The Central West End offers a variety of dining and entertainment options, from Indian food to movies at the Chase Park Plaza. Only at the Majestic, however, can one pit one’s wits against others’ in fierce cerebral combat. Quick! What do the letters CMYK stand for? How comprehensive is your knowledge of ’80s pop music? Can you make a pun at a moment’s notice?

If freezing temperatures and icy roads aren’t proof enough that spring semester is in full swing, Facebook photo albums of your junior friends’ studies abroad will settle the debate. From the beer halls of Munich to the warm weather in Australia, there are plenty of reasons to envy your friends overseas.

From creative ways to motivate yourself to guilty pleasures for procrastination, here are Scene’s suggestions for spending time over Reading Week.

After five years, Nintendo’s gamble on motion controls has finally hit the jackpot. The newest installation in the venerable Legend of Zelda series, “Skyward Sword,” proves beyond reasonable doubt that motion controls can be exact, engaging and fun. “Skyward Sword” is the best game for the Wii this year, and should be on everyone’s holiday wish list.

Job hunting can be the most stressful aspect of college, even if you’re just searching for part-time work to fill your résumé. St. Louis residents Peter and Louis McLaughlin created their own jobs: helping college students of St. Louis find employment. The McLaughlins’ online company, uBuckle.com, has already gained traction with local companies.

Sometimes even Midwestern niceness breaks. St. Louis is known for the “best fans in baseball,” and everyone is generally polite to a fault. Yet, sometimes St. Louis good-naturedness can snap. The most extreme incident occurred over twenty years ago. In July of 1991, the rock band Guns N’ Roses threw a concert in nearby Maryland Heights.

The movie “The Exorcist” has a factual basis—a case that occurred here in St. Louis. The directors took some liberties for dramatic effect. The Catholic Church, out of sensitivity for the family involved, does not release information about cases. Here’s what we know happened. In 1949, a 13-year-old boy began displaying symptoms of possession.

No film will ever be as frightening or disturbing as “The Exorcist,” in which two Catholic priests rid a girl of the demon possessing her through a process called an exorcism. To investigate the truth behind exorcisms, Student Life spoke with several members of the Catholic Church, all of whom preferred to remain anonymous.

It takes a village to raise a child. Few students at Washington University are children, but we depend on resources like the Writing Center and Student Financial Services. Unfortunately, children of the poorer St. Louis school districts lack access to an adequate education.

The Zuck has struck again. Every once in a while, Facebook alters its design, causing complaints to litter one’s newsfeed. “The old Facebook was fine,” users protest, “Why fix something that isn’t broken?” Brace yourselves—the biggest change yet is coming. Cadenza gained early access to the newest change, the “timeline” feature, and here are our thoughts.