Advice to decorate your dorm room on a budget
The school year has started; you just moved in and are welcomed to the smiling face of your new roommate and the cold stare of a bare room. For many of the upperclassmen it has become second nature to know exactly how to decorate their rooms. But many new students are not ready for the intimidating task of making their home-away-from-home the coolest, best room on campus.
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Students studying abroad - Part 1
Whether it be a void smothered in the stars’ illumination, a hauntingly still pale blue canvas, or an ever-changing ballet between form and formlessness, few things have seized the imagination of mankind in such a firm vice as has the sky, and the concept of the great beyond.
Students studying abroad - Part 2
While travelling with my mom and cousins during my last week in Ireland, we stopped at the South Pole Inn between the towns of Dingle and Killarney. The pub was the home of Thomas Crean, an Irish explorer who was second officer on Earnest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition.
Students studying abroad - part 3
Sitting in gate nine of John F. Kennedy Airport waiting for my overnight flight to Rome, Italy on August 29, I am feeling quite a lot of things. Both excitement and nerves are high. I am torn between jumping up and down in excitement and going to the bathroom and crying.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center’s first and only theatre company in residence, Midtown Direct Rep, will perform a staged reading of the musical “The Girl in the Frame” this Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Midtown Direct Rep is a theatre company made up of several established actors and actresses living in the Maplewood/South Orange area, including Kelly Bishop, Becky Gulsvig, Michelle Federer, David Josefsberg, Christianne Noll, and Charlie Pollock.
Along the coast of the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park’s legendary Stone Pony hosted hometown heroes The Gaslight Anthem, still riding the momentum off their excellent summer release, “American Slang.” Thanks to the perennial traffic that is the Garden State Parkway, I arrived just in time to see the headlining Gaslight on an outdoor stage, recalling the glory days of Skate and Surf.
The Setonian provides in-depth coverage of Lady Gaga’s performance
After tragically losing a King, the Little Monsters of Cleveland, Ohio welcomed a new Queen with open claws. Reigning pop royalty Lady Gaga rocked the Quiken Loans Arena July 14th on the second leg of The Monster Ball tour, which will be touching down in Philadelphia on September 14th and 15th and circling back through Atlantic City and New York City February 2011.
We have all had images and ideas that seem so real in the moment. Yet as soon as we wake up, we can barely remember what they were altogether. The phenomenon of dreaming seems like such a difficult topic that it would be impossible to use as a film’s premise.
New album not quite an "intriguer," still solid
In the modern music industry, longevity is a very rare feat. With constantly shifting opinions of what is classified as worthwhile music, new genres taking the popular spotlight, and individual band members often looking to take their music into new and different directions, it isn’t uncommon for a band to release an album or two and then break up, leaving their fans yearning for more.
SHU students, alum, perform summer play
Seton Hall’s Theatre Council delivered its first performance of “Mystery Play” Friday evening in the intimate atmosphere of the University Center’s Theatre in the Round. The show marked a unique occasion: not only were the cast and crew were comprised of both current SHU students and alumni, but this was it the first time in two years Theatre Council has produced a summer play.
Summer films are typically filled with explosions, car chases, espionage thrillers – mostly action, not much thinking or talking. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” fancies itself to be an action film, but cannot stray far from its intuitive roots.
The Setonian previews director Christopher Nolan's new film
In 1999, Laurence Fishburne indelibly changed the movie industry with just 3 simple words: “Free your mind.” Fishburne’s advice in “The Matrix” seemingly inspired directors, as cinema’s special effects became more advanced and the makeup of films changed: stories became grounded in physical landscapes as well as the inner workings of the human mind.
Seton Hall's Theatre Council will present its first summer production, “Mystery Play,” between July 9 and 18 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Theatre-in-the-Round. After two years without a summer performance, the Theatre Council approved “Mystery Play,” by Jean-Claude Van Itallie.
It is rare that one finds an exhibit as deeply personal and interactive as “Voices of Liberty” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. “Voices of Liberty,” an award-winning exhibit which is part of the Museum’s Keeping History Center, utilizes modern technology and the Museum’s close proximity to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to bring to life the stories of a diverse group of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and other individuals who made the life changing decision to make the United States their new home.
Band of Horses headlined a hipster’s dream lineup with indie darlings Grizzly Bear this Sunday at the Williamsburg Waterfront. The show was met with sunny skies and a sold out crowd, with audience members ranging from your average teenage fan to the older dads jamming on their Father’s Day.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center is holding “Small Town, Big Talent,” an all-day benefit event this Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. Celebrities and artists such as Zach Braff, Max Weinberg (of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band), Lauryn Hill, and AJ Calloway highlight the event, with all the proceeds going to SOPAC.
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