Entertainment
This Saturday night Risley Residential College will be host to one of the wildest dance parties of the year, the 16th annual Masquerave. For one night only, each of the rooms on this north campus dorm’s main floor will be transformed into other worldly creations, including a fractals room, astrology room, and a magical forest. A total of 5 DJs will be providing house/ele...
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Gone with the Wind, 1939
By Arielle Lewen
Quotes from poster: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”
“As God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!”
“After all, tomorrow is another day!”
Important Cast: Vivian Leigh- Scarlett O’Hara
Clark Gable- Rhett Butler
Leslie Howard - Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland- Melanie Hamilton...
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The Godfather, 1972
By Arielle Lewen
Quote from poster: “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse”
Important Cast: Marlon Brando- Vito Corleone
Al Pacino- Michael Corleone
James Caan- Sonny Corleone
Richard Castellano- Peter Clemenza
Robert Duvall- Tom Hagen
Diane Keaton- Kay Adams-Corleone
John Cazale- Fredo Corleone
Other notab...
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I have always been a fan of pop culture and I pride myself on knowing a bunch of absolute random facts from television and movies. In order to add to my psychosis, I have taken on the challenge of the classics. After several years of having my “101 Greatest Movie Quotes” poster in my room, I figured it was time that I actually knew the movies that I was constantly refe...
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Rebecca Plotkin
Nearly five years ago, the American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the tenth anniversary of its “100 Years... 100 Movies” list, a list of the top one-hundred movies in America’s film history. These movies were selected by “film artists, critics and historians,” according to the website, marking the diversity with which they were critiqued. In ho...
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Broadway Stars Shine On African School-building
By Jennifer Pierre
There are certainly a lot of things to appreciate about the town of Ithaca, from its quirky residents to its local shops to the beautiful spring and summer weather starting to settle in for the season. As Cornell students we are lucky enough to live in a town bustling with excitement and activity despite ...
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A few weeks ago, I purchased the first season of the HBO show, “The Wire” on iTunes. Despite the fact that this particular week I had a prelim, a paper to write, and tons of reading for various classes, I became glued to my computer screen and watched thirteen hours of the show in only three days. I was immersed in a fictionalized Baltimore drug operation, setting asid...
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After a lengthy intermission following the opener, which proved to be an agitating wait for fans, a sold-out crowd in Bailey hall was stunned to silence as Andrew Bird took the stage and the sound of his violin filled the building. His classically styled and stunningly beautiful opening song made it clear to the audience, if anyone had any suspicions otherwise, that he is ...
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Sigma Pi has partnered with Alpha Phi, Chi Psi, Tri-Delt, and Kappa Alpha Theta to deliver a night of entertainment this Saturday, April 2nd, at 7:30 PM in Statler Auditorium. Performances range from groups including Absolute Zero, Nothing But Treble, and Impact Dance Troupe, to individual performers such as Dylan Owen and others. The event will benefit the Juvenile Diabet...
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The beauty of college really is that you can become anything you want. There are no restrictions as to how you spend your time or what kind of new experiences you can get yourself into. Being in my last semester of college, I thought that I had the fullest college experience I could have hoped for. However, there was always that one thing that I never got to try.
My...
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