By Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR There is so much tragedy in the world today. In my lifetime, I don’t recall the future ever appearing this dismal. If things were always this way, I wasn’t conscious of it. Now more than ever, news headlines alert us of one tragedy […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Each week The Vista aims to showcase student artists. Junior Tarez Lemmons, also known as Suede Cursive, is a former football player with a passion for spoken word poetry. Though he is relatively new in the poetry scene, his love and appreciation for […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard Arts & Culture Editor Paul Robeson was once regarded as “the tallest tree in our forest” by civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune at the pinnacle of his performance career. Daniel Beaty embodies the legendary scholar, athlete, actor, singer and human rights activist in his one-man show. […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR The core of our country has been out of business for 11 days and counting. Perhaps it was wishful thinking to believe that the government would reopen within a few days following the shutdown. Because the opposing parties cannot agree to find acceptable […]
Read moreBy Maya Arrieta ASST. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Each week The Vista aims to showcase student artists. Senior Colleen Buffington is passionate about drawing and photography, both of which she has been doing since a young age. TV: Although you are a biology major, you obviously have an interest in […]
Read moreBy Kevin Searle CONTRIBUTOR For half a century now, Thomas Pynchon has been writing dense, complex novels. In that time, he has become one of the seminal American authors. His latest novel, “Bleeding Edge,” released Sept. 17, is long, winding and complicated. Most books this length and complexity are rendered […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR “He discovered the cruel paradox by which we always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage” – Camus Within context, this excerpt from Camus’ “A Happy Death” reminds me of the human tendency […]
Read moreBy Kevin Searle CONTRIBUTOR For half a century now, Thomas Pynchon has been writing dense, complex novels. In that time, he has become one of the seminal American authors. His latest novel, “Bleeding Edge,” released Sept. 17, is long, winding and complicated. Most books this length and complexity are rendered […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR It is 1957, in the South of France, at “Le Californie,” Pablo Picasso’s studio home. He is surprised to find us – the audience – watching him in the privacy of his home. As “students of art” he grudgingly allows us to spend […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR “He discovered the cruel paradox by which we always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage” – Camus Within context, this excerpt from Camus’ “A Happy Death” reminds me of the human tendency […]
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