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Aidan O'Malley, Mannion McGinley, Nate Moller and Peter Breen | Friday, February 17, 2023
Ryan “Homie” Quan of Morrissey Manor def. James “Italian Scallion” Sylvester of Knott Hall In the first bout of Ring B, Quan came out swinging, delivering a flurry of punches on Sylvester with so much fury that the fighters backed into the referee, causing him to tip onto his back and nearly off the stage.
Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Title; it was disappointing (I guess it was clickbait). But we’ll get to that part later. Your first question may be: How? My thanks to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA. Remember that box you checked on the Common App when you submitted your letters of rec? You were waiving your FERPA
Aidan O'Malley, Justin George, Claire Lyons, Isa Sheikh, JP Spoonmore, Willoughby Thom, Nicole Bilyak, Ayden Kowalski, Andy Ottone and Gabriel Zarazua | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Scene has voted. Here are the top 15 films of 2022, carefully selected and compiled by The Observer’s entertainment and culture section. 15. “Fire of Love” directed by Sara Dosa Sara Dosa’s sizzling documentary chronicles the daring adventures (and untimely end) of two volcanologists in love. Katia and Maurice Krafft were French scientists who specialized
Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Former Colombian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos headlined a panel on environmental protection and peacebuilding at the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Washington, D.C. office Tuesday. He and other panelists discussed the relationship between climate change and international conflict, advocating for action on environmental risks to foster peace in climate-vulnerable countries.
Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, August 24, 2022
This year — my senior year — I’m living off-campus. It was about damn time. I enjoyed dorm life, don’t get me wrong, but there’s only so many communal showers, air condition-less nights and flying rodents a man can handle before he snaps and signs a lease. I’ve always thought of myself as independent, so
Aidan O'Malley | Tuesday, March 1, 2022
“Your YEAR of cringe? What about the other 20??” Silence. It’s my Inside Column and I get to tell the jokes. Recently, I’ve realized my most fundamental character trait — my greatest blessing, but my worst curse — is self-awareness. Actually, I’ve thought this for a while. I’m not sure why, where or from what
Claire Lyons, Aidan O'Malley, Rachel Hartmann, Nia Sylva, Sophia Michetti, Anna Falk, Joyce Fu, Allison Thornton, Alysa Guffey and Mia Mei | Monday, December 6, 2021
Every year, the cultured denizens of The Observer’s culture section come together to rank the best albums of the year. The process is long and tiring, involving a complicated Excel spreadsheet (the formulas for which we barely comprehend). Often, there are casualties — this year, there were several. Right on the outskirts of our top-10
Aidan O'Malley | Friday, December 3, 2021
This Saturday, Carroll Hall will host its signature holiday event, A Carroll Christmas, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Started in 1998 as a replacement for the Carroll Haunted House, A Carroll Christmas takes its name from the classic Charles Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol.” “It just came about because, as our name suggests, it
Aidan O'Malley, Anna Falk, Olivia Seymour, Claire Lyons, Lexi Kilcoin, Evan McKenna, Justin George, Caitlin Brannigan and Gracie Eppler | Friday, December 3, 2021
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: 2020 was an unprecedented year. Nowhere was this truer than on the screen, both silver and small. Barely any films were released theatrically, and television (rather, streaming) dominated our media appetites like never before. 2021 — while frustratingly similar to the year that came before — at least
Aidan O'Malley | Monday, November 1, 2021
Here at The Observer, there is one accomplishment, one milestone, one crown every writer and editor dreams of having the good fortune (and fortitude) to place upon their heads — the Golden Sombrero. Awarded to those among us who have written for not just News — and not just Scene! — but Sports and Viewpoint