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Can You Feel the Pressure?

Uncle Ben told Peter Parker, "With great power comes great responsibility." Freedom is a college student's spider web. It's easy to spin out of control and get caught within.

By Stephanie Tate | January 29, 2014

Can Music Cure Heartbreak?

Can music cure a broken heart? It seems unlikely. On the other hand, couldn’t such a binding force have the potential to remedy even the widest cracks in our soul? My theory is this: Keep listening. It helps.

By Isabelle Novak | January 28, 2014
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Discover the World of Asian Social Media

Since China blocked Facebook and Twitter with little explanation in 2009, Asian-branded start-up companies have risen with smartphone messaging apps, microblogging, and experimentations with booking services. And they have been quite successful.

| January 27, 2014

My Top 5 Female Musicians

I love the earth-shattering vocal and instrumental power that female musicians exude while still maintaining specific femininity in their own right.

By Isabelle Novak | January 23, 2014
Clearly deer don't like me.

???????; A trip to Japan

In my junior year of high school, I had the privilege of going to Japan for two weeks complete with airfare, housing and transportation, to participate in the Kizuna (bond) Project in June of 2012.

| January 23, 2014

A Path to Pixar

SPM Path to Pixar | Produced by Luu Nguyen | The State Press on Vimeo. Senior film student Joann Younan is a "third storyteller." Third storytellers, she says, are film editors who come in during post-production and assemble the pieces of a story together that end up on the big screen. This past summer, she jumpstarted her aspiration to become a film editor by working as an intern for Pixar Animation Studios. From hugging John Lassetter to feeling like part of the Pixar family, Younan worked in pre-production for the company’s upcoming release, "Finding Dory." As an intern, she learned about the different aspects of the film industry by talking with the employees in all of the departments of the studio and absorbing every bit of information she could from Pixar’s creative minds. Younan’s drive and passion as a young film student, she says, is what helps push her to pursue her dreams.

By Luu Nguyen | January 22, 2014
Photo by Alexandra Dersch

How-To: Actually afford your trip to Disneyland

Between balancing a close-to-minimum wage job, college payments, car insurance, etc., an escape to the "Happiest Place on Earth" often seems financially hindering. That didn’t stop me though – money (or the lack thereof) can’t quell this Disneyland addiction.

| January 22, 2014

Sound Devil: Why I Press Play

Hello, fellow word and sound junkies. My name is Isabelle. I’m a second semester senior who’s motivated enough to create this blog, but you can’t count on me to get dressed up for class or complete any extra credit. Those days are long gone.

By Isabelle Novak | January 21, 2014
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