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By LAURA JOHNSON The Current Assistant Editor A funny thing happened on the way to the back lots of networks like ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS starting 11 days ago. As actors and crewmen alike pulled up to their respective TV-land gates, they were swiftly greeted by steamed-up writers picketing in front of the studios. Rally boards were scribbled with phrases like, “We’re not even … [Read more...] about Writers’ strike threatens students’ favorite shows

OLESYA SALNIKOVA The Current Assistant I have actually been forgetting to eat — really. Oftentimes, we get so caught up with everything that we “have” to do that we forget to do the simple things that are essential for our very survival, like eating. Then there is the problem of what to eat and how to make it. Instead of moping around your apartment or willing for things to … [Read more...] about Spend a night on the town in style

MARC CHOQUETTE Online Content Manager It’s fitting that a band as unique as Sigur Ros would come from a place as unique as Iceland. Their symphonic, sweeping, ethereal sound has always flowed like the lava that continues to shape the island, and their sound is often as desolate and spacious as the vast landscapes of blackened rock. Few bands have the ability to release a … [Read more...] about ‘Hvarf-Heim,’ a storm of unreleased tracks

AARON SCHRANK Staff Writer Every artist has a medium for artistic expression — a distinct way to produce and present his artistic ability. Pablo Picasso’s medium of artistic expression were painting and sculpting. Quentin Tarantino’s medium is filmmaking. Bob Dylan found his medium in songwriting and performing. Similarly, Pepperdine Professor Benoit Beauchamp expresses himself … [Read more...] about Light shines on prof