A former military intelligence analyst, who is currently serving a 35-year sentence in jail, opened up to the public about her reasons for her arrest and the problems she sees in the country. In the New York Times Op-ed article, "The Fog Machine of War," Chelsea Manning explains how constitutional freedoms are becoming limited, which sparked her decision to notify the public of what the government wanted to keep disclosed.
When Gillian Robespierre, Anna Bean and Karen Maine first wrote the short film “The Obvious Child” in 2009, they didn’t intend to break cinematic ground or start a revolution. They just had a story they wanted to tell and a funny way of telling it. Fast-forward five years to the release of the feature-length film and that story has the potential to change the way mainstream media approaches unplanned pregnancies and the women who deal with them.
by Nick Marini, social media manager
As much as I love a good new movie release, I still favor revisiting older classics. Movies that have stood the test of time, proved their worth after multiple viewings - ones worth owning. I figured it was time for a retro review - time to take a look back and talk about an impactful, relevant movie of the past.
20 years ago, the year 1994 happened. What a year it was for movies, something of a watershed for beckoning in the modern age of visual storytelling, fresh off the special-effects wonder “Jurassic Park.” We saw smash hits like “Forrest Gump,” got an emotional epic in “The Shawshank Redemption,” saw an indie achievement in “Bullets Over Broadway,” welcomed white knuckles and sweaty palms with “Speed,” forged childhood memories with “The Lion King,” got stupid with “Dumb and Dumber,” got magical for “Angels In the Outfield” and got plain silly with “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.” (Big year for Jim Carey, huh?) However, most importantly, we got the Palm d’Or winner from Quentin Tarantino, “Pulp Fiction.”
Saturday, June 7, was a great day for Boston. Not only was it the first day that truly felt like summer, but there were plenty of fun events around the city to keep everyone occupied while they soaked in the sunlight.
In the wake of the shooting near University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), leaving seven dead, including the shooter, and 13 injured, a social media movement called #YesAllWomen has emerged on Twitter.
Not many films can bring together two teenagers, beleaguered by cancer, to create a humorous love story. Yes, in a film complete with a boy going blind and frequent trips to the hospital, there is humor and moments when the audience cannot help but laugh. These moments are exactly what the audience needs, as the course of the film transforms giggles into tears, and smiles into sobs.
Northeastern baseball’s Jason Vosler has been selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago Cubs. The 6-foot-1-inch shortstop from West Nyack, N.Y. was picked in the 16th round, 469th overall.
by Nick Marini
The Black Keys help keep rock in the mainstream - as the most popular North American rock band currently making music, they put blues rock, yes blues rock, on many radio stations, in a great number of television commercials and stuck in the heads of music listeners everywhere.
The Northeastern police department assisted MBTA forces when a fight broke out on the lower platform of Ruggles Station, involving an umbrella as a weapon. Officers then assisted transit police with one of the subjects who was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The subject was not affiliated with the university.
Memorial Day saw hundreds of Bostonians join a progressive art movement by coloring in blocks on a 5-by-41 foot canvas spanning the wall of the Prudential Center along Boylston Street.
