Kristen Martin

Is hip hop dead? If so, The Roots sure made it seem otherwise. With a set list ranging from new songs to covers, the Grammy Award-nominated, Philadelphia-based hip-hop band played to a sold-out crowd of students and area residents last night at the fall SPEC-TRUM concert in Irvine Auditorium.

Imagine what would happen if all the rules of the library - no speaking, shouting or running - were broken, and the books began reading themselves aloud. Just that happened last night in the Kelly Writers House's Art Cafe during "Suddenly Everyone Began Reading Aloud," a project by College senior Matthew Abess.