Posts Tagged ‘students’
The Binge Conundrum
DAN MCGRAWWhen I started college, I was 17 – had to wait three months before I could drink in bars near our campus in Chicago. Not to say we didn’t drink before we were legal, but we did change our habits once we hit the magi...
Teen Dreams
Kristian LinThe title of American Teen makes me suspicious. Just as it was with the excellent late-1990s TV miniseries American High, the word “American” in the title gives off the unwelcome impression that these documentaries ...
Not Impressed
E. R. BILLSFlipping through the channels on cable the other night, I stumbled across a comedian named Doug Stanhope, who was wrapping up a show in New York. He concluded by razzing Yankee fans for their misguided adoration, pointing out t...
Celluloid Dreams
Kristian Lin“I ask my students about their dreams,” said Greg Mansur, who teaches filmmaking at Texas Christian University. “They think it’s silly at first, but film is like a dream. And when we analyze the dreams, ...
Keys to the Future
A major piano festival and one of the best piano schools around play softly at TCU.KRISTIAN LIN
On a lazy summer evening at TCU’s Ed Landreth Auditorium, a casual observer probably couldn’t tell that one of Fort Worth’s most significant musical events is taking place.
Q Cinema
Is the movie at the Modern this week the tip of a Fort Worth film revolution?KRISTIAN LIN
Bo Parker speaks in torrents. His conversation, cloaked with the terminology of marketing and design, crackles with ideas.
Blackjacked
The deck gets hot for the casino drama 21, but it’s too late to recoup its losses.Kristian Lin
The low-temperature gambling thriller 21 is based on Ben Mezrich’s book Bringing Down the House, his account of a ring of MIT math students who used card-counting techniques to win millions at Vegas’ blackjack table...
Natural Man
Joe Kuban’s work and music have built an environmental legacy.Jeff Prince
A teenager was just itching to set fire to Tandy Hills Park. But maybe there were other ways to destroy the trees.
Viva Mariachi!
The Mexican-born musical genre is claiming more territory in Texas schools.Jeff Prince
Eighth-grade lunch period meant most students were eating in the cafeteria or just chillin’ outside.