Voices are perpetually rising, attempting to speak over one another in a heated exchange. Heads are shaking, fingers wagging, veins pulsating on sweat-covered foreheads. Bodies and the luggage they carry haphazardly bump into innocent bystanders, focusing on nothing but being the first person to reach the front.

If the Oscars were worth their weight in gold, each 8

A list of famous college dropouts would be a long list. Some of the best and brightest in the business, technology, and entertainment worlds have succeeded through hard work and all the right connections. Bill Gates, for example, dropped out of Harvard, and his Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dropped out of Washington State.

Ah, the beginning of a new year. A fresh start, a clean slate and a world full of blossoming opportunities stand right outside of your front door. Invigorating, isn’t it? I think so. However, it’s unfortunate that many people taint the endless optimism that should be associated with the New Year by making resolutions meant to correct some sort of personal flaw that they couldn’t tackle last year.

J.K. Rowling takes the fairy tale element of magic and kicks it up a notch in “The Tales of Beedle the Bard.” As translated by Potter fans’ beloved Hermione Granger, the tales were originally written in the fictional language of ancient Runes, which is perhaps equivalent to our translations of tales in ancient Greek.