The world this week has turned its attention to Egypt due to the country’s protests, but the nation, which lies at the crossroads of the Middle East and Europe, has a long history of art and culture which deserves attention in its own right. In honor of Egypt, I decided to explore the work of some contemporary Egyptian artists.

On Friday, when tensions were running high in Egypt, I was glued to my computer all day, watching Al Jazeera’s commented live stream that was broadcast from multiple locations in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria. Turns out I was not the only one: 1.6 million viewers from the United States watched the live stream that day.

On these increasingly cold nights when all you want to do is crank up the thermostat and curl up in bed with your laptop Ella readings or a movie, you might be tempted to lay the laptop across your legs and relish the warmth of its overheating fans. Think again.

Let’s face it, internet privacy is an oxymoron. I am not talking about Facebook’s train of highly publicized privacy screwups; I’m talking about the fact that if you connect your computer to the internet, there is somewhere out there who can hack into it. Luckily for most of us, those people are few and far between, especially if you’re on a private network.

One of the sad ironies of graduate school application season is applicants probably do not have time to read The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them. In this excellent memoir of sorts, Elif Batuman chronicles her traverse through studies in Russian literature and life after an undergraduate degree.

By now, the sickening video of a male Rand Paul supporter stomping on the head of a fallen female protestor has gone viral. I am sure that the majority of those who will read this article have seen it on RSS feeds and Facebook news posts, and have already come to their own conclusions regarding the Kentucky Tea Party candidate for Senate.

One thing that always catches my attention when reading Regency-era, read here Britain early 19th century, romance novels –i.e. Jane Austen and Jo Beverley novels- is the mention of sports that people of the time played in their spare time.

It’s a profound, yet subtle reflection of our socio-economic climate today that as one looks around on the subway in New York City, a flight to Beijing or on the trains in Sydney that almost everyone has an Apple Inc. product in their hands.

In the midst of editing the A&E section this past Sunday night, I decided to put on a few of my favorite 90’s hits to bask in the nostalgia and reflect on the greatness that was that decade.

As we dive headfirst into a new season of television shows and Oscar worthy films (FINALLY!) , we ask ourselves life altering questions such as: “What will happen to ‘The Office’ after Steve Carell’s depature?”, “Will the ‘Glee’ episode featuring Britney Spears be the best episode to date?” or “Facebook the subject of movies… really?”