At a campaign promotion event in Crossroads, rappers perform for Jon Coon’s presidential run. Coon is running against incumbent Alex Platt and current off-campus representative Bobby Marquez. In addition to the concert, Coon has made t-shirts and an extensive Web site.

  Art can be a somber affair. Dramatic romances may writhe onstage with emotion, while a poem might wrench the heartstrings at a critical verse. Expressions, a spoken word night hosted by the Black Student Union, reminds that art can both stir the soul and make us laugh at the same time. Rather than a serious exercise [...]