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February 2015


Halftime Sports

Four Thoughts from the Premier League

The League returned this past weekend after a break for cup ties. Some great games yielded some great results. Here are some important takeaways. The Resurgence of Liverpool? Liverpool has... Read more

Halftime Leisure

A Happy, Healthy Fellow: Pete Holmes at DC Improv

As Pete Holmes was introduced to the DC Improv stage last Sunday, hardcore gangster rap started to play. Holmes came running out in his slightly ripped cardigan, grabbed the mic... Read more

Halftime Leisure

HALFTIMERS COMMENT: Winter around the United States

Just when we thought we had survived the worst weather that January could throw at us, the snow of February hit. To the people who are used to this climate,... Read more

Halftime Sports

I Hate the Kings and Other Musings

Remember when Los Angeles couldn’t give a crap about hockey? It wasn’t that long ago when nobody in SoCal had any idea who the Kings were. Now, the twice-recent Stanley... Read more

Halftime Sports

Age Before Beauty

In January of 1976, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win Superbowl X. That season, the Colts played in Baltimore, and the Broncos finished under .500. A... Read more

News

Office of Residential living to offer different housing options next year

The Office of Residential Living will be offering different living options to students as they enter next year’s housing selection process as the university works to meet the requirements of... Read more

News

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet speaks about the future of organization

Director of the Peace Corps Carrie Hessler-Radelet spoke in the ICC auditorium on Monday evening of Feb. 23  about the Corps’ vision for college graduates’ future service abroad. Hessler-Radelet opened... Read more

Voices

Where our smartphones fail us: ‘TTYL, but not face-to-face’

I find myself eating lunch alone in Leo’s once or twice a week. I can’t even imagine what I’d do with myself if I couldn’t look at Bleacher Report or... Read more

Voices

Reflecting on last week’s Page 13 cartoon

I can think of a lot of mistakes that I have made in my life. As a first grader, I earned myself detention after walking through a puddle an administrator... Read more

Voices

Carrying on: Politics at the Oscars

The subject of politics frequently finds its way into the Academy Awards, and the 2015 Oscars were no exception. Not even including red carpet movements such as #AskHerMore, this year’s... Read more