American exceptionalism is a trope carted out by Republicans frequently enough, but in this election cycle it carries with it a painfully cynical double meaning. The cause du jour of the Republican party for 2012 has been voter fraud. A menace so pervasive that FOX News … [Read more...] about Land of the free: home of the voiceless
Of corpses and maggots: Wildman rebuts
Atheists are hated. This is a fact. The 10-16% of America’s population who identify themselves as godless are some of the most educated, successful, well-to-do, least violent, least criminal multi-ethnic minority in the nation. Yet it is one of the last minorities that is not … [Read more...] about Of corpses and maggots: Wildman rebuts
Sweeney Todd
They did good. They really did. The first musical in 13 years on the Yuba College campus, and it went off without a hitch. The singing, the scenery, the acting, the singing, the timing, the singing, the humor, and of course the singing were all wonderfully performed and without … [Read more...] about Sweeney Todd
Common Sense and a Dose of Smarm
So, as you may have heard from our illustrious web editor Dan Bagley recently, our school has been broken into. Again. Yes, that's right, I said again and I even made the word it's own sentence for emphasis because this is the third time this semester alone. Three times in 4-5 … [Read more...] about Common Sense and a Dose of Smarm
In Preview: Sweeney Todd
The stage was set with little marks of various colored tape. The music was recorded, and some of the sound effects were a bit too loud for those in the audience. It wasn't perfect, but it was still freaking awesome to watch our own Yuba College students enact scenes from Sweeney … [Read more...] about In Preview: Sweeney Todd