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Food for thought

Maura Linehan, Arts and Entertainment Manager
January 16, 2018

“Food for thought." As students, this simple turn of phrase often leads to self-reflection upon something just learned in a search for deeper meaning. At a more fundamental level, it reminds them that food provides the energy needed to ponder the mysteries of the universe. Not...

The future of artistic funding?

The future of artistic funding?

Maura Linehan
January 10, 2018

As content creators continue to look for ways to overcome the challenges of YouTube’s demonetization (discussed here), a wide range of video platform sites have become more visible in providing subscription services that will help them get paid. For example, YouTube star Jaclyn...

Photo credit: Garret Roberts

RMU’s 50 years of theater

Garret Roberts
November 30, 2017
In honor of RMU's extensive theater history, Student Life is hosting a series of short plays to relive it's history.
Buzzfeed's plagiarism issue

Buzzfeed’s plagiarism issue

Garret Roberts
November 14, 2017
Buzzfeed's video division has been accused of plagiarizing from smaller content producers.
Debunking the myth of black cats

Debunking the myth of black cats

Maura Linehan
October 31, 2017

Myths are funny things. On one hand, they include the legends and folk stories that pass on traditions, but they also represent our willingness to cling to misconceptions and tall tales. Halloween is loaded with myths, but one of the most persistent is the fiction that black...

Humans of RMU: The sculptor

Humans of RMU: The sculptor

Maura Linehan
October 20, 2017

Awards — whether they bring international celebrity or simply recognize a good deed — typically come with a statue or plaque to commemorate the occasion. What might not be so obvious is that someone had to design the award long before anyone actually received it. For one...

Humans of RMU: The Tuch

Humans of RMU: The Tuch

Maura Linehan
September 20, 2017

Decades of RMU students have enjoyed the beautiful campus landscape, while Colonials fans have been amazed by the voice of an RMU staff member singing the national anthem. In an amazing coincidence, one single man is responsible for both. That man is John Tucci.Tucci, better...

YouTube’s ad apocalypse

Garret Roberts
September 13, 2017
YouTube's new ad system may be harming the quality of the site's content rather than saving it.

There’s no place like London

Katey Ladika
September 11, 2017

Though I have yet to “sail the world” per se, I have found the lyrics to Patrick Quentin’s song in the play "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" to be fairly true: there legitimately is “no place like London.” If a person were to ask me, "Would you ever...

What's recruitment all about?

What’s recruitment all about?

Jocelyn Burns
September 8, 2017

As school comes back in full force, students begin to see clubs, sororities and fraternities try to entice us into joining. The recent activities fair shows us just about every single organization a person could join here at Robert Morris University, which can be intimidating...