Diversions

The art department has been rounding up its spring semester by presenting senior art exhibits in order to showcase their hard work and dedication these last four years. Brigid Morrissey and Jenny Cook are two whose pieces will be seen and both represent cultural as well as personal struggles.

Divergent comes amidst what seems to be a veritable plethora of teenage sci-fi/fantasy films adapted from popular novels, a trend started, of course, by The Hunger Games among others. While Divergent undoubtedly owes much to Suzanne Collins’s incredibly popular tales, it is also original and unique enough to succeed on its own merits.

Looking for a healthy restaurant that serves food that not only tastes great but makes you feel great? Look no further than Lifeit Café.

On April 3, Furman University’s LGBT club EROS (Encouraging Respect of Sexualities) organized their annual gender bending event.

The Paladin catches up with Furman’s new president-elect.

Edisto Island, S.C., offers a beach vacation with a small town feel. Take a weekend to enjoy the many amenities Edisto has to offer, including a state park, biking path, restaurants, fishing, and beach front exploration.

Bingeing. What seems to be the most popular form of bingeing on college campuses is “binge-watching,” which is defined in the Urban Dictionary as “the marathoning of three or more episodes of a single show in one sitting.”

On March 25, as part of Furman’s Earth Week Celebration, the Environmental Action Group is hosting a Bicycle Parade for all students and members of the Greenville community.

The Bohemian Café, located on Stone Avenue, is a dining experience unlike any other. With an attached record store and an impressive wine and beer list, the Bohemian Café offers something for everyone in an upscale dining environment.

Furman has been known to be full of talented artists and musicians in years past and present. But the latest addition to Furman’s musical pool of talent is the indie rock band Arthur. Consisting of the four juniors Sam Klein, Blake Yoder, Sam Dawson, and Adam Lilly, the band is a new de

Learning to cook isn’t a skill students typically expect to acquire as a part of their Furman education, and cooking using sustainably grown local products is usually out of the range of most college student’s budgets. But sophomore Monica Kraeger has been seeking to change all of that ever since she founded the Slow Food Furman following a two-week stay in Italy that that inspired her to bring the country’s slow food movement to campus.

To the non-initiated, this remark by the titular heroine of Veronica Mars in the film’s opening sequence might seem strange. But to the millions who followed the teenaged sleuth for three years through the perils of Neptune High School and beyond, it’s a long awaited reward.

Curling is probably the most confounding sport of the Winter Olympics and is often referred to as “chess on ice.” Last Tuesday night, I decided to take up the Palmetto Curling Club’s offer of free curling lessons. I had no clue what to expect.

The outrageously catchy theme song to The Lego Movie is called “Everything Is Awesome,” which is a fitting title, considering that pretty much everything in The Lego Movie is, indeed, awesome.

Are you stuck in a health rut — eating steamed veggies in the DH, running on the treadmill a few times a week, and going to The Forest Coffeehouse to “relax” (i.e. do work somewhere other than the library or your room)? You can do better than that! Just off campus lies a wonderland of fun, healthy resources that are yours for the taking.

A quick weekend day trip is the perfect way to recharge before midterms begin. Newberry, S.C., is a small, historic town located a little more than an hour from Greenville. With a variety of local shops and restaurants, Newberry also boasts some great attractions for all interests.

Recently, it appears that women have been taking center stage in awards shows, books, and politics. So it seems apt that the Furman Playhouse would choose to do a female-centric play for it’s most recent show. These Shining Lives is a story about working women in the 1920s whose initial enjoyment of self-sufficiency and freedom turns tragic when they discover that the paint they’ve been using at work is diluted with radium.

Pita House is a Middle Eastern restaurant and grocery located in an unassuming venue on South Pleasantburg Drive. About a 20-minute drive from Furman, the trip is more than worth the unique culinary experience.

We’re all familiar with Cherrydale Cinemas just down the road, with its overpriced and oily popcorn, blockbusters, and sticky floors. But just imagine a Coffee Underground of the cinema world. Wouldn’t that be lovely?

Looking for a quick trip on a weekend afternoon? Consider making it an educational adventure. Ninety Six, South Carolina is home to the Ninety Six National Historic Site, where two Revolutionary War battles were fought.

These Shining Lives, directed by Theatre Professor Maegan Azar, will premier at the Furman Playhouse this week. The play is set in the 1920s, beginning in the midst of World War I and ending with the devastation of the Great Depression, and the plot revolves around four women who work for a radium company in New York City.

The Furman Pauper Players premiered their latest show, “Les Misérables,” this past weekend. The musical has captivated the world with its balance between the musical elements and an emotionally-driven plot, perhaps even more so since the British film version debuted Christmas 2012.

The family owned and operated Duke’s Doggs, located on Main Street in Travelers Rest, is an unassuming but delightful place to go for some hot dogs, burgers, and Southern hospitality.

In case you haven’t seen the towers of stale candy hearts and heart-shaped boxes of sure-to-be-80 percent-disgusting chocolates (the other 20 percent may have edible fillings), Valentine’s Day is upon us. Feb. 14 makes a holiday out of pressuring guys, disappointing girls, and reminding everyone who doesn’t have a special someone that they don’t have a special someone.

Emerging as a musical hybrid of such diverse bands as Vampire Weekend and Bloc Party, Bombay Bicycle Club, the four-piece indie rock outfit from the U.K., released their fourth full length album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, on Feb. 3.