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Does Lightning Strike Twice for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World?

It’s easy to forget that there was a time when a comic book movie was lucky to make a profit at the box office but now these movies are considered flops if they don’t make back their production budget in a week! Thor: The Dark World is the latest Marvel/Disney love child to dominate the […]

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Women Hold Up “Half The Sky”

Suppose your professor told you that as a homework assignment, you had to watch a four hour documentary. Um, excuse me? No college student likes the idea of an extra long assignment. However when my Women and Gender Studies professor told us to watch the documentary Half the Sky, I never expected to have my entire […]

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Pop Punk Needs The Story So Far

In a genre rarely taken seriously, a young band from Walnut Creek, Calif. has the potential to change that.

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The State of the Album

Albums are the musician’s artistic statement to the world as well as the soundtracks to our lives. But is the album nearing the end of its relevancy in today’s music market? According to an article from The Guardian, it is only a matter of time before the album is rendered a relic of music culture. […]

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Artpop’: Masterpiece or Messy?

The pop superstar is back with a new album full of hot and unfiltered tracks set to loud electronic beats with some surprises. But is Lady Gaga truly better than ever on ‘Artpop’? Check out our track-by-track review to break it down for you.

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10 Books Every Child Should Read

Reading is one of those things people either love or do their best to avoid. I’m slightly obsessed with books. When I was little I read pretty much anything I could get my hands on, and I think it was my parents who instilled in me a love of reading that I still very much […]

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One Month Novel, One Big Journey: NaNoWriMo

The Great American Novel (or German or Canadian or French or Insert-Your-Nation-Here).  The desire to be a writer of one is so strong a desire and so fervent a goal for many that the phrase is both cliché and the symbol of futility.  Writing, particularly in the hallowed form of the novel, is considered to […]

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The Hudsucker Presents NFL Weekly: Week 10 – Clearing The Field

This year our writers are teaming up to bring you weekly football coverage! Each week, a few of our writers will be sharing their thoughts and highlights from games they’ve watched. Who were the winners this week? Who remains undefeated? Which team will come out victorious at the end of the 2013-2014 season?  At this […]

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Janna Does TIFF: Can A Song Save Your Life?

Earnestly sweet, musical-based films set in New York City tend to be one of two things: overbearingly saccharine and sentimental, or touching and beautiful. I wasn’t expecting much from Can A Song Save Your Life?, but to my delight, it turned out to be the latter.

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Flight of the Pompadour: Celebrating 20 Years of Conan O’Brien!

“My favorite comedy is where nothing is achieved and there is no point.” – Conan O’Brien – Interesting words coming from late night talk show host, Conan O’Brien because there is a point—at least to the countless viewers around the world. Perhaps the gag is pointless, but the meaning behind it has never been.

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The Hudsucker Presents NFL Weekly: Week 9 – Tighten Those Laces!

This year our writers are teaming up to bring you weekly football coverage! Each week, a few of our writers will be sharing their thoughts and highlights from games they’ve watched. Who were the winners this week? Who remains undefeated? Which team will come out victorious at the end of the 2013-2014 season?  As of […]

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The Pretty Files: Beauty in the Mail

You like makeup.  You are kind of a skincare junkie.  You enjoy trying all kinds of new and unusual products, but you don’t really have the time or the money to go out and buy the latest, the greatest, and the most-hyped thing.  What are you to do?  Go broke over that super trendy new […]

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The Simpsons Say Goodbye to Mrs. Krabappel with Chalkboard Gag

Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons paid heartfelt tribute to actress, Marcia Wallace who passed away last weekend. Wallace, who is best known for playing Springfield Elementary teacher Edna Krabappel on the animated sitcom, may be the only teacher in television history to have the same student–Bart Simpson–for 24 years. While she gives the delinquent lines to […]

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