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Dustin LongOverseas Columnist It’s Super Bowl Sunday in Heidelberg, Germany, one o’clock in the morning.  Outside there’s not a sign, but in Moore Haus, nine of us sit around a television with flickering reception of the American Armed Forces Network. Life is good here, and things are changing. Football has been making a major comeback in the past weeks, as well as season one … [Read more...] about Ape attacks Heidelberger

Luke SimpsonStaff Writer Few may recognize the hardcore music scene as artistic, let alone as music, but a few recent bands have heaved off the chains of stereotypes and come to the foreground of popular music. A major stigma lies in the genre, yet hardcore bands are not all rap rockers like Limp Bizkit and Insane Clown Posse. One of these revolutionary groups, who write … [Read more...] about Hardcore band takes religious angle

Evelyn BargeA&E Editor The 47th Annual Grammy Awards kick off Sunday night at 8 on CBS. The show, which airs live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will open with performances by five nominated artists: the Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Los Lonely Boys, Maroon5 and Franz Ferdinand. And with the help of modern broadcasting technology, this cross-genre, multi-artist … [Read more...] about Grammy nominees disappointing

Olesya SalnikovaStaff Writer What does a single woman in her 30s do when her ex-fiancé is the best man at her sister’s wedding? She hires a professional male escort, of course. “The Wedding Date,” directed by Clare Kilner, is the typical chick flick, complete with a heartthrob and a fairy-tale ending. Debra Messing, of “Will and Grace,” plays Kat, an average single New Yorker … [Read more...] about ‘Wedding Date’ is desperate

James RiswickAssistant A&E Editor For those of us who aren’t musically inclined, it’s pretty easy to take the tunes we listen to for granted. But have you ever wondered what it’s like literally behind the music? How does one write a song? What it’s like to play live on stage? How is an album recorded? To try and answer some of these questions, we sat down with two members … [Read more...] about Behind the Music