By Chris Payne
WTSR Music Director
1. Antony and the Johnsons- “The Crying Light”
The trembling vibrato and “dark Cabaret” aura of songwriter Antony Hegarty were difficult for many WTSR DJs to get accustomed to. But Antony is one of the world’s most fascinating musicians, and his second masterpiece proved the most essential listen of 2009.
2. Animal Collective- [...]

It’s always imperative to let your significant other know you care, but a factor commonly overlooked by College students is the importance of setting a romantic mood.
Think about it. If you step into a dorm room that looks like a bomb exploded and smells even worse, how comfortable can anyone [...]

The College lost a member of its family on Oct. 13 when Jessie R. Turk, professor emeritus, passed away at St. Barnabus Medical Center in Livingston at the age of 89.
Turk was a professor of geography at the College from 1947 until her retirement in 1982. She spent many years of her life living in [...]

Students gathered in the lounge between Traverse/Wolfe Hall on Friday Oct. 23 in anticipation for “Queer Comedy” night, chatting animatedly before the show began. Many seemed to be wondering the same thing: what exactly did “queer comedy” mean?
What it meant was an afternoon filled with gut-busting laughter provided by The Mixed Signals, the College’s improv [...]

Hopes were high for headliner Erik Rivera of Thursday’s two-man comedy show event featuring Rivera and opener Vlaadimir Caamano. Billed as “one of New York’s fastest-rising young comedians” on his website biography, Rivera was booked by Union Latina and College Union Board (CUB) to celebrate the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month.
“We wanted to do [...]

It was fun while it lasted.
The College’s three-week honeymoon of prolific scoring with little disagreement ended this past Friday courtesy of Kean University, namely senior running back Jared Chunn.
Chunn, torched the Lions’ defense for 210 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 22 carries in the Cougars’ 28-7 victory. The 2008 New Jersey Athletic Conference Offensive [...]

The College’s cross country teams brushed elbows in a fight for coveted real estate with nationally acclaimed Division I, II, and III programs at the Goodman Campus course of Lehigh University on Friday for the 36th annual Brooks Paul Short Run.
“Your mindset doesn’t really change in a race like this,” said junior T.J. Bocchino. “The [...]

Members of All College Theatre (ACT) staged a fake protest last Thursday, Oct. 1, to promote its production of Arthur Miller’s “The Creation of the World.” The show runs Oct. 14, 15 and 16 at 8 p.m., and at 2 p.m. and 8p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Don Evans Black Box Theatre.

Going to see “Zombieland” last Friday was a great thing.  Seeing “Zombieland” twice on the same day was absolutely exhilarating.
I say exhilarating because what “Zombieland” brings to the screen a spoof on the zombie genre that doesn’t mirror “Shaun of the Dead” in any way.  My initial hopes for the movie were satisfied, and my [...]

Junior forward Kevin Luber advanced the Lions to a 4-2 win over the Scarlet Raptors on Wednesday with a long-awaited hat trick. The captain’s big night raised his total goals on the season to four.

“It was a big relief,” Luber said. “I only scored one goal [...]

According to Mark Gola, the new Director of Athletic Communications at the College, if you are attending a sports game on campus and you don’t know he’s there, then he is doing his job.
“I guess the best way to measure a day is sort of like being a game official [...]

It is surprising when the Lions do not play into overtime this season.
This week the Lions had its third straight overtime contest and saw its record drop to 3-3-3.
Following a dramatic overtime victory against Kean University in its first game against a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) foe, [...]

Certain things in sports feel serendipitous, for whatever fabricated or romanticized reasons a fanbase can come up with. We see things as fated — victories assured by some astrological higher order of things, losses assigned some extenuate like “curses.” Sports-minded folk can explain the all-time greatest streaks and championship seasons by citing a backlog of [...]

Release date:  September 25, 2009
Following in the footsteps of psychological thrillers i.e. The Abyss, as well as horror films such as “Aliens,” “The Descent” and “I Am Legend,” Christian Alvart’s “Pandorum” delivers with a strong mix of acting, special effects and intrigue.  With a terrific cast led by Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, Pandorum  is [...]