Spring Break is often characterized as being the week where college students let loose and go wild.
And I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Taking a trip to Panama is frequently given a bad reputation...
As a lover of the arts, I didn’t hesitate to watch the Oscars on Sunday. And after reading some unfavorable reviews about it, I think people need to stop and think about it logically.
The award show...
Apparently, a recent issue of The Shield riled up some strong emotion around campus. Someone flipped all of the papers over in the Business and Engineering Center and took all of the papers out of the...
Two words spoken during Sony’s presentation about “the future” changed the landscape of the video game industry. Those two words were “PlayStation 4.”
As you would expect, Sony’s PlayStation...
Just like everyone who made “Gangnam Style” videos, these incredibly stupid “Harlem Shake” videos will irrelevant in a few days. I can’t be more thankful.
These videos make me lose a little...
We live in a time where activism can truly thrive. And now with the Internet and social media being utilized, it has become trendy to be supportive of a cause.
It is either the best or worst thing to...
A couple of weeks ago, a 15-year-old kid named Nehemiah Griego allegedly killed his Albuquerque, New Mexico, family of five in their home with plans of extending his killings to a local Wal-Mart.
After...
When I heard that Beyoncé was performing at the Super Bowl half-time show, I assumed that she would be singing. However, the performance I saw relied much more on sex appeal, aesthetics and visual effects...
Everyone is in luck this year because Mardi Gras is coming to Franklin Street - or at least a poor imitation of it is.
When I think of Mardi Gras, my mind instantly goes to drunk and topless people roaming...
What am I doing on a Friday night? I'm sitting in The Shield office wondering what there is to do on campus.
Everything is closed on campus after 3 p.m., which is nice for the workers but not for the students....
The Franklin Street Events Association, a new local organization, is looking to bring Franklin Street back to life. In the process of doing so, they have scheduled a Mardi Gras Bar Crawl.
Mardi Gras is...
Human beings generally operate under the assumption that bad things will never happen to us. We like to think that, for whatever reason, tragedy will avoid intervening with our lives. But I'm sure the...
