It is difficult to understate the cinematic importance of a movie such as “Metropolis.” Originally released in the Weimar Republic (a.k.a. post-World War I Germany) in 1927, “Metropolis” paved the way for…
Recently, I returned from a trip to Berlin, Germany with a very important realization—Drew University is not nearly weird enough. Berlin is not the only unique place in the world, and it…
As I sat down in the theater to watch “Aftersun,” I wasn’t sure what to expect. Directed by Charlotte Wells, the movie conveys the concept of blurred memory and the ambiguous feelings…
In an email from Reslife sent to students on Jan. 10, there was a small section dedicated to some devastating news: from now on, The Commons is “an eat-in dining location only.”…
The library at Drew is one of the most widely used student resources on campus. Built in the 1930s, the library has been serving students for decades and contains enough books to…
Monday, Dec. 12 marks the start of finals week. For many Drew students, this means high stress levels, 3 a.m. study sessions and the overwhelming ordeal of relearning a semester’s worth of…
Some things should just be illegal. Fruit-at-the-bottom yogurt. Kraft Singles. Pens that don’t click. But the thing I want banned the most is the one thing I can never conceivably eliminate. I…
Finals season is finally upon us, and the endless stream of final papers, presentations, portfolios, lab reports and exams has been assigned. This may sound like a manageable list until one considers…
You may not believe it, since I’m such a big strong man now, but I was a little girl once. As a little girl, I went through all of the standard phases:…
The World Cup kicked off its first game on Sunday, Nov. 20 in Qatar. This country is located in the Middle East with a population of over 2.9 million citizens. As I…