Americans expect the right to be able to live life in the way they choose — but even in “the land of the free,” that is not always the case. There are people, the majority being female, who are...

A symbolic, 460-year-old tree stands quietly in Maryland. Known for its mystic wonder, it has stood since Native Americans hunted in the area to now, when motorized vehicles threaten its existence. The...

Best Breakup Songs When you and “the (latest) one” call it quits, life can be rough. Instead of sitting around and singing along to Air Supply’s “All Out of Love” while sobbing gently (see...

An upcoming film festival plans to bring a taste of New York — and the world — to Iowa City in an effort to connect moviegoers from most continents. The Manhattan Short Film Festival will showcase...

Justice = punching some dude in the back of the head and his eyeballs pop out. Well, maybe not. But that’s how kung-fu artist Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba takes care of business. This weekend, Chiba...

Taking Back Sunday Everyone who has ever been dumped needs this album. Taking Back Sunday’s debut, Tell All Your Friends, is a piece of hard-core brilliance — 45 minutes of relentless melodic wailing...

The play Écoute: pieces of Reynaldo Hahn is not a history lesson audience members can access on Wikipedia. Rather, it is an intimate meeting with an influential French mélodie composer. “Sometimes...

Sept. 11 marked legendary bassist Victor Wooten’s 45th birthday. After asking him what his advice was after decades of playing bass, he paused and simply said, “Make it groove.” “Nowadays, the...

Residents with a passion for fashion — look no further. The Office of Residence Life will host its own fashion show challenge à la “Project Runway” at 7 p.m. today in Currier Hall. “As far as...

Someone once told Nerissa Campbell she knew nothing about jazz. “There were no jazz courses offered in my high school,” she said. “When I auditioned at the Performing Arts University in Australia,...

I really ought to come clean and finally reveal my humiliating secret — for years, I have been a Shakira fan and a poorly closeted one at that. Oops, wrong secret. What I meant to reveal is that I...

We’re already half way to midterms, which had me thinking of exams today. More specifically, it had me thinking how there are few things more distracting during a test than gnawing hunger pains (that...