The set was green and mossy, the audience was a sea of Shrek-ears, and for three exhausting hours this past Sunday…, “Shrek the Musical” tried its hardest to ruin our childhoods.

I’m convinced that the 1904 World’s Fair brain trust knew that its greatest contribution to the future would be the ideal place to sled down on cafeteria trays in the winter.

Christmahanukwazaakah has come early this year. Team 31 announced the W.I.L.D. line-up before I’d even thought to look up my textbooks at the bookstore so I can buy them online […]

Celebrities give thanks As Wash. U. students, we all have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, but celebrities have more

Halloween just came and went, soon 102.5 will start playing only Christmas music and before you know it, it will be 2010.

nlike someone I know, you probably haven’t been planning your seven different Halloween costumes since last April. But the most important of all college holidays is merely days away. And if you are still struggling to come up with an idea that is clever, funny and cheap, don’t enter crisis mode just yet, because Cadenza is here to provide some inspiration for some simple, last-minute costume ideas that at least match one of those stipulations—mostly the “cheap” one.

Although NBC has been doing a wonderful job placating me with the surprisingly funny “Community,” underrated “Parks and Recreation” and wedding that ruined me for all other weddings, probably even my own (thanks Jim and Pam), I have been craving “30 Rock” since the new fall television season began.

1. “Live every week like it’s shark week.” – Tracy Jordan 2. “You can’t ask a bird not to fly. You can’t ask a fish not to swim. And you […]

We all know that a movie’s soundtrack can significantly add to the film viewing experience. The only reason I barely tolerated Kevin Costner in “The Bodyguard” was Whitney Houston’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” (which went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time).

Sometimes swearing is a necessity. When I found out that the Office of Residential Life doesn’t provide their off-campus apartments with cable or wireless internet, I expressed some choice words. […]