Search Results
Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Daily Cardinal's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query. You can also try a Basic search
828 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
Parsing the difference between 'jam bands' and 'stoner rock'
Last Sunday, among other things, was 4/20, and across the country and the world, legions of people in dank corners of their apartments, forests and other desolate areas came together to “celebrate” this faux holiday with minimal fear of legal repercussions.
Column: Baseball analysts should have a base knowledge of statistics
Here are some things that have been said on national television by a man paid millions of dollars to be an expert in baseball.
Callie
Confession of a belated convert: catching up with 'Game of Thrones'
It’s been over four years since the inception of one of premium cable’s most celebrated series—HBO’s "Game of Thrones,”—and I must admit that until a few weeks ago I couldn’t have cared less. It’s not that I thought I wouldn’t enjoy it—I take pleasure in nerding out to medieval fantasy dramas as much as the rest of you—but at the time I had my nose in other pastures. Long story short, I had already been watching far too much TV and I just wasn’t ready for the commitment.
Column: Manchester City needs big players to step up
Wednesday in world soccer saw the heightening of hopes for some, and the crashing of chances for others.
Austin Wellens
‘Cheap Thrills’ does not skimp on delights
So, over the weekend I got to spend some time with E.L. Katz and Pat Healy, who respectively directed and starred in the new film “Cheap Thrills,” and I learned a thing or two. I learned about Danish people. I learned about what really matters when you’re making a movie. I found out that some men can just rock a mustache. And I learned that sometimes light and dark can blend together beautifully.
Column: Excitement building from college football spring games
The dark clouds rolled away as the temperature crested into the 50s. U2 blasted through Camp Randall Stadium as the Badgers charged onto the field. College football is back.
Adam Paris columnist mug
Keeping mundanity in modern games
Mundanity is alluring. Typically a sentence like that would seem like a fairly overt contradiction, but when it comes to video games it tends to hold true. Games are built on bombast, splendor and extravagance. Most commercial games appeal to the player looking for the greatest spectacle possible. Graphical power struggles have existed in the industry for decades, but the minute, sparkly details in modern consoles are exacerbated in the battle for people’s loyalty.
Brian Weidy
AC/DC
Turnover constitutes reality of bands
Last week, when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—which is a sham and will probably be addressed in another column—they needed someone to replace the deceased Kurt Cobain. So in came a quartet of female singers: St. Vincent, Lorde, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon.
Column: North Carolina academic scandal grossly exaggerated
I’m going to make a claim: Mary Willingham can’t read.
Callie Kollenbroich columnist mug
‘Bates Motel’ an uneasy take on Hitchcock
Let’s talk about Alfred Hitchcock—master of suspense and arguably categorized among some of the greatest American filmmakers of all time. One of his most acclaimed thrillers, as well as one of my personal favorites, was the 1960 American classic, “Psycho.” Some critics called it the most terrifying film ever made. It was not only groundbreaking stylistically but ideologically as well. Having wanted it to retain the look and feel of a cheap exploitation flick, “Psycho” featured sexually explicit content and brutal violence that was largely frowned upon by studio censors—it had a shower scene before the shower scene was a thing. Whether or not you agree, cinephiles of the last fifty years continue to applaud him as a pioneer in the industry for his precise pacing and ability to subvert our expectations through meticulous plot construction, impressive camerawork and clever editing, among other things.
Column: What the story of Princess Lacey has done for us all
This week, we are all Michigan State fans.
Roaming through the many diverse worlds of other books
So the other day it occurred to me that although we spend a lot of time thinking over what country we want to study abroad in, travel to and have secretly unrealistic hopes of living in one day, we never really give much thought to the planet or universe in which we want to live. Stay with me here. Granted, Earth has its perks, being the only place with oxygen, water and life—or so they’ll have us think—but I personally believe we could use a change of scenery sometimes.