By: Sean May I wrote this article to discuss what many people have been misinformed about. I intend this to bring up a bunch of subjects and interesting debates for good conversation and not the typical "MAKE IT LEGAL!" stoner rambling. It seems pretty clear when you have all…
By: Bobert Hibbill Put quite simply, the celebrity paradox is the phenomenon of the public projecting veneration onto these megalomaniac-ego personalities because of the public's sense of not feeling important. Many of the pundits and commentators that have talked about the paradox have stated the sycophantic tendencies in much…
By: George Hiskler As a general perception, the Supreme Court is supposed to be an institution of impartiality, judicial fortitude, and constituted by men and women who have sacrificed their private interest for the purpose of democratic continuity—or republic continuity, whichever one you’d prefer. For the most part it…
By: Ashley Wrigley Sex sells. Fact. What sells better? Sex on the other end of a romance in a good story—or, at least, let’s hope so. It’s everywhere—in books, movies, and even video games. As viewers, we like seeing couples get together, share their first kiss, and even branch…
By: Preciska Spelmonich As an Oscar virgin, so to speak, I had neither predilection nor any preconceptions of what the 83rd Annual Academy Awards would be like. As such, I believe that most of my observations are going to be trite, unprofessional, novice, and unimaginative. But nonetheless here goes.…
By: Alexander Cain New Year’s Day is often a time to reflect on the past and make new promises for the future. The state of Arizona used the opportunity to enact the end of ethnic studies in the state. The bill, HB 2281, bans schools in Arizona public…
By: Jim Hoover Do you have mind-numbing headaches, chronic constipation – or antithetically, worrisome diarrhea? Do you have embarrassing gas that gags others in a crowded room -- something like sewer exhaust? Does your stomach churn like a runaway sauna or does it ache like a mule kick? Do…
By: Anthony Knolls The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has magnified man's nature to gossip and to reveal things that were meant to be kept secret and spread them all over its digital canvas. Case in point, Wikileaks. Yet still many people don't know that Leonardo…
By: Mike Thurau 12 years ago, a movie titled Mystery Men hit theaters. For a Ben Stiller movie, it wasn’t half bad and it was a pleasant departure from reality into the world of six misfit superheros. It was good mindless fun, but it left me with a lingering…
Thus, what Post-Graffiti and graffiti achieve is almost the exact same: the expression of art in an urbanized environment. And while each individual artist has a different reason, purpose, and style in what they're doing with their art, they do each share an essential quality of repurposing originally bland architecture that people run over without noticing until paint (be legal or not) covers it.