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Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Commercials make brewing beer seem like a monumental endeavor. Giant metal silos, huge barrels of beer, wagons pulled by Clydesdales, and massive factories are all a part of the images associated with America’s biggest beer companies. Somehow, this paint bucket full of fermenting beer in my closet doesn’t seem to compare. With nationwide breweries delivering [...]

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

At the end of this past July, lawmakers in the region of Catalonia, Spain, made the official decision to ban bullfighting within their region. Bullfighting is a Spanish tradition originating from gladiatorial fights that took place when the Roman Empire occupied the Iberian Peninsula, enduring the various reigns to come. The sport is held on [...]

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

While I was waiting on a malfunctioning camera to get fixed the window where people might actually care about a straightforward review disappeared. However, I still wish to impart why I love music festivals. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Wakarusa, and a slew of others happen every year with consistently impressive lineups. If you’re not going to [...]

Vacationing in Zombieland

Vacationing in Zombieland

Just when everyone thought the new millennium zombie film renaissance was completely fizzled out, along comes Zombieland, whose eclectic synthesis of comedy, brat pack style romance, and pure undead carnage make it superior to not only every American zombie film of the last three years, but every horror comedy released after its most obvious inspiration, Shaun of the Dead.

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Capitol Catfight and Careerist Caucus

Capitol Catfight and Careerist Caucus

Over the past few months I’ve been at the forefront of Michigan’s budget battle witnessing first hand the bitter partisan politics that drive the Great Lakes state. Michigan is well known these days a the state that shut down two out of the past three years due to budget woes, but to say that partisan [...]

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Evil Dead the Musical is Really Awesome!

Evil Dead the Musical is Really Awesome!

Evil Dead: The Musical is a totally off-beat, totally eccentric, and totally awesome rendition of Sam Raimi’s 1982 cult classic.  As a big fan of the original series, I was a bit skeptical by the concept of musical macabre, especially a transliteration of gorror films of which I’m very possessive.  But with songs such as [...]

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