Ah, how the budget wheels turn. Americans spoke loud and clear in last year’s midterm elections, demanding a balanced budget from a government run amuck with undisciplined spending.
Last year’s huge turnover in elected officials (63 house seats, 7 senate seats grabbed by Republicans as they chipped away at a commanding Democrat majority) was not limited to the national stage;...
St. Vincent’s front woman is nothing typical. Hailing from the Dallas area, the beautiful Annie Clark has opened for a handful of legendary acts including Television, Arcade Fire, and Grizzly Bear. She even worked with Bon Iver on a pretty cool track for the maybe not so cool film, New Moon (2009). Though she’s far from reaching the household...
To all my juniors out there, we can all agree on this: Junior year is not a particularly "fun" year. Stress and anxiety run rampant, and this is the year when the intensity of those feeling spikes dramatically. It's not even about school, extracurricular activities, personal life, college, but rather juggling everything that's going on and how it affects...
Your phone dings. A notification pops up. A Snapchat or a new Instagram post from your friend. You then check and like their post, or look at their profile, or do anything but leave social media.
Often, people scroll through their phones for hours harmlessly, without realizing the subliminal impacts of looking at social media. While social media unites people...
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
Wig Out At Jagbags Album Review
Matador Records/Domino Records
Released January 7, 2014
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Thom Yorke never made it out of the cave of electronic music that he and his band Radiohead settled in with the release of 2000's centennial Kid A. He released a debut riddled with odd samples and artificial drum...
On March 20, 2023, a group of exchange students from the Instituto de Ciencias in Guadalajara, Mexico. Upon arrival, the visiting students were warmly greeted by their Jesuit host brothers. The Guadalajara group stayed in Dallas from March 20 to April 15. During their stay, the Guadalajara students shared classes, extracurriculars, and sports with their host brothers, as well...
As I begin writing this, on the 27th of September, the day of the testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I am sitting at my bedroom after a day of catching snippets of the testimonies and hearing the whole depth and breadth of thoughts and opinions to be held. I...
“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” These famous words from NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon have been quoted innumerably over the years. But what was Mission Control actually like that night? Luckily Jerry Woodfill, an enthusiastic man was glad to tell us.
Mr. Woodfill was in charge of the master alarm system for the Apollo 13 mission, the alarm...
