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Last-minute papers prove to be pointless

With the school year winding to a close, I’m forced to wonder: What have I learned this semester? But this is nothing new. I’m sure we’ve all found ourselves at this point in the term wondering what’s the point of finals. And furthermore, what’s the point of all the incessant papers due right beforehand? Would [...]

‘Our Father’ plagued by bad writing, confusion

What happens when Samuel Beckett meets Eugene O’Neill? That’s right. Nobody outside of a sanitarium will ever know, and even less people want to find themselves in the midst of it. On the other hand, it doesn’t sound like a half-bad idea for a play. “Our Father” by Luigi Lunari disproves that theory altogether. The [...]

Road ragers should heed Golden Rule, slow down

Here’s a concept I’ve never understood: Road rage. Where’s the logic in being in such a hurry that when somebody does something stupid in traffic that makes you late to where you’re going, you run them off the road and proceed to hop out and beat them to death, thus making yourself later than they [...]

Some hairstyles are even worse than a mullet

There are two types of people in this world: People with stupid hairdos and the rest of us. And no, I don’t mean the mullet. I’m sick of hearing about the mullet. There are worse cuts than the mullet, and here are just a few. To begin, the sideburn. I’ve had sideburns since I was [...]

Loafing around at Panera Bread

Where does one find great food, a soothing environment and friendly, helpful faces with cheerful names like Mona and Renee all in one place? No, not Disneyland. It’s Panera Bread, and there’s now one in Athens, located at 3151 Atlanta Highway. Sure, it’s a bit of a drive, but it’s worth it. I went there [...]

Old stars shine bright at 2003 Golden Globes

So the Golden Globes came, and the Golden Globes went, and the “biggest party of the year” became the biggest party of the month. Those who managed to fit all of 2002′s filmgoing experiences into last month still would have managed to see every motion picture winner … literally. It was as if the party [...]

All the world’s a stage for Thalians

So who needs the theater when movies are cheaper, more frequent and more realistic? When in doubt, go to the source. “A play has a more organic unified nature, where you do it all in one shot instead of doing it in little bits all out of order,” said Andy Guthrie, a junior from Decatur [...]

Music Listings

40 WATT CLUB (549-7871)  Thursday: Cigarello/Mother Jackson/Red Leader. This ought to be a smokin’ show. Get it? Cigarello? Smokin’? OK, tough crowd.  Friday: VHS or Beta/I Am The World Trade Center/Je Suis France. I am the walrus. Coo-coo-ca-choo.  Saturday: Amy Ray and The Butchies/A Small Victory. Is that like, it’s a small [...]

Spend an evening at home with ‘Mumford’

What man could possibly write “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and co-write both “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”? A great man, that’s who. That man, Lawrence Kasdan, later went on to become a director as well. With his directorial debut, “Body Heat,” Kasdan was already winning acclaim and shortly went on [...]

Why art is no longer allowed to imitate life

“The Quiet American,” Graham Greene’s controversial 50s novel satirizing colonialism in Third World countries, has created new conflict in the midst of modern American colonialism. The book, which was adapted into the 1958 film featuring real-life war hero Audie Murphy as the dangerously innocent American Alden Pyle and Michael Redgrave as the cynical British journalist [...]

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