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Faculty Focus: Dr. Graeme Harper, Dean of the Honors College

By Dr. Graeme Harper March 21, 2014

Spring is a dumb word. I mean, seriously, couldn't we come up with something better than that? "Spring".It just doesn't work. It's like chocolate. Chocolate is a dumb word. If you've ever tasted chocolate...

Peace comes to America

Peace comes to America

By Brian Figurski October 9, 2013

Up-and-coming indie rock band Peace recently released their debut album “In Love” earlier this month, which has been much-heralded by NME magazine and even garnered the quartet a Best New Band of 2013...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club roll into Detroit

By Brian Figurski May 10, 2013

“Detroit’s a strange, spooky place,” says Peter Hayes, lead singer and guitarist of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who are bringing their leather-slathered gazing brand of rock to St. Andrew’s Hall...

FITNESS BLOG: How much protein is too much?

By Michael Caravaggio April 11, 2013

We all know that engaging in consistent resistance training is the gold standard for muscular strength, endurance and hypertrophy, or increasing the size of our muscle fibers. But a common misconception...

Paramore grows up on self-titled album

By Brian Figurski April 9, 2013

I’m going to break the fourth wall here, ladies and gentlemen. I was skeptical to review an album by such a well-known group, one that will surely get heralded from numerous acclaimed magazines and newspapers....

Wide influences and creativity merit Volbeat a listen

By Brian Figurski April 9, 2013

Each year, each day even, it becomes more difficult to make unique music. The Internet has oversaturated the marketplace and iTunes is a sea of bands that share a similar sound. That doesn’t mean these...

THE CLASH: Inherit social class, true or false?

By Postie Editors April 8, 2013

Point: Differences determine social class By EVAN JONES Of all the rhetoric propagated within political discourse, the appeal to the ‘middle class’ seems to be the most universal. This is...

A Day To Remember rocks Royal Oak Music Theatre

By Dylan Dulberg March 31, 2013

Choruses of sniffles and coughs came from the long line of fans outside the Royal Oak Music Theatre as they waited to get inside for the sold out A Day To Remember show.After all, this show was all about...

Cold War Kids struggle for consistency on ‘Dear Miss Lonelyhearts’

By Brian Figurski March 30, 2013

A trend has emerged over the last few years in the rock/indie music scene, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Bands have been implementing more elements of dance music into their soundscape,...

The Strokes blow a gasket on ‘Comedown Machine’

By Brian Figurski March 28, 2013

The Strokes have released their fifth album, “Comedown Machine,” almost exactly two years to the date from their last release. The guys haven’t wasted any time coming up with new songs, but if “Comedown...

In Flames

CONCERT REVIEW: In Flames rocks The Machine Shop

By Ashley Mohler February 28, 2013

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