Volume 85 (Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)
Maybe it’s just me, but after two smash hit singles, a massive hit of a comeback album, frequently appearing in commercials, guest-appearing in a mediocre Jay Z song and a VMA performance/tribute that made the man appear as a god amongst mere mortals, I began to think that maybe we’ve had enough Justin Timberlake for one year.
Girl and boy meet. Girl and boy hate each other. Girl and boy fall in love, despite their initial first impressions. You’ve seen the plot of “First Date” before. Chances are you’ve seen it way too often. Playwright Austin Winsberg didn’t come up with anything new. That doesn’t mean “First Date” isn’t worth seeing though.
Theo Katzman played The Studio at Webster Hall to a full house on Saturday Oct. 5. The show wrapped up his “Why Not” Tour in New York City after touring around the Northeast and Midwest through most of September.
Sophomore Taylor Hope is more than just the average musician from Sayreville, NJ. She is double-majoring in math and music here at Monmouth University. At only 19, she has already opened up for big stars such as Jason Aldean and Tim McGraw, played a solo at Carnegie Hall, and had Bruce Springsteen himself come and watch her entire solo set.
Former MU goalkeeper, Bryan Meredith, has signed to play professional soccer with the New York Cosmos. While at MU, he helped the Hawks capture four-straight Northeast Conference Regular Season Titles. Originally from Scotch Plains, NJ, Meredith finished his collegiate career with 36 shutouts and a 44-7-10 record.
The Superior Court of New Jersey, located in Mercer County, made a “historic” decision in the case, Garden State Equality v. Dow where Head Judge Mary Jacobson ordered state officials to begin officiating same-sex marriages as of Oct. 21, 2013.
Only one week remains until the people of New Jersey head to the polls on Wednesday, Oct. 16 for a special election, to select the state’s next U.S. Senator, filling the seat left vacant by the death of former Senator Frank Lautenberg.
As the shutdown of our government continues, now on its ninth day since congress failed to pass a budget on September 1st, 2013. Eight-hundred thousand federal workers have been furloughed, and the economic repercussions are still unknown, mostly depending on how long this shutdown lasts.
With all the hype and attention that social media has brought to the world in the past few years, as well as its importance in the media, Instagram has become an extremely popular social media device.
We are bombarded with images of weight loss through new diets and fitness techniques all the time, try this try that. Some include the Atkins diet, South Beach diet, P90X, and Cross Fit just to name a few. These established plans have all been targeted to the same audience of people constantly struggling to get the body they’ve always wanted.