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Publication: Volume 84 (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)
Volume 84 (Fall 2012 – Spring 2013)
American Horror Story: Asylum Delivers Tricks & Treats
If you’re in need of a good scare, blood or kinky sex, you’ll be happy to know that American Horror Story returned to FX last week. The thriller has adapted an anthology format, meaning each season will be one self-contained story. A different season means different characters, places and stories (but expect some of the same actors). This season, aptly subtitled Asylum, focuses on Briarcliff Manor, a mental institution in the 1960s.
Kickin’ It in First Year Seminara
The Most Beautiful Game: How Soccer Explains the World is a new First Year Seminar course taught by Assistant Professor of History Maryanne Rhett. With background knowledge in the Middle East and world history, Rhett created the course to teach students about history, while tying in memorable moments from soccer.
Heavenly Howls Heard at The Saint
Monmouth County is full of legendary venues; few of those places, though, have the charm and renown of The Saint. This bar is considered the center of the local music scene. Nationally recognized bands, from Lifehouse and Red Wanting Blue to Sick Puppies, Creed and Incubus, come to perform here as well, often for a price that you just can’t beat.
On Screen, In Person: Runaway
This last session of On Screen, In Person was the film Runaway directed by Amit Ashraf. This popular event took place in Wilson Auditorium on October 15. It was a great film that gave this reviewer and the audience multiple viewpoints.
People Opt to Make Costumes
Halloween Gives Way to Creativity
It’s that time of year again. It’s the time to get out all the decorations to hang around the dorms, apartments and houses, and to celebrate the pure fun of the holiday.
Students See Change in Behavior as Weather Shifts to Winter
Does Weather Affect Mood, or is it Mind Over Matter?
We have officially reached the point in the semester when students are cranky and find themselves having to drag their bodies to class. Apart from a simple lack of desire to go, there could be another factor altering our moods: weather.
From the Womb to the Web
Barbie dolls, video games, designated nap times and carefree innocence is what most recall when they think about life prior to the stress filled adult world that college introduces. It was a kinder time where a child’s only true concern was whether or not they would be able to go over their friend’s house after school to play. Sadly, it seems that those times so cherished by college age adults might very well be lost upon the youth of today.
Phi Psi Psurf Taco
On Wednesday, October 17, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity hosted a fundraiser at Surf Taco. All of the money raised was donated to The Boys and Girls Club of America, Phi Kappa Psi’s philanthropy.
Stress Causes Insulin-Producing Cells to Go Inactive
Twenty-five million Americans, or 8.3 percent of our population, suffer from diabetes. Due to the recent obesity epidemic, nearly two million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010, according to the American Diabetes Foundation.