Disney is set to lose a lot of money ($200 million) with the movie “John Carter,” which was released in theatres a few weeks ago. And although the reviews say it is a bad movie, people may be missing out on watching it. It’s actually good. “John Carter” is a science fiction film that is [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside Listening to food author Ruth Reichl last week and reading Chef Julian Darwin’s comments in this week’s paper reaffirmed some of my core beliefs about food. Eating is a political act. But like every form of politics, I wonder what power the individual has to affect change. Reichl mentioned that in [...] [...more]
Michelle Greer The Broadside Fashion is a billion-dollar industry. It’s fluid, expressive and accessible. The fashion industry breaks into five categories, divided by affordability:= haute couture, luxury, affordable luxury, mainstream, and discount. It’s an industry that survives on it’s ability to respond to the fluctuating desires of the consumer. For this reason, how sustainable the [...] [...more]
Michelle Greer The Broadside The third Thursday of November is a day for feasting for some. For others in the Native American culture, it is a day of solemn remembrance. “A lot of people I know celebrate an Unthanksgiving, serving traditional foods from their tribe. [They] talk about the historical significance starting with the Europeans [...] [...more]
Michelle Greer The Broadside Fashion is a billion-dollar industry. It’s fluid, expressive and accessible. The fashion industry breaks into five categories, divided by affordability:= haute couture, luxury, affordable luxury, mainstream, and discount. It’s an industry that survives on it’s ability to respond to the fluctuating desires of the consumer. For this reason, how sustainable the [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside One-of-a-kind experimental composer John Cage composed 4’33 in 1952 for any instrument. If you conduct an Internet search for it, you can watch it performed by a full orchestra. You’ll see the conductor consult the score, lift his baton and then… nothing (or everything as it were). The musicians do not [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside One-of-a-kind experimental composer John Cage composed 4’33 in 1952 for any instrument. If you conduct an Internet search for it, you can watch it performed by a full orchestra. You’ll see the conductor consult the score, lift his baton and then… nothing (or everything as it were). The musicians do not [...] [...more]
Gina Ricketts Letter to the Editor On October 12, our nation celebrated the exploits of Christopher Columbus with parades, bank and federal office closures and a day off for students here at COCC. I have often wondered why we have made a national holiday for a man who is also known to have launched the [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside Pope Gregory tried to squash it, but Halloween stuck around. It became the strategy under Pope Gregory in the seventh century A.D. to place a Christian holiday over a pagan one in order to slowly weed out the practices of the Druids and the ancient Celts. [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside Look at our campus. There are thousands of moving parts, all working synergistically so that each day unfolds in to the next. We see that we are a complicated human machine interacting with each other to forward our goals. We go to school, erect buildings, run meetings, teach classes, clean floors, [...] [...more]
