• MISSING PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

    by Patrick Doyle On Sunday, February 2nd, actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman was discovered in his office in Greenwich Village dead of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 46. Among friends and admirers, Hoffman also leaves behind a son and two daughters. When I heard this news, I became shocked and upset. Hoffman was… Read more

  • Sabering Hollywood: The Monuments Men (2014)

    by Sabra Schirm “A Monumental Waste of Time” is the only way to describe George Clooney’s latest cinematic embarrassment. Based on actual events, The Monuments Men tells the story of the unlikely platoon of heroes tasked with saving priceless, cultural treasures from the Nazis. Written and directed by George Clooney, The Monuments Men manages to… Read more

  • Let’s Rethink This (?)

    By Richard Sawyer Someone who is likely to be to be drafted into the NFL has come out as gay. Does this matter? No. All that matters is if the offensive tackle can pass block, block the run, pick up on the blitz, and simply do his job as he is supposed to. The fact that… Read more

  • Bittersweet Baby

    By A.S. Kinsman For all of the fathers or husbands out there, it’s a nightmare. The thought of the unimaginable happening is an all-too-real possibility. For anyone, it can happen in a second, without any warning:   A massive blood leak in the brain. This is what caused 32-year-old Robyn Benson’s brain death at the… Read more

  • From Behind the Curtain

    By Jason Glynn Can you believe that we are 6 weeks into this semester already? Time flies when you’re having fun right? As college students, we can often find ourselves locked up in a room doing homework or studying for a test. However, that may not be the most effective method. As President Bush showed… Read more

  • Making their Mark

    A.S. Kinsman For anyone who’s traveled in the Greater Portland lately, they’ve noticed graffiti defacing and defiling, it seems, almost everything that resides within the zip code.Squiggly, balloon-like, colored, impossible to decipher and understand letters or markings litter the city. And it seems to be getting worse.   Problems with graffiti in Portland and South… Read more