The Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center’s Black Culture Awareness Week wrapped up Friday night in The Shack with its Life Music Series. Life Music Series events always feature one artist and other student...

When you’re on the run and in the mood for something just a little bit out of the ordinary, a normal sit-down restaurant is not always the place you want to go. One of Columbia’s food trucks might...

If I haven’t already given you all enough of a reason to judge me already, I’ve got quite the confession for you: I thoroughly enjoy romantic comedies. Oops. No, I don’t mean “The Notebook,”...

_Location:_ 220 N. Tenth St. _Hours:_ 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. every day If you’re looking for hipsters in their prime and to indulge your taste buds, Café Berlin is the place for you. Located in downtown Columbia,...

Gotta love those summer days spent cruising with your friends with the windows down, drinking large QuikTrip drinks while singing: “Take me to your best friend’s house / I loved you then and I love...

From first glance, “About Time” looks to be just another chick flick, a predictable love story with actress Rachel McAdams stealing a young man’s heart, but looks can be deceiving. Director Richard...

When you walk up to your apartment, what are you thinking? Are you anticipating a well-deserved rest from school? Are you wondering if your roommate ate all your food again? Maybe you’re simply admiring...

_Location:_ 1005 E. Walnut St. _Hours:_ 6:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. daily It may be small, but Ernie’s Cafe and Steakhouse packs a punch. The old school diner vibe may feel overdone at times, but there’s...

Two years ago, Brandy Fay was sleeping on a bunk bed in Kuwait. Two years ago, she was transporting a myriad of large weapons to different Army bases. Two years ago, she feared that a roadside bomb might...

_Location:_ 115 S. Fifth St. _Hours:_ Sunday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - midnight Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. If you’re searching for a true taste of Columbia spirit, fly down Fifth Street to Flat Branch...

Infantry squad leader Nathaniel Davenport led a short security patrol through an open street in Iraq when he and his men were ambushed by a group of Mujahideen, who were wielding RPK belt-fed Russian machine...