The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) is displaying “Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years” for its 30th birthday. According to the MOCA, the exhibit “contains more than 500 artworks by over 200 artists.” Armed with only moderate knowledge and interest, I attended the exhibit not expecting to fully
Author: Sean Laguna
Music Review: Beach House, Teen Dream
I heard Beach House for the first time as the opening act to Grizzly Bear. I had never heard of them before and had not even known the name of the opening band to Grizzly Bear before the show. And so I had to form my opinion of them right
Music Review: Hot Chip, One Life Stand
If any band wants to become legitimately popular, they have to feed into that “I’m-cool-as-hell-for-listening-to-this” feeling that today’s music fans seem to gravitate toward. Rap does it great. Pop does a decent job, too. But anything innovative doesn’t work because it makes the listener feel stupid. And anything too personal
Harvey Mudd Professor Appears on “Colbert Report”
Arthur Benjamin, a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College and “mathemagician” by trade, appeared on The Colbert Report on Jan. 27. Benjamin was invited on the show to speak about his ability to perform incredible mental calculations. He is also able to explain the mathematical bases of these calculations in
Harvey Mudd Homework Hotline Begins Pilot Program
Approximately 40 Harvey Mudd College students have been employed as tutors in the HMC branch of the Homework Hotline program.The program began in 1991 at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. Originally a small-scale operation, the program has grown and is now able to take more than 400 calls