Paul Gauguin and Mahatma Gandhi. What do these two figures have in common? I didn’t know until I fulfilled my second theology requirement. As per the core curriculum, on top of major-specific classes,...

“I am not a morning person.” This phrase is commonly heard from students in university, especially from those taking early morning classes.  Some students wake up around 8 a.m., grab a...

It’s that time of year again, when a whole new cohort of sophomores sets out to choose which major they want to cry over for two more years. Each department picks out its best outfit and lines, naive...

Director Paul Feig has put a feminine twist on gritty noir tropes in “A Simple Favor,” injecting the film with dark humor and sets that bend reality to bring the film’s two antiheroines to life. The...

Well, it looks like summer is coming to an end, which means the incoming wave of mixed emotions that comes with ~going back to school~. I know how you must be feeling at this time. If you’re like me,...

It started with a whisper, and ended with a marriage proposal? I had the honor of interviewing the Neon Trees' bassist and singer Branden Campbell last Friday. For those of you who don't know, Neon...

Finals season: it’s the most wonderful gut-wrenching time of the year! Besides spending an inhumane amount of time in the Lau basement, imbibing unhealthy amounts of caffeine, and sleeping at wholly...

“There’s no place like home.” I always held this cliche in the highest regard, for the feeling of coming home should be unrivalled. Upon my return home for my first collegiate winter break, I...

From the age of nine until I entered high school, I woke up around 8 a.m. every Saturday to attend a full day of Korean school in the community space of a local Presbyterian church 15 minutes from...

By now most, if not all, of you are done with the Christmas cookies and never-ending family time. The holidays were fun, but now it's back to the Hilltop we love and the schoolwork we hate. It goes a little...