Entertainment

The University will be hosting the Provost’s Film Series featuring movies on Muslim cultures with a focus on women.

After Call of Duty: Black Ops was released in November 2010, I was excited for Infinity Ward and Activision to release another Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (MW) title. With the game being released the same month in 2011, I was worried that IW would rush to get it done and just sell the games with the idea that people would buy them because of the title. I hate it when I’m right about these kinds of predictions, but this time I was wrong. Despite small flaws, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an enjoyable game that gives my Call of Duty fix a boost.

When living so close to New York City, it’s easy to take advantage of all the great theater at your disposal on the Great White Way.  That is unless you’re a struggling college student because then it’s a bit more difficult.  While “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “Book of Mormon” might be the toast of Broadway, tickets can come at a steep price.

The Music and Theatre Arts Department presented “Season’s Greetings,” their annual holiday concert, on December 8 on the decorated Grand Staircase in Wilson Hall.

Well, 2011 has been quite the year from a musical standpoint. There have been numerous new bands that have broken into the mainstream, successful bands who have continued their success, and old bands that have made valiant returns.

Musician Martin Sexton filled Pollak Theatre with his bluesy folk rock this past Friday night, December 9. His set, entitled “A Winter Night,” was a low-key affair that featured Sexton and his guitar.

FOX was first to start the midseason TV shows with the comedy “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” last week.

University Screens Mooz-lum and Holds Q & A with Director

The University Center for the Arts along with the Student Activities Board (SAB) Diversity committee hosted a film screening of Mooz-lum followed by a Q&A with director and filmmaker Qasim “Q” Basir on November 30.

Happy 20th birthday Sonic! What better way to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog’s big 2-0 than by releasing one of the best Sonic games not only in the past 10 years, but potentially of all time with Sonic Generations.

Graduating fine art, photography and graphic design students revealed their much-anticipated work at the Senior Art Show in the Ice House Gallery on Friday, December 2.