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December 2008


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Georgetown vs. American

According to JTIII, the Hoyas didn’t play their best basketball against American, but they didn’t need to, handily defeating the Eagles 73-49. Georgetown demonstrated that they were the superior team... Read more

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The striped pajama party in Hitler’s Third Reich

Through the innocent eyes of a child, the horrifying injustices of the Holocaust amass a certain  naive surrelity. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, director Mark Herman uses this... Read more

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Milk, a movie of solid consistency

The standard Hollywood biopic faces a problem of balance. On the one hand, they attempt to tell a true story, to give facts and real information about one (presumably important)... Read more

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Critical Voices: The Killers – Day & Age

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always had a secret love for The Killers. As one of the first “indie” bands I listened to in my younger days,... Read more

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Critical Voices: Jake One – White Van Music

After a lengthy career of making beats for rappers on both ends of the hip-hop spectrum, Seattle-based producer Jake One has enlisted an impressive array of MCs to rap over... Read more

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Critical Voices: Guns n’ Roses – Chinese Democracy

In 1991 the Minnesota Twins won the World Series; the Louisiana governor’s race included a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard; former Soviet states declared their independence; and Nintendo released... Read more

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Of sound mind

Nowadays new music genres pop up as frequently as Sarah Palin changed her clothes ON the campaign trail. (Gotta keep those pants suits crisp for charity, eh?) Out with the... Read more

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Turn me on…

As the end of the year approaches, the internet will be inundated with “best of” lists for everything from books to inventions. Simply look at this week’s feature story in... Read more

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Going beyond bangers and mash

You don’t get much British food over here in the United States. That’s probably because jolly old England’s starchy, overcooked culinary offerings tend to be something less than transcendent. However,... Read more

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Framing humanity in a snapshot culture

America is a snapshot culture. A single still frame is enough for the viewer to get lost in a remembrance of the past, however fleeting. Thus, a professional photographer’s goal is to draw attention to a piece of history with each frame he takes.