By: Tom Logan Looking at the initial previews for Jennifer’s Body (Twentieth Century Fox, 2009), one would think that this was a stupid horror movie with a few cheap jokes that mainly showcases how hot Megan Fox is in borderline softcore porn format. After seeing the movie, it can be said that such a notion [...]
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‘Daisy’ brings brand new sound to Brand New
September 30th, 2009 
Ethan M. Long By: Ashley Maceli The ever-changing alternative rockers, Brand New, have always been able to reinvent their sound with each album. The Long Island band poured on the angst during the emo-era with their first two albums Your Favorite Weapon (Triple Crown Records, 2001) and Deja Etendu (Triple Crown Records, 2003), which consisted of fast-paced riffs, [...]
Bunny Munro is a Bad Seed
September 30th, 2009 Clay Adamczyk By: Clay Adamczyk Dark imagery, sex and violent sounds go hand-in-hand with the Birthday Party, Bad Seeds and Grinderman frontman Nick Cave not only in his song, but in his fiction work as well. It has been 20 years since Cave’s literary debut with And the Ass Saw the Angle (Black Spring Press, 1989) but [...]
MFA opens it’s doors to students with free College Night
September 30th, 2009 Marissa Holt By: Derek Anderson and Marissa Holt Students from all over the greater Boston area crowded into the Museum of Fine Arts last Thursday to experience the free promotional event College Night. With music blasting from its entrance, the museum kicked off the night at 7p.m. and the event lasted to midnight. Upon receiving a red [...]
From cows to snowplows
September 30th, 2009 Marissa Holt By: Marissa Holt When you move to a new place, it is assumed that opportunities for adventure and new experiences will abound. People talk of the positives, but no one ever warns you about the culture shock or explains how to handle it. It is incredible how much you learn about yourself when dealing with [...]
Letter to the editor
September 30th, 2009 Ethan M. Long Article “SAO Clubs React to New Office Spaces” (September 23, 2009) In last week’s issue of he Journal, you ran the article entitled “SAO Clubs React to New Office Spaces,” written by Shoshana Akins. We, the editorial board of The Video Gamers Army, were very upset to have seen our opinions placed into the wrong [...]
Kanye ripped off stage antics of classic rapper
September 30th, 2009 Ethan M. Long By: Matt Altieri I never have honestly liked or even listened to Kanye West too intently. It’s not that I dislike his music or him as a person, I actually enjoyed The College Dropout (Rock-A-Fella, 2004) the few times that I had heard it. West, as an artist, is a very interesting character; even though [...]
Staff Editorial Sept. 30, 2009
September 30th, 2009 Ethan M. Long The news that Emerson has the most dangerous campus in the country shocked most Bostonians this week after a Daily Beast.com article made its way around the blogosphere and Facebook statuses. Emerson, which reported 160 crimes in 2007 and 2008 to the Department of Education, was joined by Harvard, MIT and Tufts in the list [...]
Crazy World Leaders Week in Review
September 30th, 2009 Alex Pearlman By: Alex Pearlman For whatever reason, the weeks before, during and after the United Nations General Assembly meets always brings out the crazy in the world’s leaders. Here are the 2009 highlights from the world’s favorite dictatorial, irrational, exaggeratory and always amusing people. Gaddafhi: The Libyan leader spoke for nearly an hour and a half [...]
World Briefs Sept. 30, 2009
September 30th, 2009 Ethan M. Long Europe PARIS, France–The mood among French politicians began to shift from support for jailed filmmaker, Oscar winner Roman Polanski, to the argument that he should not be forgiven for his charge of raping a thirteen-year- old girl 31 years ago, according to the New York Times. Extreme right politicians in France criticized French ministers for [...]
“Meet the Republicans” aimed to introduce conservative ideals and dispel stereotypes
September 30th, 2009 Angela Bray Article By: Angela Bray Last Wednesday, SuffolkGOP held a, “Meet the Republicans” event to discuss Republican values and beliefs. Members of SuffolkGOP favor debates and discussions, bringing opinions and desires together. SuffolkGOP President, junior Karl Hoffman, opened up the meeting with a brief introduction, explaining how he sought out the organization as a support system [...]
IDE founder discusses solution to poverty
September 30th, 2009 Journal Staff By: Kelly Harvell Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprise (IDE) and author of “Out of Poverty,” spoke Thursday night at the C. Walsh Theater about his solutions to take the 800 million people around the world living with less than one dollar a day out of poverty. Polak started by showing a graph that [...]
