The top 10 pirate flicks of all time

By Darren Franich
INTERMISSION| “These motion pictures, they’re all right, but what they really need are more pirates,” Ernest Hemingway once said (maybe), and he was right.

Yarg! Follow this map to buried treasure, mates! But beware...

By Brendan Marten and Sam Tanzer
INTERMISSION| Yarg. Are ye mates seeking an adventure?

Captain Morgan: Calvin Klein of the high seas

By Tam Vo
INTERMISSION| Fashion often makes us want to walk the plank. Whether you end up looking like a blind Ringling Brothers circus reject or like you’re ready to twirl your way into a ballet class led by Jane Fonda, The Ship of Good Taste left Stanford a long time ago.

Yarg... 'Be Cool' not so cool after all

By Faris Mohiuddin
INTERMISSION| When you really think about it, all movies are really but thinly veiled pirate adventures. Swashbuckling seamen fight to the bloody death on the high seas in hopes of attaining ever-elusive booty.

Vin Diesel on a trike - and that's about it

By Nicole Beckley
INTERMISSION| My last trip to the movie theater swallowed me whole, pummeled me in the guts and knocked me senseless before spitting me out and making its way to the Oscar podium.

Intermission swabs the (tape)decks

By Tam Vo
INTERMISSION| Last time, we brought you “Listen or die!

Calling for a new Stanford mascot

By Darren Franich
INTERMISSION| A long time ago, we were the Stanford Indians. It was not a particularly original mascot and it wasn’t particularly exciting.

Swashbucklin' Sass and her pirates' booty

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| Bad is sexy. Bad cops, bad witches, girls gone bad. As innocence fades, we grow more and more intrigued by the dark, mysterious horseman until we’ve completely lost interest in the pure, wholesome princess.

...Because it's an appropriate time for some gonzo journalism

By Bonnie Johnson
INTERMISSION| The 13th annual Noisepop festival in San Francisco culminates for me in Les Georges Leningrad on Friday. I take my friend Beki to the show at Bottom of the Hill, across from festival headquarters Thee Parkside.

'What's a grapefruit?' Improvisin' on Stanford campus

By Bonnie Johnson
INTERMISSION| On Sunday night, the Stanford Improvisation Collective (abbreviated as “[sic]”) performed its annual concert in the collaborative event “Music and Dance by Chance,” working alongside Stanford dancers and alumni choreographers at the Roble Gymnasium Dance Studio.