btw’s Year in Review: Arts, Life, and Sports
Humans don’t need entertainment and sports in order to survive, but our lives would hardly be as rich and meaningful without them. btw kept you abreast on the most popular movies, television, music, art and theater and brought you interesting human-interest stories from around the world. Sports heroes faced considerable scrutiny for their actions this year and btw asked some big questions about the future of how we play our games.
- Arts The year kicked of with news that the controversial Middle East cable channel had acquired a U.S. cable station in the hopes of gaining legitimacy. The summer movie season got a head start this year by kicking off in the spring. Underdogs took home the most awards at the Emmys. The Paris art museum the Louvre, Comic Con, and the SXSW music festival drew record crowds. Rolling Stone magazine were accused of glamorizing Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover. We also looked back, as punk rock made a comeback and Hip Hop celebrated a major milestone.
- Life We love our coffee so much that some of us were willing to pay big bucks to Starbucks for its “specialty” offering. The Boy Scouts both entered a new era by lifting its ban on gay members and continued its long tradition of the Pinewood Derby. Also continuing its tradition was the Scripps Spelling Bee, going strong after seventy-eight years. We explored magnificent libraries all over the world, as well as all-things-pumpkin. And kissing is not going out of style any time soon. One of the biggest life-related stories that affected students in particular this past year was the implementation of Common Core.
- Sports It was good news and bad news for the wide world of sports in 2013. Cyclist Lance Armstrong and major league baseball players broke hearts with their admission of doping. Meanwhile members of the U.S. Men’s soccer teams won over hearts by qualifying for the World Cup championship. Relief-pitching legend Mariano Rivera retired from the Yankees. The Harbaugh brothers attracted our attention by coaching opposing teams in the Super Bowl. In the wake of concussion controversy in the NFL, btw asked some big questions about the value of competitive sports.
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