When Zoe Darrow ’12 plays the fiddle, she closes her eyes and softly beats her foot on the ground. Her fingers nimbly move over the frets as her bow skips over the strings. She is totally Zen. You can tell her sense of pleasure and absolute bliss that she feels when she’s playing, and it’s contagious. She has been playing the violin since she was four years old, when she discovered the instrument while watching her sister play, and soon took up playing as well. It wasn’t long, however, before Darrow discovered Celtic music and was inspired to begin fiddling.

Once upon a time, a fat little eight-year-old kid with scabby knees and unfashionable clothing went to a play at a college campus.

It’s easy to see the fashion runways and think, “If I want to be fashionable, I need to have a lot of money.” But I believe that everyday fashionable people exist because they use high fashion as inspiration, not necessity. Designers always say that they create for the common woman, and they do. Without buying expensive clothing, you can take cues from more expensive designs in your daily wear. Money doesn’t determine style, so here are some timeless design houses that may conjure up a little fashion stimulation in your heart.

This weekend, the Mount Holyoke Theatre Arts department presents Kristen Kosmas’ “Hello Failure,” directed by Brooke O’Harra.

An interview with studio art major Amanda Hu ‘10.

It’s April and the sun has popped out early to bathe the campus in warm, sunny weather. How great this must be for the student who bought or unpacked her bathing suit months ago, waiting for the day she could finally study and sun bathe out on the green. Inevitably, what comes along with that luxury is the growing anticipation for the fast approaching summer break and graduation day. I have been experiencing a musical anticipation that began growing back in early fall.

Grammy award winners Ok Go will be performing on April 27 at the Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton, MA.Currently the band is promoting the release of their most recent album Of the Blue Colour Sky. The record has received a lot of attention after Damian Kulash published an article in The New York Times about Ok Go’s controversy with their former record label Electric and Musical Industries Ltd (EMI).

It must have slipped my notice, but at about 10:30 pm on Friday night in Northampton, I looked around and realized that Pearl Street Night Club was stuffed with people.

After a four-month hiatus, the time has finally arrived for the latest episode of Glee. Placed in a post-Idol time slot this past Tuesday, the much-anticipated 14th episode, “Hell-o,” was an absolute thrill to watch. The episode dives right back into tense character dynamics, while accompanied by show-stopping beats and enthralling tunes.

After my column on Doctor Who, I received two responses. The first response was “I love Doctor Who too!” The second and more common reaction was, “Wow, you are such a nerd and/or geek.” To the first one I can only respond with some sort of fist bump of Who goodness, and to the second I get a little frowny in the face.