Top 5 places to break up on campus
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Top 5 places to break up on campus

Love may blossom in DC, but it also likes to die loudly in public. After seeing more breakups than we ever asked for, we’ve noticed some spots on campus are just objectively the wrong setting for heartbreak. So, if your situationship is getting stale, or you just found out your partner’s been “studying” with someone else, follow this guide to the top five worst places to end it all—romantically, of course. 
Photo Essay: Meyru @ Pie Shop, 9/23
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Photo Essay: Meyru @ Pie Shop, 9/23

“You want like our full names?” Nic, the lead singer asked me as if he had a wrap sheet that couldn't be imagined in this lifetime. This was the beginning of my five minute interview with Meyru in the Pie Shop greenroom on September 23. 
Bloggers Review: Fries on campus
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Bloggers Review: Fries on campus

Blog feels that we have a moral obligation to use our powers of taste-making and superior judgement to aid the uneducated in seeking out the best food on campus. Of particular interest to us are fries, the ultimate side, the perfect snack, the primordial sauce vessel.
‘We lost trust in our environmental agencies:’ The fight for environmental justice in Ivy City
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‘We lost trust in our environmental agencies:’ The fight for environmental justice in Ivy City

Walking the streets of Ivy City in northeast D.C., a distinct smell permeates the residential area. Some say it’s similar to burnt rubber, others say it's reminiscent of a funeral home. The smell is seemingly traceable to an unassuming building on the corner of Fenwick and Capital Avenue: the National Engineering Products, Inc. (NEP) facility, where sealants for the U.S. Navy are produced.
Local bands have a ball at Mosh Madness
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Local bands have a ball at Mosh Madness

I spent the Saturday before starting my last semester of college watching a bunch of out of shape local musicians play basketball in a church gym in Takoma, MD. It was the first ever Mosh Madness, a half-court single elimination tournament organized by Ian Donaldson and Reid Williams of Dorinda. Fourteen bands competed while five bands (three of who also balled) – Flowerbomb, Pretty Bitter, Massie, Pinky Lemon and Spring Silver – played sets during the matches. The event raised over $2,600 for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Flooded in stale lighting, the smell of sweat growing exponentially worse each hour, you could barely hear conversation because the acoustics of the room weren’t prepared to host some of the DMV’s best and loudest. After whining through a semester abroad with no real live music, this was the perfect scene homecoming.
PICKAXE DC talks new EP, youth in the scene and plans for the future 
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PICKAXE DC talks new EP, youth in the scene and plans for the future 

PICKAXE is a high energy, female-fronted punk rock band from our very own Washington, D.C. Although their published discography consists of only four songs, all wrapped up neatly in their recently released EP, PROVOCATEUR, each track has its own unique sound and message. It’s the kind of music that pumps up your adrenaline to negate those bruises you’ll inevitably get in the mosh pit. I can confidently say that PICKAXE’s music is best experienced up close, personal, and dressed in a hot dog costume. Seeing is believing; on streaming you get a very clean, packaged version of their songs but witnessing a set live brings together the whole experience. PICKAXE is impressive in that, even through the haze of the room and the writhing mess of the pit, their vocals and instrumentals come through just as clear and polished as they do on the EP.