I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with summer. I love that for three months of the year my life doesn’t revolve around school, but I hate not seeing my friends every day. I love watching endless...

As college students, we live on the edge of an age range that seeks to define young adult fiction, although the numbers that constitute that range are often blurred. Preteens to middle-aged adults seem...

Recently the movie industry has become too reliant on adaptations. Every major Hollywood blockbuster is based on pre-existing source materials, whether those are young adult novels (“If I Stay,” “Hunger...

This weekend, tailgating tents lined the quad and students lined up to see the Crimson Tide take on their opponent inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Sports were played and great merriment was made. But today,...

By Daniel Roth “This boy will be famous. There won’t be a child in our world who doesn’t know his name.” When Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling put these words in Professor McGonagall’s mouth,...

By Ann Powers Who is the voice of any generation? It’s a question that can’t be answered. Nor should it be, really. To choose one representative figure for a group that’s diverse in all ways but...

Quidditch 101: Navigating the Tournament   Quidditch on the Quad is back for its second year in a row, and with nearly double the amount of teams signed up to play. Preliminary rounds begin tonight at...