College students are often familiar with how to find and maneuver the well-traveled road to success. Honors and AP courses, plus extracurricular activities and high SAT scores, equal entrance into an accredited university, which then often equals a well-paying job and happiness. Read more...

When second-year student Derrick Spiva had one of his first compositions performed in his high school band, miscalculated chords led to an experience so embarrassing that Spiva’s music still lays tucked away in his bedroom drawer. Read more...

“Manic” joins a tradition of films about mental institutions, such as 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” But sometimes these films give the wrong impression of what actual mental health care is like. Read more...

While most college students have enough difficulty deciding on a major, it’s hard to believe that someone like Shujaat Husain Khan started preparing for his career when he was just 3 years old. Read more...

Despite rumors of on-set tension with several producers and cast members, director Bryan Singer seems to have maintained the support of Twentieth Century Fox now that “X2″ is set to hit the big screen. Read more...

While Jacques Derrida might not be a household name, filmmakers Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick thought a documentary on the famed philosopher was due. “There’s a great deal of interest in him and his work,” Dick said. Read more...

Wire “Send” Pink Flag Records If anything Wire is in the same boat as Sonic Youth ““ it consists of veteran rockers who are way too old to rock as hard as they do, yet they pull it off better than the younger ones who should (White Stripes, I’m looking in your direction). Read more...