Author Archive for Wes Koseki

Discover Yourself Through Spontaneity

“Spontaneity” is defined as behavior that is the result of impulse, not planning.

I spent one year as a Boy Scout when I was in second grade. I never learned to tie complex knots or survive in the wild a la Bear Grylls, but my impressionable mind locked the motto “Be prepared” into my young memory.

Paris, je ne t’aime pas.

By Wes Koseki
When I told my friends that I was going to Paris, I was met with squealing voices that rivaled a child’s first Christmas. I got responses along the lines of “Oh my gosh, Paris is beautiful,” “You’re going to love it” and “I wish I could live there.” They set my standards high [...]

Always the “Bridesmaids” …

WED: Judd Apatow proves you don’t need a bunch of fat, bearded actors to make his comedy work.

Under the Northern Lights

For many college students, top spring break destinations include Cancun, Miami Beach, Las Vegas – essentially cities where sun is abundant, the beach is prime and bathing suits are the appropriate dress code. Traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska might round out the bottom of this list where temperatures can fluctuate between 30 degrees during the day to below zero at night, beaches are covered in ice and showing some skin would not be the best idea. However, on the morning of March 19, I hopped on a plane headed to Fairbanks, Alaska for my spring break.

A Trip To “Cedar Rapids”

COMEDY: Fresh from his successful role in “The Hangover,” Ed Helms plays the same character here.
By Wes Koseki

Careers and Defying Parental Control

Twenty years ago, I entered this world with no idea of what I wanted to be when I grew up. Sometime after that, I wanted to become a Pokemon master. At age 11, I was waiting for my letter from Hogwarts so I could grow up to be a wizard. Today, I’m working toward a career in journalism. And for some reason, out of all those career dreams, my mother objected to my career as a journalist the most.

“127 Hours” is Worth the Wait

Upon hearing the premise of the film “127 Hours,” one might ask, “How could someone make a decent movie featuring one man and a rock?” The answer is only under the direction of Danny Boyle, fresh off his success directing “Slumdog Millionaire,” and the superb acting of James Franco (“Spider-Man” and “Pineapple Express”).
Franco takes on [...]

We’re Just Friends, Not Lovers

Claudia Cheffs | Staff Photographer
In a generation where two close guy friends develop their “bromance” and close girl friends call each other sisters, there is one type of friendship that has no label: the friendship of a boy and a girl.
Of course, many of those involved in that kind of friendship may spend more time [...]

How to Love Your Dorm

“Abandon all hope ye who enter here” is written on the entrance of Hell in Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Hopefully that’s not written on the entrance of your dorm. However, make no mistake. Dorm life is one of the scariest yet most exhilarating parts of embarking on your college experience.
On one of my first few nights [...]

The Angels Sing for “Reach”

Photo Courtesy of Bungie.Net
In November 2001, video game developer Bungie released “Halo: Combat Evolved” exclusively for Xbox. Players took control of the protagonist Master Chief, a faceless super soldier of few words bred for battle like a Clint Eastwood protégé, in the midst of a war between humans and the alien race called the Covenant.
Five [...]