Last week, I was acting in a scene for my friend's directing class. The way the class works is the director works with his or her actors on a scene, they perform it in class, and the professor and other students give advice on how to better the scene and work on the rehearsal process. The scene chosen was from "Sex, Lies and Videotape." The movie tells the story of a man … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: The Repetitive Friendship
Archives for October 2013
Stealing Fire: Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and Mankind’s Identity in ‘Prometheus’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: From Berkeley, CA, Sonya Egoian is a junior double-majoring in Political Science and Narrative with a minor in French. "Even in the most innocent of minds, there are still secrets best left unrevealed." - Stephen King, The Outer Limits Released in June of 2012, director Ridley Scott's fifth installment of the Alien … [Read more...] about Stealing Fire: Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and Mankind’s Identity in ‘Prometheus’
Mickey D’s and WMDs: Abandon Ship, the RMS Merkel
What would you do if you found out that your friends were secretly reading your Facebook messages whenever you left the room during a study session? Just taking your computer when you weren’t looking and reading all your private exchanges. And then, upon getting caught when you returned after taking a shorter time brewing your tea than usual, they all took turns denying reading … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Abandon Ship, the RMS Merkel
The Book Is on The Table: Reversing the Course
The idea of education for all is widely defended but becomes challenging to sustain when the issue is education in underdeveloped countries. These governments cannot afford to invest on public education, leaving low-income families with the only option of sending their children to bad schools because they cannot afford private institutions. Even worse, they may not send their … [Read more...] about The Book Is on The Table: Reversing the Course
Chasing the Unicorn: Miss America
Every week, Lilian Min muses on reality + sci-fi/fantasy fiction narrative and fantastical world building in her column “Chasing the Unicorn.” I don't read a lot of comics. HAHA, AS IF. What I mean to say is, I don't read a lot of traditional comics. Yeah, I follow all those "comic book movies" as much as the next person, but I'm more about Scott Pilgrim than Superman, you … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Miss America