Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to denote the end of a line.

Spoiler warning: this review contains major spoilers for the first season of “Game of Thrones,” and mild spoilers for the season two premiere.

Here’s a rundown of the key players, whether you’re diving into the “Mad Men” canon for the first time or need a refresher before Sunday’s premiere.

Math-rock ensemble Maps and Atlases have never backed away from a challenge.

Here’s our take on the best and worst dressed at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.

Great gift cards for the Christmas season include ones from P. Terry's, Violet Crown Cinema, and a UT RecSports pass.

“Community” remains one of the lowest-rated shows on network TV, lately averaging only about 3.5 million viewers an episode.

Authors Anita Desai, Ben Marcus, and Dan Chaon release their latest page-turners over the Winter holiday.

The only deficiency of “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” is that there isn't enough of it.

Eugenides takes the idea and places it into a modern context keenly examining how relevant the labyrinth of romantic difficulties and successes is.

Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel “The Night Circus” has been debatably the most buzzed-about novel of the year.

The Alamo Drafthouse's Pop Princess Sing-Along event is designed to be an interactive and fun experience for everyone to enjoy.

Martin Kihn’s dog Hola is an absolute mess. She’s a Bernese Mountain dog: 90 pounds of unbridled canine enthusiasm, unable to sit on command, heel on a walk around the neighborhood or even look at a friendly-looking human sideways without bounding into them with violent gusto. She’s what most would describe as a “bad dog.”

Feminist bookseller Susan Post was only a child when she realized she wanted a life very different from the one her mother led.

For years, author Daniel Handler has been entertaining readers of all ages with his darkly humorous “A Series of Unfortunate Events” books, written under his more commonly known pen name: Lemony Snicket.

The Harry Potter movie franchise has always been flawed, both for casual viewers and die-hard, ultra-critical fans of the book. Screenwriter Steve Kloves usually manages to anger the die-hards by watering down plot points, misattributing character motivations and inventing his own uninspired dialogue where J.K. Rowling’s would have served infinitely better. At the same time, Kloves often confuses casual moviegoers by providing abysmally muddled plot exposition.