Swayze became a household name after 1987′s “Dirty Dancing,” where he starred alongside actress Jennifer Gray. In it, Swayze played a suave, bad-boy dancer who fell in love with the daughter of a rich doctor. It was Swayze’s character who popularized the now famous line: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”

Shortly following “Dirty Dancing,” Swayze starred in the movie “Ghost,” with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, another huge hit that guaranteed his spot at the top.

In his career, Swayze made classic films like “Roadhouse,” guest-starred on “Saturday Night Live,” and even performed in the London musical “Guys and Dolls” in 2006.

Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008, but shocked everyone when he planned to continue filming the series “The Beast” on A&E. He managed to film one season while undergoing treatment before he succumbed to the cancer on Monday.

On Tuesday, the women of “The View” discussed Swayze’s passing. This was significant not only because Swayze worked directly and had a strong relationship with Whoopi Goldberg, a host, but also because Barbara Walters was the last to interview Swayze, a year and half ago.

Many students feel saddened about Patrick Swayze’s passing, and the Facebook statuses that littered everyone’s news feed last night are a testament to this fact.

“It’s a tragedy that he passed away at such a young age,” said Rachel Feyre ’10. “He’ll be missed.”

Chris Staysniak ’10 echoed Feyre’s sentiments. “It was so sad. He’s just … he’s just a beautiful man and his passing was tragic.”

Swayze will be remembered for his brilliant dance-acting and his strength as he battled through his last year.

In the first two tracks “What We Talkin About” and “Thank You,” Jay-Z lyrically explains what the main message of the album is, being a grown successful man in the rap game and not caring what others think.

The two following songs are the radio hits, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” and “Run This Town.” D.O.A.  is produced by No I.D., who blesses Jay-Z with a creative, well-made beat which Jigga uses to dismantle every modern hip hop trend. “Run This Town” features Rihanna and Kanye West on another catchy beat. Kanye lyrically outshines Jay-Z on the track and his motivation is showcased when working with the man who made him famous on the first “Blueprint.”

The next song, “Empire State of Mind,” is a New York dedication in which guest Alicia Keys provides outstanding vocals, making New York seem like the most glamorous city in the world.

The next several tracks feature the likes of Young Jeezy and Swizz Beatz who don’t live up to the performances of the other guests. This is where Jay-Z loses his focus — he continues to rap about the same topics over and over. Another misstep is on “Off That,” where the popular Drake is featured on the hook, but not given an opportunity to have his own verse.

However, on “A Star is Born,” another newcomer named J. Cole gets his shot and shows that he will be a force to be reckoned with during the next couple of years, while Jay-Z gives props to his peers in hip-hop. Timbaland, a famous producer who has worked with Jay-Z over the years, provides a strangely addictive beat on “Venus vs. Mars,” where Jay-Z continues with his punchlines and metaphors.

The next track is called “Already Home,” and Kanye West shows that he was originally meant only to be a producer; he brings soulful production while Kid Cudi does the chorus justice. Jay-Z brings in Pharell of the Neptunes on “So Ambitious,” and their chemistry over the years still exists here.

“The Blueprint 3″ is full of guest appearances who give Jay-Z quality contributions, but Jay-Z himself provides nothing groundbreaking, which is what should be expected of this rap legend. The album should not be called a failure, but Jay-Z could have made it more meaningful than it is.

Despite the network change, the judges are the same. The knowledgeable judges returning this season are Nina Garcia, Marie Claire’s fashion director, supermodel Heidi Klum and American designer Michael Kors. The reason for the fashion spread being in Marie Claire as opposed to Elle as in past seasons is due to Nina Garcia’s dramatic exit from Elle to Marie Claire. In addition to these three veteran judges, each week a guest judge will be joining the panel to help critique the designs. So far this season, the guest judges have been a mix of celebrities and designers including Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Rebecca Romijin, as well as designers Max Azria and Mark Bouwer. The best judges are still Heidi Klum, whose brutal honesty is much needed in panel, and Michael Kors, whose experience in the world of fashion is invaluable.

Lifetime Network decided to change coasts this season as well. The aspiring designers will be working in a studio at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise in California. Last season they worked at Parsons in New York City. The designers this season have the typical diverse mix of personalities and tastes that are always interesting to see play out on the runway. So far there have been no attempts at making a trademark line like last season’s winner, Christian Siriano’s choice word, “fierce.” The designer bringing the most drama so far is Ra’mon who, when working in a team in the surf wear challenge, likened his pairing with a weaker designer, Mitchell, as “having a gigantic bulls eye painted in the center of my face.”

Epperson also brings plenty of the drama to the show as a father being away from his family. In the most recent challenge, “What a Woman Wants,” where designers had to create an outfit for their models to wear to an industry event, Epperson was sewing his dress as tears streamed down his face. The emotional moment proved that in fashion, you have to give blood, sweat and tears.

Drama is always captured among the designers, like in the process of choosing teams for challenges. Bringing it back to middle school dodgeball, team leaders must select from the rest of the designers those that they would like to work with. The most notable difference between “Project Runway” on Lifetime and Bravo is the new after show, “Models of the Runway” that, appropriately titled, stars the models of the runway that walk for each designer. The models are filmed behind the scenes biting their nails during the elimination process and in their shared apartment discussing their dreams in the world of fashion.

However, as far as reality shows about models go, “Models of the Runway” is pretty low on the totem pole compared to the popular “America’s Next Top Model.”

The network change has brought us across the country to California and spawned a new reality show to satisfy Project Runway viewers.

Despite these attempts to reinvent the show, it is still essentially the same. This is fine because the show did not need to change and clearly Lifetime is doing something right; the premiere episode of season six attracted 32 percent more viewers than the premiere of season five on Bravo.

The show airs on Lifetime at 10 p.m. EST every Thursday.