“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Christopher Durang’s satirical mash-up of various theatrical tropes, has been playing at the Asolo Repertory Theatre since February after months of anticipation. The play won the Tony for Best Play just last year. Long known for his jabs at theatrical clichés, Durang’s latest is littered with…
After remedying the Fitness Center’s financial crisis by creating a sustainable path for the center’s future, the New College Student Alliance (NCSA) and the administration are trying to resolve the Counseling and Wellness Center’s (CWC) impending budget crisis. In the past couple of years, the CWC…
Study abroad is an attractive opportunity for college students. After all, there a few situations in life where one can spend some months in another country without any serious commitment. But there are still a number of challenges involved when trying to leave the country,…
Being stuck in a minimum wage job after graduating is every college student’s nightmare. But these are exciting times. The media exploded the past couple of weeks when a major retailer, Gap Inc., announced they are going to raise their company minimum wage to $10…
Basketball player Jason Collins, who came out as gay last year as a free agent, has been signed to play in the upcoming National Basketball Association (NBA) season by the Brooklyn Nets. He will be the first openly gay man to play in any one…
Among a wide array of sexual and reproductive health services recommended to female-bodied people, the mammogram once stood out as an essential deterrent to breast cancer. A Canadian study, however, recently showed that the annual mammogram, which uses low-energy X-rays to recognize inconsistencies or masses…
Originating as an online-only tragicomedy in 2008, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog” hit the Black Box Theatre (BBT) the weekend of Feb. 28 as a stage production. Adapted and directed by second-year and Resident Advisor (RA) Logan Starnes, the play ran for a course of five shows…
Evolved from what was once a 38-cent booklet published on newsprint to a 928-page tome of feminine health in its 9th evolution, Our Bodies Ourselves is an exhaustive compendium of women’s health information. The newest edition was distributed to students at the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) in preparation for Judy Norsigian, co-author of the book.…
Since the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman and Zimmerman’s subsequent acquittal, the focus on Florida’s Stand Your Ground law has not waned. Every time another case reaches the media, the debate flares up again with some people asserting such laws lead…
When Bill Young (R, 13th Congressional District of Florida), the longest-serving congressman in the U.S.House of Representatives, passed away late last year, it was initially thought that the special election to replace him would merely be a formality. After all,the seat had been in Republican…
