The Visor

MTV show asks an important life question

February 16, 2010 • Amy Yakubowski

What do you want to do before you die? It’s a simple question and MTV’s The Buried Life is answering it. When commercials for the new reality show were leaked on TV, I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t too interested. After seeing other reality shows like Jersey Shore or The Real World, D.C. I...

The iPad is all in one

February 5, 2010 • Jules Libertin

Already having the nickname “Giant iPhone,” Apple’s newest product on the market, iPad, may become a global hit. Being 9.7 inches long and half-an-inch thick the magical device weighs and wafer-like pound and a half. “It’s pretty hard to live up to all the hype, but I think Apple has done...

Finding Who I Am

February 5, 2010 • Marie Hofer

Nick Jonas is striking out on his own with a new band, Nick Jonas and the Administration. The Administration is made up of members from Prince’s New Power Generation. The new album Who I Am dropped Feb. 2. Nick’s new album is nothing like the trademark brothers style. It is much more mature...

The history behind the romance

February 4, 2010 • Alexander Salamon

For centuries, Valentine’s Day has enticed the world as a romantic day. But how did this event come about and how did the name of St. Valentine get tied to it? Legend has it that Valentine was a third century Roman citizen, serving as a priest. The emperor of the time, Claudius II, banned marriage...

Groundhog folklore comes to question

February 3, 2010 • Johanna Breiding

Phil has spoken, so let it be written, six more weeks of winter ahead. The iconic groundhog emerged from his tree stump on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to give the cold, patiently awaiting crowd at Gobbler’s Knob the chilling news. The Punxsutawney Groundhog club has watched Phil predict longer winters 99 times...

Relevance of Groundhog’s Day

February 2, 2010 • Nikki Bowser

For many, Feb. 2 comes and goes just as quickly as Feb. 1, with no apparent significance. But for roughly 6,000 people in the heart of western Pennsylvania, Feb. 2 is the most important day of the fiscal year. On Feb. 2, the 3.4 square mile borough of Punxsutawney, PA, holds more than five times its...

Akron’s Musica is platform for rising stars

February 1, 2010 • Pete DelMedico

Musica is not only the Italian and Spanish translation of “Music,” but the name of Akron’s hidden music venue located on East Market St. in the heart of downtown Akron. Musica, tucked in a unique alleyway between Crave and Big City Chop House (along with Rubber City Clothing and Mocha Maiden),...

Black Keys twist hip-hop into album with help from Ludacris, Mos Def and more

January 21, 2010 • Victoria Grieshammer

Let’s be honest, Akron is known for its rubber and not much else. But one rock band of true Akronites is changing all that. The Black Keys is a blues-rock band which consists of Firestone High School alums singer and songwriter Dan Auerbach and Pat Carny, drummer and producer. The band, which was officially...

Disney brings back traditional animation with new princess

January 21, 2010 • Amy Yakubowski

Once upon a time, Disney created movies that were all hand drawn and traditionally made. But at the start of the new millennium, a new family of computer generated films seem to have taken over. Even with the new technology, students still remember their favorite childhood Disney movie. “My favorite...

Christmas toys range from pet hamsters to barbie doll vampires

December 16, 2009 • Ben Edwards

When Christmas shopping this season for a younger brother, sister or just the inner child in yourself, an innovative and interesting array of toys litters the aisles in department stores. From mini-pocket rockets to toy hamsters, kids and toy lovers alike will have many options this year. The hardest-to-find...