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Jewish film festival begins downtown

By Cathryn Core
Entertainment Writer
January 20, 2011

Baton Rouge's Jewish film festival provides an outlet for students trying to beat the monotonous "playing in theaters everywhere" movie dilemma with four days of unique cinematic experiences. The fifth...

New Orleans Jazz Fest announces 2011 line-up

By Staff Reports
January 20, 2011

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival announced its line-up for 2011 today. The festival's acts include Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp, Wilco, Willie Nelson, The Strokes, Robert...

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson discusses his new philosophical book

By Kittu Pannu
Entertainment Writer
December 16, 2010

Rainn Wilson, popular for his antics as Dwight K. Schrute on NBC's "The Office" and recently a "New York Times" best-selling author, believes he can resurrect spiritualism and philosophy in today's society. Co-author...

Communication disorders senior Drew Price, right, places feathers in international trade and finance junior Brittany Rampick’s hair Tuesday in the Journalism Building.

Feathers, hair bows prevalent among student hair trends

By Kittu Pannu
Entertainment Writer
December 2, 2010

With cold weather arriving, many students have resorted to bundling up with layers. However, some students are braving the cold weather with summer-esque feathers and unusual headbands in their hair. Students...

Oxford campaigns to preserve old words

By Andrew Price
Entertainment Writer
December 2, 2010

Acrasial diners should refrain from using sevidical language at a restaurant, lest their entrée arrive covered in a sinapistic sauce. As archaic as that sentence might sound, all of those words are...

My Opinion: Kanye West adds to contradictory persona with new album

By Chris Abshire
Entertainment Writer
December 1, 2010

After a year of relative quiet following his Taylor Swift fiasco, Kanye West has bludgeoned his way back into the spotlight this fall, culminating with the release of his fifth studio album, "My Beautiful...

Tyler Lemoine, Giraphic Prints employee, views the finished product Monday of a T-shirt that reads “STAND UP GET CRUNK.” Giraphic Prints is developing into a prominent Baton Rouge business.

Local screen-printing business Giraphic Prints gaining momentum in Baton Rouge

By Morgan Searles
Entertainment Writer
December 1, 2010

When Josh Ford and Danny Ryan started making T-shirts during their junior year of high school, they didn't know it would one day grow into a full-fledged business. What began as an experiment in screen...

The 35-foot Christmas tree in the Baton Rouge River Center Plaza is prepared Tuesday for the lighting ceremony Friday. The tree will be lit at the Festival of Lights.

Festival of Lights to take place in downtown BR Friday

By Ferris W. McDaniel
Entertainment Writer
December 1, 2010

With the coming of December, final exams and colder weather, the Christmas season has finally arrived, along with the annual Festival of Lights event in downtown Baton Rouge. The Festival of Lights will...

Movie Review: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1”

By Kittu Pannu
Entertainment Writer
November 22, 2010

As the first of two "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" films started, everyone in the audience, including the loud children I was surrounded by, was silent. We all knew from the start this was a very...

Stephanie Hedrick, English sophomore, shops for pottery and ceramics Tuesday at the Ceramic Arts Student Association’s biannual sale in front of the Student Union.

CASA holds biannual sale to showcase ceramics, pottery

By Andrew Price
Entertainment Writer
November 18, 2010

Proposition 19 may have been defeated in California, but the pot sale outside the Student Union is still going strong. The Ceramic Arts Student Association holds the art and pottery sale twice a year in...

Winter fashion trends include gender-switching styles, prints, boots

By Cathryn Core
Entertainment Writer
November 18, 2010

Chilly November nights and crisp days in the campus shade call for a change of wardrobe, and local shops, boutiques and students have the know-how on what to wear for the pending winter season. The winter...

Biology student creates pop art

By Kittu Pannu
Entertainment Writer
November 17, 2010

Biological sciences junior and artist Sarah Amacker relieves stress from class and work by creating art. Her art is about not taking life too seriously. "I make this stuff as a hobby," Amacker said. "The...