Written by Sam Allen
“Fargo”. “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” “The Big Lebowski”. Any of these ring a bell? They were all produced by a pair of dynamic filmmakers named Joel and Ethan Coen, better known as the Coen Brothers. Oscar-winning, hit-making cinematic demigods, the Coen brothers have produced some of the most prolific and seminal […]

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Written by Matt Trawick
The Southwestern University handball team competed in the Texas State Handball Championship earlier this month, giving yet another strong performance in intercollegiate competition. This is their first tournament since the Buc handball team won the National Division II title last spring in Canoga Park, California, which was the sixth consecutive year […]

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Written by Hannah Adkinson
The majority of the editorials in last week’s issue of The Megaphone (Issue 10) demonstrated an unfortunate increase in the use of a sarcastic, dismissive writing style that makes light of serious issues and appears to be a poorly placed attempt at humor. As a result, four of the six editorials read […]

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Written by Aaron Thomsen
I should begin with an apology, because this article is long overdue; however, since it attempts to rectify what I perceive as a careless wrong, I felt best guided by thoughtful deliberation, and I have always related more to the tortoise than the hare.
The title I had originally chosen, “In Poor […]

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Written by Mariah Asipe
In July 1984, Congress passed a bill that required all states to implement a minimum drinking age of 21, or they would lose their federal highway funding as retribution. Needless to say, every state rapidly complied with this financial tribulation, even if it was entirely against what state lawmakers believed.
Ever since that […]

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Written by Meg Susong
After two and half years of work and more than $10 million (funded largely by Fayez Sarofim of Houston, with other gifts from alumni and friends of the school) the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center reopened last weekend, just in time for the season’s holiday performances.
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts has […]

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