Becca Porath

12 Articles

The breakout movies of Tribeca ’13

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With films ranging from a documentary on Richard Pryor to a story of a young Laotian boy determined to make a rocket, this year’s showings are garnering great praise in the film community.

The ins and outs of PDA

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For those of you who just won’t put it away on campus, here are some simple suggestions so you can stop being disgustingly, inappropriately happy with each other.

The rise and fall and rise of Ben Affleck

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In terms of his acting, saying he began to make extremely poor decisions is an understatement. Between “Gigli,” “Jersey Girl” and “Surviving Christmas,” Affleck endured a period of commercial and critical failure.

The 10 wildest college parties across the nation

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Every year at UC Boulder, tens of thousands of students hold a “rally” on the campus’s Norlin Quadrangle for the legalization of marijuana by, well, let’s just say actions speak louder than words. It’s a safe bet that this year students at Boulder are going to go even crazier.

Oscars 2013 in retrospect

By Katie Kravat and Becca Porath -

A year of extraordinary accomplishments and fierce competition in film climaxed with the most anticipated evening of the year: the 85th Academy Awards. This year, the producers tried to infuse the crowd-pleasing excitement of the Grammys into the classically glamorous appeal of the Oscars, leading to occasionally off-key results. Nonetheless, the Seth MacFarlane-hosted Oscars was...

How to have a successful Valentine’s day…next year

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Every year, Feb. 14 rolls around, bringing with it love, joy and pure magic. The sky looks bluer and the sun shines a little bit brighter. Significant others will shower their loves with gifts and affection, go on romantic dates and embrace each other extra-tight. On a college campus, you’ll witness countless amounts of PDA,...

The Most Anticipated Films of 2013

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At the beginning of each year, the film industry takes their vacation. With the Oscar contenders being rolled out one after the other in the late months of the past year, filmmakers resort to the movies that will critically bomb and commercially do fine at best. “Movie 43,” “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” and “Warm...

Hollywood takes two on espionage

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In 2012, however, audiences were introduced to a new breed of secret agent, one who is humanized in more ways than one.

Chabad gives record-breaking a whirl

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As the semester’s end draws near and life seems to be spinning out of control, Chabad is inviting students to drop their books and attempt to earn a place in the “Guinness Book of World Records.”