First, Alex Ritchie’s mother lost her job. Then Ritchie and her family lost their house and health insurance. At the same time, she experienced her first heartbreak. To top it off, one of her work partners conned Ritchie into $13,000 worth of credit card debt. Despite all of this, Ritchie said these events helped her […]
Author Archives: Sam Bozoukov
Custom guitar revives student’s passion for musical performance
A spruce top can do more than make classical guitars sound clearer and crisper. It can capture the essence of the musician by morphing its resonance to the style of the player. Tung Vu, a fifth-year music performance student, said that the spruce top of his guitar is infused with the chords he plays most. […]
Finalists shoot for wins at CEC’s student-run film festival ‘Shorttakes’
When she found out about the Shorttakes Student Film Festival online last November, first-year film student Daniela Arguello thought back to an idea for a class project she never had the chance to do. Her idea was a short film called “Time,” a live-action science fiction romance about a boy who goes back in time […]
Graduate student wins $5,000 at ‘Art of Fashion’ with dress design
At 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, graduate costume design student Charlotte Ballard said she realized her costume was lacking. She sped over to Home Depot, leaving the workshop she created in her parents’ garage. There, Ballard found the finishing touch to her dress: chicken wire. “At that point, I was just so tired and cold, […]
CEC to hold post-film talk on ‘American Sniper’ after student outcry
Undergraduate student government officers added a post-film discussion to their Tuesday screening of “American Sniper” after dozens of students plastered its Facebook event page with concerns that the film promotes Islamophobia and glorifies war. “American Sniper,” released in January, is based on the true story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who has the most […]
Theater Review: ‘Hattie…What I Need You to Know’
The actress belts out her verses with blues music playing in the background, reverberating in Schoenberg Theater with each low thunderous note. The performer sings of the horrors and ironies that infiltrated the movie industry in the early 20th century. She felt it was her duty to stick to her black heritage rather than changing […]
Spring Film Preview 2015
With the exception of “American Sniper,” there haven’t been many critically acclaimed movies since January. However, these next two-and-a-half months look bright as the winter and spring movies transition into summer blockbusters. Here’s a look at what movies will be playing spring quarter. “Furious 7” Universal Pictures Friday When it was announced that the Fast […]