Waiting. We find ourselves waiting for many things - the weekend, our next birthday, graduation, our first job above minimum wage. As we sit and wait for these things to happen, our lives are being lived without proper participation or consent. We are...

Spring break is nearly upon us and while arrangements already have been made, you always can plan ahead for next year. All you need to know are your options. The popular places for travel? Cancun, Mexico, to name a few. Sandy beaches, warm weather, strangers...

The scene plays out on the walls of romantics everywhere, a posterized snapshot with so much symbolism that a surrealist would drool. On the poster a lanky and worn young man stands defiant. Clad in clunky Nike sneakers, a deteriorating Clash T-shirt...

Two decades ago there was a television show that detailed the life of the rich-but-loveable Ricky Stratton. "Silver Spoons" aired with the idea that being rich doesn't necessarily mean being happy. But how can you be unhappy when you have a train going...

Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and Rage Against the Machine shared the sweaty locker rooms, too. The 45-year legacy of the Chick Evans Field House will not just be remembered for its athletic events, but also for its memorable history of musical performances....

A wide range of families of all educational backgrounds are preparing to cancel your favorite television shows. Although February is a traditional sweeps month for TV, all-new episodes of nearly all shows began this week after being delayed because of...

You have got to feel sorry for Kevin Costner. Even if you don't like Costner, you understand that he was once a highly respected actor. Movies like "Dances with Wolves," "Field of Dreams" and "Robin Hood" solidified his career. Unfortunately, movies like...

If there is such a thing as life after death, late R&B singer Aaliyah has achieved it as "Queen of the Damned." Starring as a 4,000-year-old Egyptian queen, the mesmerizing singer rules from beyond the grave in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's 1993...

If ever there was a setting where jealousy and rage could thrive, it would be high school. Unfortunately, William Shakespeare never knew the thrills of mandatory physical education classes, after-school detentions or the big basketball game on Friday...

Are you satisfied with the visual fare offered regularly on your nearest television? Are you sufficiently stimulated? You could change the channel, but you know what to expect. You could go rent a movie, but maybe you've seen everything that looks interesting...

Digging up the roots of rock ‘n' roll is a venerable quest for any musician and many music listeners, but for one campus fingerpicker it became another career. Brian Thornton spends his days teaching classes and hovering around his Reavis Hall office...

Hey ho, let's go one last time. Joey Ramone died last April after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind his final album, "Don't Worry About Me," and a musical legacy. The new album is exactly what one would expect from the father of punk rock. While...