Your computer isn’t as good as you think

Here’s the deal: businesses have stopped caring about customers when it comes to selling their products. That sounds pessimistic and counter-intuitive, right? However, it doesn’t really matter in this day and age. Most people are so viciously loyal to their brands, they’ll buy the newest product even if it is objectively terrible, or simply no better than the previous iteration. I’m going to bash indiscriminately, … Continue reading Your computer isn’t as good as you think

Feeding the troll will only make it stronger

Just this week, President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted that millions voted illegally, contradicting his past statements—by that I mean tweets—declaring the election was valid while also railing against the Green Party’s recount efforts. After all the garbage the Donald has spewed on the Internet, I have come to one conclusion: Our future president is an internet troll. Now, if any of you knew me when … Continue reading Feeding the troll will only make it stronger

Comic success on the big screen doesn’t surprise s

Cinema, the great silver screen, the hollywood lights: movies have always had their titles, and just as they have always had titles, so, too, have they always followed certain themes. As time progresses, those themes change. The world saw the rise of film noir: dark and gritty detective stories, with “shocking” twists at the end. After that there were westerns and other gunslingers, the hay … Continue reading Comic success on the big screen doesn’t surprise s

Bricks versus Clicks

Friday, November 25 marked the start of the year’s biggest shopping holiday, an occasion which has now stretched into a 4-day shopping frenzy. With the addition of days like “Small Business Saturday,” and “Cyber Monday,” many retailers offered discounts well into the beginning of this week. Online shopping reached new records, with consumers spending a total of $1.2 billion from their phones and tablets and … Continue reading Bricks versus Clicks

Tales from Abroad – Ian McKeag

January 3rd, 2016. This day marks the beginning of a trip full of rainy days, surreal experiences, phenomenal fellowship, and a period of my life only describable as grand. I don’t plan on giving you a life-revelation here. I won’t even tell you that a college experience is incomplete without studying abroad. I will try to amuse you, if only briefly, by describing the absolute … Continue reading Tales from Abroad – Ian McKeag

The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents ‘Action!’

Sports, music, and dance come together in the new colorful exhibit at the Hillstrom Museum of Art: Action! The Anatomy of LeRoy Neiman’s Champions. Organized by The LeRoy Neiman Foundation, New York, with the Louisiana State University Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, the new gallery presents Gustavus with over 70 works by Neiman. “It is nice because LeRoy Neiman was born in Minnesota. It’s … Continue reading The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents ‘Action!’

Bridget Jones’s Baby is not your average chick flick

Bridget Jones’s Baby stars Renée Zellweger as the titular Bridget Jones. Throughout the course of the story, Bridget has sex with a former lover and a new interest, only to find out that she is pregnant. The major plot line focuses on the big question: Which of the two men is the actual father? Is it the old standby with the history? Or is it … Continue reading Bridget Jones’s Baby is not your average chick flick