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Girls Season Finale

Lena Dunham, star and creator of HBO's award-winning TV show "Girls," has been called the "voice of a generation" by viewers and critics alike. "Girls" follows the lives of four women in their early twenties trying to "find themselves" while navigating the perils of the NYC dating scene and attempting to make a living out of liberal arts degrees. I fell in love with "Girls" from the first episode, mostly because Dunham manages to simultaneously provide hilarious dialogue and an uncomfortably real look at the sometimes-bleak troubles of her characters. 

Kickstarting 'Veronica Mars'

Drop it like it's hard

There are less than 48 hours, people! March 22nd is the very last day of the drop period for Notre Dame students. Do you currently have five or more classes? Why? Why would you do that to yourself? Do you really need all those to graduate? Couldn't you take one abroad? Or senior year when you have nothing but free time?

There's no place like "Oz"

Step aside, Dorothy. The 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" has been twisted and rewound for the recently-released Disney film "Oz the Great and Powerful." Instead of following the beloved gingham-wearing homesick girl down the yellow brick road, this story focuses on the wizard himself, showing how he got to Oz in the first place. Taking the same form as the classic film, the new version of "Oz" starts out in black and white and transitions into color as the characters arrive in the Land of Oz. Also, just like Dorothy associates characters in Oz with real-life family members, having actors play dual roles such as the lion and Zeke, so too does the wizard see familiar yet transformed faces in Oz. With cameo appearances by the flying monkeys, a lion, a tornado, munchkins and, of course, the witches, this film kept the standard details while creating an entire back story to Dorothy's adventure.  

Concert preview: Jerrod Niemann

Humor Artists showcase their talents

House of Cards' a hit

St. Patrick's Day Under 21

Keep Calm and Style On

On a quiet Sunday afternoon with the muted hue of an overcast sky spilling in through my dorm room window, I sat with my roommate watching TV when I heard a knock on the door.

Notre Dame Twitter accounts that must be made

Much like it did in the Soviet Union, privacy has become a thing of the past at the University of Notre Dame. You can run but you cannot hide from ND Makeouts, the Twitter account that shares photos of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students engaged in some serious public displays of affection, henceforth known as "PDA." Students now lock lips at the risk of their makeouts being shared with all of campus (or at least the 2,000-plus followers of ND Makeouts).

Spring Break Fashion

When the weekend rolls around this Friday, we will all be free of academic strife and released into the wild for one week of stress-free existence. What's the best way to celebrate this newfound freedom? Dress like it, of course.

MC Strangelove

I am 7 years old, and my older brother Johnno and I are having a very un-PC time listening to Puff Daddy and the Family's "No Way Out."Johnno has somehow convinced my mother to buy us this album. It's the edited version, but my brother helps me fill in the blanks. I am still at a loss for how my brother was ever introduced to the genre. Whoever this Nike-sporting peer was, I often wonder if I would be more inclined to kiss him on the forehead or kick him in the groin. For these reasons, I have never sought him out.

Burning Love'

Lent: one tight body in Christ

Holy Motors' brings new perspective

Not your mom's fashion columnist:

The Oscars were this Sunday. If you're not in the loop, it's a night where people stand around on a red piece of felt and accept awards for pretending to be people they're not - a time-honored American pastime. While doing this, they wear clothes. Here's a blunt interpretation of this year's Oscar fashions:

Fincher's overreaching 'Fight Club'

Truly Yours' still lacking

Seth MacFarlane hosts Oscars

On a night when the most famous actors and actresses gathered to acknowledge each other for a year's worth of phenomenal work, a star who spends most of his time behind the camera perhaps got the most attention and the most heat out of the 85th Academy Awards.

Hate-watching the Oscars

To hate-watch is to willingly watch a broadcast that you know you won't enjoy, solely so you know exactly what to complain about.