“But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
These famous words come from “The Old Man and the Sea,” a classic examination of humanities’ quest for meaning and achievement written by renowned American author, Ernest Hemingway.
“The Old Man...
There are times in every film genre that things seem to look and feel the same, even in the visually cinematic genre of musicals. A number of good musical films have been released lately, yet with the ever-growing presence of asinine Disney pictures and substandard remakes, quality and originality can...
In a flawed legal system amid an imperfect world, can true justice ever be attained? Can an individual, exacting justice in ways in which the system has failed, fulfill it? Or is no single person capable or even worthy of a responsibility of this magnitude because of the risks of inevitably turning into...
The Foo Fighters have been rocking out and fighting foo for over twelve years now. From pop rock sing-alongs (“Learn to Fly”) to head-banging anthems (“All My Life”) to tear-jerking love songs (“Everlong”) and emotion-driven intricacies (“Aurora”), Foo Fighter frontman David Grohl has...
The lights are down, and the band begins to play. As the band Una, composed of current and former Biola students, plays their first song at popular Anaheim venue, Chain Reaction, the sound mixing is off, the vocals are turned too far down, and the bassist can’t hear himself in the monitors.
However,...
There are times in our lives when we wish we could be something more than just ourselves -- that if we had a hero we could be like, then people would take notice of us. As unrealistic of an idea this is, we as humans crave for it. Yet, when we find out who our heroes really are, we change our mind about...
