Professor’s Playlist- Gil Skillman
Chair of the Economics Department Gil Skillman, the is known for his love of music, guitar-based metaphors for economic concepts, ...
Arts & Culture
“Moneyball”: Swings for the Bleachers, But No Home Run
“Moneyball” is a good movie. Emphasis on the “good.” I would be lying to myself if I called it great ...
Comedy Crisis on Campus Now Just a Laughing Matter
Comedy groups at Wesleyan have been cracking students up for years, but is the University’s comedy scene itself in danger ...
In Defense Of: America’s Next Top Model – You Wanna Be On Top?
The honorable title of my longest-running guilty pleasure has to go to “America’s Next Top Model,” currently in its 17th(!) ...
Backstage Pass: Buru Style’s Bill Carbone and Jake Schofield
Since 2006, the reggae-funk-jam collective Buru Style has been a staple of great music on and off campus.
Wilco’s “The Whole Love”: Still Awesome
There’s a reason Wilco is not my favorite band, and that’s because they’ve always failed to stir a passion in ...
Fast, Furious, Farcical: 24 Hour Plays Hit Second Stage
Visitors to the ’92 Theater last Saturday were greeted by a trio of slightly crazed-looking individuals gamboling on a raised ...
“Killer Elite” Is Rote And Boring
One look at Clive Owen’s mustache in the new film “Killer Elite” tells you all you need to know. It ...
Julianna Barwick Brings Ghostly, Angelic Voice to Memorial Chapel
This Thursday at 8:30 p.m., this juggernaut of a concert season is back in full swing, bringing otherworldly chanteuse Julianna ...
Professor’s Playlist: Scott Higgins
Associate Professor of Film Scott Higgins (affectionately known to students as "Shiggins") is the Apollo to Jeanine Basinger's Zeus. Well, ...