them to see two things. (Well, a lot more than that—I had a list of thirty-five things I wanted them to see in Dublin alone! But, two main things anyway.) Firstly, I wanted them to experience the [...]
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25 April 2011
I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “Everyone smiles in the same language” before; the words bring me right back to sitting in elementary school desk, a poster of the globe with stick figures holding hands lining the perimeter, the words plastered in bright colors above or below the picture of the circle that is supposed to represent the planet Earth.
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25 April 2011
I have to first apologize for slacking on the blogging. Seriously slacking. To say that this year abroad has flown right before my eyes would be a complete and total understatement. I feel as though I blinked my eyes one day in January and somehow, ended up in April—surrounded by trees and flowers coming into bloom, sunshine (well, and intermittent showers; this is Dublin we are talking about after all), and picking classes/registering for housing for senior year.
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16 April 2011
Only terrifying things can be exciting. Scaring yourself by taking chances is what keeps you alive. So this graduation-fear? That’s the sign that graduating and growing up is the right thing to do, these next opportunities, our uncertainty, is what’s going to keep us alive. Keep in that mind when you’re scared out of your mind for the next month and a half.
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