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In Conversation with Director, Erik Poppe, Part II

Norwegian Erik Poppe started his career as a photojournalist, covering war zones all over the world before turning to cinematography. Many elements in his latest feature, A Thousand Times Good Night, the story of a photojournalist torn between career and family, are autobiographical (he admits that some lines in the movie came from his own… Read more »

Council Connection – Public Council Meeting

After the upheavals and controversies surrounding AUSU Council for the past several months, the inaugural meeting of the newly formed council made two things abundantly clear. First, many of the new faces, including the Executive Director, inspire confidence with their level of preparation and professionalism. Second, it was that very same professionalism that highlighted even… Read more »

Music Review – Denny Schneidemesser

Composer: Denny Schneidemesser Album: The First Five Years Occasionally I find an amazing treasure hidden within the depths of the internet. One day I was rummaging around on a popular art site looking for some new and wondrous visual art to admire when I came across a music file. Not used to finding musicians on… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Red Baraat

Album: Gaadi of Truth Artist: Red Baraat “Gaadi literally means ?train? in Hindi, though it can also mean ?car?, ?vehicle? or ?journey,?” – Sunny Jain, leader and founder of Red Baraat “Intercultural dialogue is the best guarantee of a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.” – Robert Alan Silverstein The music of New York dhol… Read more »

Dear Barb – No Sex, Too Much Facebook

Dear Barb: Hi, I have not been able to talk about this with anyone. My girlfriend and I have been dating for almost a year and we haven’t been sexually intimate. We are affectionate, but she always stops it before we go too far. She is a great girl and we get along and have… Read more »

Music Review – Before the Flood

Band: Before the Flood Album: Hole in the Sky Sometimes I come across a band that writes such astounding lyrics that I can’t help but love their music. Before the Flood is capable of writing lyrics that not only captivate listeners, but come from deep in the heart as the stories they write are universally… Read more »

Mindful Bard – Sequoia

Film: Sequoia Director: Andy Landen “It’s not the number of lives that It’s important to save? It’s the amount of life.” – Doka quote, from Sequoia Reilly, the lead character in Sequoia, takes it for granted that things should go her way, so She’s pissed off when they don’t. Strangely, at the same time she… Read more »