Hi! I'm the Humanities Editor here at the Wake Student Magazine. I am a junior at the University of Minnesota, majoring in African Studies and Global Studies and minoring in Art History. I write the pop culture blog titled Mildly Inappropriate.
On Wednesday, Oct. 7, I attended the screening of the second installment in a student-produced film series entitled Sex Ed for Everyone. According to the producers, members of the Women’s Student Activist Collective, the goal of the Sex Ed for Everyone project is to “create discussion around topics related to sexual education, to make sex ed comprehensive and accessible, and to include a broad spectrum of …
Is this sandwich my enemy
or
Are all sandwiches the enemy?
Is this sandwich in front of me
right now
staging a lone attack, or
Is this one hostile confrontation
in this sandwich war of attrition?
If I eat the sandwich, it wins,
but
if I don’t eat the sandwich, is it a draw?
Is there any way for me to win?
If I pulverize the sandwich beyond recognition,
does it win because I have acknowledged its existence, the existence of all sandwiches,
and therefore my own position in …
The difference between 3D movies when I was a child and 3D movies now is palpable. As an eight-year old at Disney World, I was taken by my mom to see the Muppet Movie in 3D, and I remember making a mental effort to help the movie create the illusion of three dimensions. I wanted to see the movie in 3D, so I strained and strained to …
Science fiction and fantasy literature have much to offer the reader: escapism, high adventure without
personal consequence, conscious reflection on society past, present and future, and so on. The projection of a reality outside or expanded upon our own is enticing; it offers us an outlet to enjoy all the fantasies in which we want to believe. A major theme throughout the realms created by science fiction and fantasy is the existence of other …
Two Sundays ago, I went to Columbia College in downtown Chicago to see a holy relic of the Beat generation: the mythic scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac’s seminal American novel On the Road. Written in 1951, On the Road is Kerouac’s breakthrough tale of the freewheelin’ Sal Paradise and his outrageous friend Dean Moriarty rambling across the country. It’s a Beatnik bible, hailing the revered gods of sex, drugs, jazz, non-conformity and spontaneous creativity. It’s …
An article that I’ve written is being published in the upcoming Wake issue #5 this Wednesday about the writing of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation. I thought I’d preface it before it came out.
Even if you aren’t a reader, even if you are one of those kids who kept on reading Matt Christopher books and Goosebumps in the sixth or seventh grade, you can read. You. Can. Read. Read whatever you want. Don’t be …
Dumpster diving is nothing new. People in dire financial straits have been going through the garbage for years. Though recently, those without money problems are diving in order to minimize trash export and find great deals on items which cost loads of money retail. This “green” trend has been underground for the last several years, but it is slowly coming to the surface through some very thrifty college students. Many have made a lucrative business …
I was walking through the living room the other day and my roommates were flipping through the channels. A show came up, and I was forced to stop, sit down, and watch for approximately 10 minutes. What caused this change of planned activities was what was on TV. It was a new reality show on MTV. Now, my abhorrence of MTV and reality television in general would normally cause me to avoid this situation. However, …
Fall is a beautiful time of year. School has started, the leaves are changing colors, and the weather has cooled off just enough to break out your favorite sweater. It is the perfect time of year for a bicycle ride! Too often, we fall into the groove of riding our bikes only as a means of getting to and from the places we need to go. However, it’s nice to get out there on a …
Starting on Friday, Oct. 10th and continuing through Thursday, Oct. 23rd, the Oak Street Cinema and the Film Society are presenting a retrospective of six of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal 1960s French New Wave films in commemoration of the release of “Breathless”, his first feature film. Godard, a groundbreaking director and leader of the New Wave film movement in France, directed 18 feature films and at least 11 short films throughout the 1960s. Filled with beautiful …
On Monday, October 13th, there is going to be a clothing swap held in room 202, the Women’s Cultural Center, sponsored by the Women’s Student Activist Collective! From 10 am ’till 3 pm, there will be treats, a knitting tutorial, and tons of free clothes! Bring your unwanted clothing by room 202 any day leading up to the WSAC Clothing Swap. :) Lots of neat fun!
A little nervous.
A little scared.
Maybe, yeah, a little.
I’m dressed in all black. The guy sitting in the next seat is looking at me. I glare at him. He looks away. Dark at eight, in by nine. I get off the bus, hyperalert, slightly sweaty. I’ve done this before but somehow it doesn’t feel like it right now. I start to walk.
When my destination materializes out of the night, I experience my first rush of adrenaline. …
The RNC is over but, as ever, there are a myriad of ways that you can become more involved in your community! As members of the dynamic, multicultural Twin Cities, there is room for everyone to contribute to bettering our society, whatever your passion. Here’s some ideas on how you can get started!
NEIGHBORHOOD
Rather than taking on the whole city, a good place to start effecting change is in your own backyard! Your neighborhood association, community …
Many, if not all, of us here at the University of Minnesota have experienced the loud, claustrophobia-inducing walk from the East Bank to the West Bank as a result of the fencing put up on the pedestrian bridge spanning the Mississippi River. Not unbearable, but certainly not enjoyable. Thus, the fact that the restrictions placed on the bridge are finite gives us something to look forward to with the coming of spring. And with the …
If you’ve seen Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in the recent film adaptation of Sweeney Todd, then you’re probably just as excited as we are to talk with Katrina Yaukey, who plays Sweeney Todd’s foe, Pirelli, in John Doyle’s stage production of the story.
WAKE: As broke college students, it’s exciting to hear about someone else’s journey to actualizing their dreams. How …