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No Risks in ‘Safe House’

By Jeremy Tramer February 9, 2012

The tagline on the poster for Safe House is "No One is Safe." And indeed, it's true. Denzel Washington's Tobin Frost and Ryan Reynolds' Matt Weston, along with a grab bag of anonymous henchman, spend...

Friends Sans Benefits

By Victoria Edel February 9, 2012

I'm a big fan of romantic comedies, but it's difficult to find ones that aren't horrible. When Harry Met Sallycomes as close to perfection as this genre will ever come. The concept doesn't sound great:...

Friday Fixat10ns: Magic in the Air

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff February 3, 2012

by Martin Hussey FIXAT10NS: Magic in the Air from thehoya on 8tracks. Some sort of magic has definitely been in the floating around campus this week, with temperatures soaring into the 70s on Wednesday,...

This is Why America Eats

By Katherine Foley February 3, 2012

It was no coincidence that America Eats opened last year on July 4. Yet another culinary creation of José Andrés (Jaleo, Cafe Atlantico), this eatery offers diners a modern take on fine dining from...

Enterprising Student Manages to Further Education With Nonprofit Organization

By Nicole Jarvis February 3, 2012

Since 2010, Nhaca Le (SFS '12) has been serving as the managing director of Learning Enterprises, an entirely student-run, nonprofit organization that sends American college students abroad to teach...

Ranking the 2012 Best Picture Nominees

By Jeremy Tramer February 2, 2012

9. War Horse Any enthusiasm I had for War Horse unceremoniously disappeared a mere 10 minutes into the film, when I came to the devastating realization that the movie’s equine protagonist was either...

Ambitious Album Fails to Meet Expectations

By Keeley Williams February 2, 2012

After having been on hiatus more times than Coldplay, Cursive is back with their album I Am Gemini, a follow up to the band's sixth album Mama, I'm Swollen. And since I'm not one to beat around the...

Guilt-Free Music Pleasures

By Kinne Chapin February 2, 2012

Does anyone else out there watch "Portlandia"? For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it's a sketch comedy that kind of makes me want to move to Portland every time I watch it … even as it pokes...

Let Them Eat Cake

By Elizabeth A. Sabol-Jones February 2, 2012

For this week's quip, I thought I would take readers through a couple of scenarios in which baking a cake can go awry. As a Chinese language major, the nuances of the language bleed into the various facets...

Looking for Meaning in a Collegiate Life

By Courtney Mastrangelo February 2, 2012

We're all on this road … to where? No one really knows. We are our own trailblazers. There is a greater meaning to life than we can recognize. College is the place to find out what that meaning is....

Get Nailed

By Samantha Randazzo February 2, 2012

Nail art continues to take social media outlets by storm. It's almost impossible to browse sites like Tumblr, Pinterest orInstagram without coming across photos of shiny, ornate creations adorning...

Scriptwriter Chronicles “Office” Life

By Victoria Edel February 2, 2012

Some books tell grand love stories. Others are gripping epics of tragic proportions, while others still are heartwarming tales of animals helping their owners. Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging...

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