ALEX GILLIESGRAPHIC DESIGNER KYLE CHOKASSTAFF WRITER 10/23/2023 Taylor Swift’s name and public image are known to everyone in the world. When Swift announced that her worldwide phenomenon tour was going to be premiering in theaters around the world, she practically broke the internet itself with a simple social media post and caused a ticket-buying war... Continue Reading →
Don’t stress a visit to Wilcox
KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER BRONWYN MCALINDONSTAFF WRITER 10/23/2023 Wilcox Health Center offers a wide variety of services to students on campus, ranging from an on-site nurse practitioner to multiple mental health services. A number of these services might be ideal to help relax stressed-out college students. Every day students deal with constant stress from involvement in classes... Continue Reading →
Drake’s album showcases fresh hip-hop talent
ALEX GILLIESGRAPHIC DESIGNER JACKSON POLLARDSTAFF WRITER 10/9/2023 Aubrey Drake Graham built a dream team of feature artists so impressive on For All the Dogs that any production style heard on any track of the album is supported tremendously by some of the best voices in mainstream hip-hop music. There’s so much to want from any Drake project... Continue Reading →
Bakar explores themes of love and regret
ALEX GILLIESGRAPHIC DESIGNER JACKSON POLLARDSTAFF WRITER 9/25/2023 Bakar makes indie music cool, there’s no doubt about it. His third studio album “Halo” continues the classic, young life storytelling theme he has seemed to perfect over the years. He projects feelings of belonging and regretful choices with some of the most beautiful instrumentals and background voice... Continue Reading →
Breaking the live action anime curse
WESTON HIRVELASTAFF WRITERGRAPHIC DESIGNER 9/25/2023 “Live Action Anime” is a phrase that has been wrought with negative connotations, doubly so if Netflix is behind the adaptation. Since the Netflix adaptation of “Death Note,” the company has created around 13 anime adaptations that fail to capture the magic of the original source. These movies/shows are at... Continue Reading →
The impact of the Eras Tour
ALEX GILLIESGRAPHIC DESIGNER EMMA FIGLEWICZPHOTO EDITOR 9/11/2023 The Eras Tour has engraved Swift into the American Entertainment Industry. The tour has changed how many people view the concert experience. The first leg of the U.S. Eras Tour ended on Aug. 9 in Inglewood, California. More than two million fans attended the tour that saw Taylor... Continue Reading →
Get bigger and bigger: football’s wide reach
JACKSON POLLARDPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 9/11/2023 After a record-breaking season, the football team is unmissable on campus with its 184-man roster, up from 127 in 2018, sparking interest in the advantages sheer numbers may bring to a sports team in comparison to those with only around 30 players at a time– the norm for most... Continue Reading →
Review of Sophfronia Scotts’s Wild, Beautiful, and Free
LEIA LENRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER CLAIRE WITTLIEFFLAYOUT EDITOR 4/10/2023 On Apr. 4, I had the immense pleasure and honor of talking to Sophfronia Scott about her new novel titled Wild, Beautiful, and Free. Scott is the brilliant director of Alma College’s MFA program centered on Creative Writing. The program offers three main areas of study: fiction, creative nonfiction,... Continue Reading →
