Happy New Year to all theCampusStyle readers out there! 2011 was a great year. Freshmen got to experience the fun and hardships of being in their first year away from home. Sophomores, now acclimated to school, got to enjoy themselves and start taking classes for their major. Juniors have one semester down and are now getting ready to travel abroad and seniors are getting ready to graduate! Crazy! As the year comes to a close, its always important, especially for students, to make a list of a few things that can better ourselves and our education. Now, how are we going to make this year even bigger and better? With 3 easy resolutions, I say. Read more >
Need some help adding last minute gifts to your holiday wish list? Have to pick up something for your brother’s girlfriend’s sister’s best friend? Have no fear, theCampusStyle is here! Check out these gadgets that any girl would die for. Nerdy is so in this season. Read more >
There’s nothing more depressing than the fluorescent lighting and stale air of the Miller Learning Center when you’re trying to study for an upcoming test. Holy Aunt Jemima do I have a treat for you. Throughout the mind-blowing year & a half that I have spent prancing around Athens, I have claimed three secret spots hidden around campus as my own personal decompressing zones where I like to crack open my Chemistry textbook or simply take a quick afternoon snooze every once in a while. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I will share with you those three not-so-secret-anymore locations.
What do American Apparel, the New York subway system and FIFA have in common? Couldn’t come up with anything? Don’t worry, neither could I at this time last week. Try their font. Along with thousands of other brands and companies, these three powerhouses use the single most popular typeface across the world – Helvetica. Read more >
The next Tony Hawk may spring from the least expected of places: Kabul, Afghanistan. Brought by two Aussies, Oliver Percovich and Sharna Nolan, skateboarding has at last made a significant appearance in the Middle East. The documentary Skateistan chronicles the two teachers and their students as they embark on one tumultuous journey–teaching Afghan children how to skateboard. With a war raging in the background and controversial gender barriers to overturn, the skateboarding school was finally established, all to create a fun outlet for kids who just want to be kids.
Noted as an official Sundance Film Festival selection, the British pro snowboarder turned filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel sat down with The Campus Style’s own Paris Rouzati to answer some questions, ranging from his personal style to tips on pursuing a career in film. Read his interview and gain some insight into the mind that captured the heart and soul of a underrepresented, yet lively and inspiring youth.
The beauty about children’s books is their inherent ability to simplify complex realms of thought. As adults, we need assistance opening our eyes at times. We look and often don’t see. The masterminds behind stories such as Winnie The Pooh, Alice & Wonderland, & The Velveteen Rabbit are rather brilliant thinkers. Their ability to simplify that which holds some significant weight in the whole scheme of contemplation is refreshing & rather genius. With this notion in mind, check out An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton. With aid from illustration & rhyme our blurred vision may be corrected. Resplendent in it’s ability to generate a grandiose realization of the significance of dreams. Astute in its playful simplicity. Eye opening amusement.
Bret Easton Ellis published the psychological thriller American Psycho in 1991. His two previous works Less than Zero and The Rules of Attraction carved a path of respect for the novelist, building anticipation for what else his mind would harvest. American Psycho, Ellis’s third novel, is arguably one of the most disturbing and attention grabbing works to come out of the nineties.
Though American Psycho is written in the same style and tone Ellis is famously known for, it presents a sharp distinction from his previous novels. From page one, the reader enters the disturbed mind of Patrick Bateman, a rich twenty-six year old Wall Street yuppie. As the story unfolds, Ellis meanders through Bateman’s psychology, a series of thoughts unmasked by censorship. Read more >
Bret Easton Ellis published the psychological thriller American Psycho in 1991. His two previous works