by Pete Redington | Jan 1, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
Eight Track (Strikezone Records) In 1975, guitarist Dave Stryker writes in the liner notes to his recent release Eight Track, he had a 1969 GMC van outfitted with an eight-track player that often required the assistance of a jammed-in matchbook to work. But good music...
by Amanda Drane and Hunter Styles Intro by James Heflin | Jan 1, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
Every year, the same thing. Otherwise normal people get all bothered about what they hope to accomplish in the coming year. To them I say: give up. Or, if you must go on with this fancy charade, do it right. Don’t resolve to lose some weight. Don’t resolve to write in...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 22, 2007 | News
Not so long ago I spent four and a half years as a college student, which would have been an even four if I hadn’t been cursed with considerably lacking mathematical skills. By the end of the time I spent as an undergrad, I somehow managed to master the art of...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 22, 2007 | News
Trust me, I used to be a professor. Or, really, an adjunct, but don’t worry about the difference. It doesn’t much matter to students. Except that adjuncts are more bitter than your average professor by a good 200 percent, thanks to being the...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 22, 2007 | News
We heard they were serving ice cream. So we decided to make the trek from our dorm in the southwest living area of UMass-Amherst up the hill to frat row. One of the eight houses—four have since been torn down—on frat row in Amherst, the Iota Gamma Upsilon...
