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Critical Voices: Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams’ career has followed many musical twists and turns, perhaps best evidenced by the 13 albums and countless musical collaborations he has released since 2000. After a 3-year hiatus,... Read more

By September 12, 2014

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Week 1 Fantasy Football Reactions

Exhausted. Satisfied.  Utterly terrified at the prospect of attending class the next day. There were a hundred ways to describe how I felt after having watched four hours of NFL... Read more

By September 11, 2014

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Champions League Preview: Groups E-H

Today, we continue with the next and last four groups of the Champions League draw.  Group play starts next week, with all teams playing their first game between Tuesday and... Read more

By September 11, 2014

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Ed Sheeran Captivates at Merriweather Post

Ed Sheeran’s performance this past Saturday at the Merriweather Post Pavilion stop on his Multiply tour was, in a word, faultless. From the crowd-pleasing sing-alongs, to the talented freestyle, to... Read more

By September 11, 2014

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Baseball in the time of Football

We’re another week closer to the playoffs and everybody else is watching football. But I still love America’s pastime, so here’s another week of baseball analysis: Detroit Detroit deserves to... Read more

By September 10, 2014

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Under the Covers: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

This column originally appeared in The Georgetown Voice. It can be found on the main site, here.  When we look at our lives in hindsight, we tend to see the events... Read more

By September 10, 2014

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The NFL Thermostat: Week 1

HOT: 1) Cordarrelle Patterson Unless you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan or a hardcore fantasy football buff, you might not recognize the name of the youthful wide receiver for the Vikings,... Read more

By September 10, 2014

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Looking in to Look Out: Wyeth and Windows

Windows can be an opening to the outdoors. They can provide glimpses into enclosed, secret rooms or become gateways to unreachable places. But the square or rectangular shape of windows... Read more

By September 10, 2014

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The Case for the Swans

Have you ever heard of Swansea? I promise, I didn’t pose that question just so I could patronize you. A few weeks ago, I didn’t know much of anything about... Read more

By September 9, 2014

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Free in DC: Part I

DC becomes a ghost town on the weekends, where one can walk for blocks and blocks in its concrete jungle and only pass a few families of confused tourists looking... Read more

By September 9, 2014

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NBA Preview: Southeast Division

In one of surprises of the offseason, the Southeast division has become one of the league’s least predictable, with some serious potential to produce surprises come playoff time. Miami Heat... Read more

By September 9, 2014

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Dispatch from the DC Chinese Film Festival

he DC Chinese Film Festival, founded in 2011, finished its 2014 run last Sunday. Dedicated to making Chinese-language cinema more visible in the US, the festival ran for four days,... Read more

By September 9, 2014

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The Other Spanish National Team

“FIBA? Don’t you mean FIFA World Cup?” Nope! The International Basketball Association renamed their quadrennial event from the “2014 FIBA World Championship” to the “2014 FIBA World Cup,” highlighting a... Read more

By September 8, 2014

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Latest Doctor Who is a Pleasure

The third episode of Season Eight of Doctor Who, The Robots of Sherwood, pits one English legend against another. It’s a lighthearted romp penned by longtime Who and Sherlock scribe... Read more

By September 8, 2014

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A Texan Tragedy

When late December rolled around in 2013, the Texas Rangers completed a seven-year, 130 million dollar deal with Shin-Soo Choo that had some commentators calling for high expectations from the... Read more

By September 8, 2014

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De-Mock-Cracy:Veep Takes on Politics and Family

The following contains spoilers for season three of Veep. Hyperlinked material may contain objectionable language. While I sincerely meant my reflections last week on how Netflix’s House of Cards has... Read more

By September 8, 2014

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Service with Rakes and Gumballs

On Saturday morning, about 800 freshmen and transfer students gathered in Red Square to participate in service projects in Ward 7. My group of fifty-three traveled by bus across the... Read more

By September 5, 2014

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The Confused World Of Soccer’s Transfer Market

This summer, Luis Suarez transferred from Liverpool to Barcelona for €95 million.  After a brilliant World Cup, James Rodriguez moved to Real Madrid for €80 million.  Last year, Tottenham sold... Read more

By September 5, 2014

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Indelible: Permanence and Photography

We use photography to make a moment concrete, perfectly capture a scene, or preserve the fleeting burnt oranges and deep royal purples of a setting sunset. We are on the... Read more

By September 5, 2014

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Champions League Preview: Groups A-D

On August 28th in Monaco, the representatives of 32 teams from across Europe joined to witness the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League Draw.  For those who don’t know, the Champions League... Read more

By September 4, 2014