Stand By Me (1986): Based on the Stephen King novella “The Body,” this movie follows four 12-year-old boys who embark on a hike to find the body of a missing boy. This coming-of-age classic explores the themes of friendship, love, loss, heartache, and of course, the universal fear of growing up.
Dead Poets Society (1989): This movie features Robin Williams as Mr. Keating, an English teacher at a prestigious boarding school. Through his remarkable, and sometimes unconventional, teaching methods, he encourages students to fall in love with not only poetry, but also life itself.
Good Will Hunting (1998): This film, starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams, features a harrowing story about a young man who is completely lost in the world. But, when he meets an exceptional professor, his life begins to shift for the better.
Frances Ha (2012): Frances, played by Greta Gerwig, is a young woman living in New York and working at a dance company. This film explores the themes of female friendship, identity, dreams, dedication, and struggle.
The Breakfast Club (1985): Five high school students who, on the surface, live completely disconnected lives, earn themselves Saturday detention. Through the events of the film, these individuals realize that, though they come from different walks of life, they actually have a lot more in common than they originally thought.
As college students, it’s more than obvious that we’re all struggling just to afford another cup of Easy Mac. With a college student’s slow income of money, how are we supposed to control ourselves when it comes to clothes shopping compulsions and the expanding of our wardrobes? Before you even notice it, you can be spending an entire paycheck on just one shopping spree.
Do you and your friends ever rack your brain for a fun day trip to take together but come up blank? Rest assured, your prayers have been answered. There are several destinations that are only an hour or less away from Monmouth that will not only allow you to have some fun, but also give back to a community in need. Starting in the City of Brotherly Love, good ole Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Only about two years ago, a man named Mason Waltman opened a pizzeria in the heart of a city to aid the homeless called Rosa’s. Restaurants usually decorate their establishments with photos, paintings and regular décor, but not Rosa’s. Waltman, the owner, has created the “pay-it-forward pizza.” Pizza at Rosa’s is only $1.00 but if you pay $5.00 he will give you a slice of pizza and four post-it notes. You can then take those four post-it notes and hang them anywhere on the wall with a little note of your choosing. The homeless and needy of Philadelphia can come into Rosa’s, take a post-it off the wall and use that as currency for a slice of pizza. This pay-it-forward concept and generosity is not just limited to Rosa’s. Major chains such as Panera have created four locations around the nation known as Panera Cares that do not have prices on their menu. They provide a suggested donation amount and that is what keeps the café running as well as pay for the persons that enter that cannot pay the donation “price.”
