The Cool

From Sleepless in Seattle to Almost Famous, Hollywood has been romanticizing the journalism profession forever. Here are just a few examples.

This past Halloween weekend’s Electronic Dance Party concert, held at Ithaca College’s Emerson Suites, was the perfect avenue to introduce me to the radical, shape-shifting sounds of three of electronic music’s current practitioners: Manchester producer/DJ Starslinger, and opening acts Shlohmo and Shigeto.

I propose we bring back the newsies. I’ll start by screaming headlines from this week’s newspaper around campus and see what happens.

This is how YouTube works. On the surface, it is a meritocracy. But sometimes, like in any societal structure that is supposed to be meritocratic, some great things fall through the cracks and other awful things gain great success.

The opening night of Ithaca College’s fall musical, Light in the Piazza, was an astounding showcase of acting and vocal abilities.

Alright, TOMS shoes are the ultimate hipster cliché. But despite this – and you can call me crazy – but I’d like to assert that TOMS Shoes actually IS doing good in the world.

With this photo set, I wanted to answer a question that I asked myself one day: “As an Asian-American, what parts would I not get in a Hollywood movie?”

Trying any new kind of drug is like going on a blind date: It can either go fairy-tale borderline amazing, or “I really want to end my life right about now.” The latter would describe a particularly horrendous experience I had on one dark and cold Halloween night.

With Relax, Das Racist are seeing if their strange hybrid of rap, comedy, weed and commentary on the current state of hip-hop is worth $12.

Although Harry Potter is a fictional and perhaps dorky way to make a connection to international media, the Potter Watch comparison does hold truth. In many ways, the fictional radio broadcast is akin to the international blogs that fill the voids left by mainstream media in censored countries.