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Entertainment

Star-studded film attempts indie feel, loses charm in details

by Sydney Garrett, staff reporter For many, music is just an enjoyable pastime. However, in musically-inclined director John Carney’s new film “Begin Again,” music defines the lives of many characters by driving wedges into relationships, preserving friendships and even determining  fates. The movie centers on the life of Gretta (Keira Knightley), […]

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World Cup full of moments to remember

  The World Cup is over, strange as that might seem, and it won’t be back for another four years. Four Roar staffers look back at what’s been an exhilarating month of soccer–the ups, the downs, the heartbreak and the happiness–and attempt to summarize their feelings. THE ACTUAL SOCCER PLAYER | Austin […]

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Photoblog inspires new, brighter outlook

While parents like to blame online communities as another outlet for procrastination (they’re half right), I prefer to think of them as platforms to make new discoveries. The Internet recently led me to the photoblog “Humans of New York.” I’m so glad I stumbled onto it because quite honestly, it changed the way I look at a lot of things.