By Kapaya Kaoma I have a soft spot for Chris Brown. I had a love affair with his song “With You,” listening to it 20 times a day for a year. ‘What a wonderful lad!’ I thought to myself. Great dancer, amazing singer, and with a Barbadian girlfriend who happened to be one of...
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This is the continuation of a fictional exchange begun January 28. Similarities to actual Earlham students are purely coincidence. Dear Maria,  First and foremost I want to apologize for not responding to your past letter. I do know I apologize too much, but I honestly did not intend to make you feel horrible or...
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By Sarah Brown-Anson The rock and roll of classical music is coming to Richmond’s Civic Hall.  A coalition of Earlham and Richmond musicians will perform “Carmina Burana,” a work by twentieth-century German composer Carl Orff, next Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.  “‘Carmina Burana’ by Orff is just one of those pieces that just...
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By Sam Dobro ~This is the continuation of a fictional exchange begun January 28. Similarities to actual Earlham students are purely coincidence.~ Dear Will,  When you didn’t respond to my letter last week I nearly went crazy.  Remember how I used to get about text messages? You always claimed that you never heard them...
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By Kapaya Kaoma On March 29, Britney Spears will emerge from a three-year hiatus to release her new, highly anticipated album “Femme Fatale.” Being personal friends with Spears – don’t ask – has its perks and I am pleased to announce I have been granted access to her whole album a whole week before...
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By Anne Marie Roderick At “Frites Alors” on Wednesday, March 9, David Ebenbach, visiting assistant professor of English, and mural painter David Guinn spoke about their long-time friendship as artists who inspire one another’s work. Though they use different mediums — Ebenbach, a writer, uses mostly words, and Guinn, a visual artist, works primarily in...
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By Sarah Brown-Anson Normally when you go to a theater performance, you pretty much know what to expect: an hour or two of sitting silently in the dark, watching a show. That is exactly what this weekend’s performances of “A Litany for Survival” sought to challenge.  The performance was inspired by Agusto Boal’s Theater...
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By Kapaya Kaoma I was in denial about how much I hated Justin Bieber. I thought it was all part of the fun of the impressive smear campaign against him. From The Onion News Network that suggested he was a 51-year-old pedophile cleverly disguised as a young singer, to the offensive YouTube comments his...
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By Micah Sommer This weekend Wilkinson Theatre will host a different kind of performance, one its creators hope will leave audience members questioning the world around them. “A Litany for Survival” is the senior project of theatre major Ricardo Garciaherreros, but it involves a host of other students in creative roles. It is inspired...
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by Kapaya Kaoma Since Britney Spears released her most recent album “Circus” three years ago, Lady Gaga has exploded onto the pop music scene with such presence that she has forced every other so-called pop princess to up her own game. “In with the shocking and out with anything logical” seems to be the...
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