Mass exodus to Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day. That is what occurred, only I wasn’t a part of it sadly. But over in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is the equivalent to New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve, times about 10. I would have loved to go, but tickets for flights to Ireland for the ...
**Former A&E Editor Katie Reilly is studying in England this semester, chronicling her weekly adventures as she travels through Europe** I went to Ireland this past weekend for four days. It was a bit of traveling getting there, though the flight itself was only 45 minutes. That alone had the power ...
Yesterday, I went to Bath for the day. Bath is famous for being one of the homes of Jane Austen, famous for her powerful love novels where the heroine is a girl. As a dedicated English Major it was exciting to travel to another literary relevant location. In most of her novels she mentions Bath as a ...
Studying abroad is a lot like listening to a scratched CD. There are moments when the music is coming out of the speakers perfectly, everything is going smoothly and you are just singing along. Then, you hit that first scratch and the music snaps into repetition before abruptly stopping for a long, ...
I recently bought a smart phone. This was after months of debating with my mom and dad. My renewal contract was coming up, and that's usually when you get some great deals on phones. I've always taken the deals they throw out for 99 cents or some ridiculously low price like that. But this time I was ...
Almost everyone knows the old saying, "There is no such thing as an original idea." This is used regarding lots of things. Inventors are advised to make something better, not new. Writers are told to make an old, wrung-out story their own with creativity and fresh characters. Think outside the ...
This past weekend, Longwood's Theater Department put on their sixth annual Zero-Sixty Playwriting Competition, in which six plays were performed by a number of different Longwood Students. Most of the plays have very little in terms of set and props and are mostly designed based off of lighting, strong ...
The 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place Sunday, April 1, in Los Angeles, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Carrie Underwood kicked things off with a performance of her song "Good Girl," from her upcoming album. From there, awards started to be handed out. First up was the Vocal ...
"Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into production ...
"Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into ...
