By all accounts, this year’s UC Body and Mantle show was a huge success. Every semester students from all of UC’s design programs (including DAAP School of Design, DAAP School of Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP School of Art, and UC Blue Ash Department of Art) bring their finished body […]
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Books: Pettit’s Poetry Tests “Fetal Waters”
Professor of English, Rhonda Pettit recently published a book of poety titled “Fetal Waters.” Pettit says publishing a book of poems has always been a goal of hers. “I spent the first part of my academic career writing literary criticism, primarily about Dorothy Parker,” she said. “Those two books-‘A Gendered […]
Techno World: The Rise of the Driverless Cars
We are only a few years away from having cars that drive us, instead of our driving them. CNN Money recently posted an article about the topic. In the town of Milton Keynes, just north of London, two-person, electric-powered pods will start to operate on designated pathways in 2017. The […]
Video Games: “Battlefield 4” Still Best in its Class
#8220;Battlefield” is one of the most popular gaming series for the past two generations of gaming. It is known for its innovative way of taking first person shooting, vehicular warfare, and a destructive environment to create a memorable gaming experience. “Battlefield 4” has an awesome and engaging campaign that allows […]
Movies: Thor Brings Light to the Dark World
The epic new movie release “Thor 2: The Dark World” is awesome. Starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, this movie is perfect to set the tone for the new Avengers movie coming out in 2015. The enemy in Thor is more powerful than ever. Even the mighty Thor has problems […]
Music: Lady Gaga Returns, More Outrageous Than Ever
#8220;I killed my former and left her in the trunk on highway 10.” That’s how Lady gaga opens up her third full-length album, “ARTPOP,” which was released on November 11. It’s testimony to a new Gaga, one who is more open and a little more outrageous. How that’s possible, I’m […]
Books: McNay’s Books Spotlights Fight to Defeat Senate Bill 5
UCBA Professor of History John McNay has recently had a book published titled “Collective Bargaining and the Battle of Ohio: The Defeat of Senate Bill 5 and the Struggle to Defend the Middle Class.” Published by Palgrave Macmillan, the book is available for purchase on Amazon. “The experience in Senate […]
Techno World: #SaveSocialMedia, What Can We Do?
Nowadays people feel compelled to use social media for telling their friends or followers what they’re eating for breakfast, what their hair looks like or what shoes they’ve decided to wear, and the list doesn’t stop there. Because of this, every time a person opens his or her Twitter, Facebook […]
Video Games: Dungeons and Dragons of Skyrim
This week I’m doing a review on “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” This game will probably be one of the best action role-playing games you will ever play. Skyrim is a first-person action role-playing game that is only single-player but don’t let that stir you away from its greatness. The […]
Put Artistic Value Back into Movies
Filmography is one of the most well-known arts of expression in the 21st century, but it seems that films do not contain as much value now as they did in the last century. I am a habitual movie watcher. I love films and always felt like movies helped raise me […]