New music releases

New music releases

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor October 5: Photo courtesy of mollyburch.bandcamp.com Molly Burch: First Flower Over a year since her first album, “Please Be Mine,” Molly Burch will be releasing her sophomore album. “First Flower” is said to comment on the artist’s...

Ensuring diversity in the arts

Ensuring diversity in the arts

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Often, liberal arts colleges and universities are privileged environments; when it comes to the creative atmosphere they foster, they can promote critical discussions on important topics, and allow traditionally underrepresented...

A look at “Inside Black Mirror”

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Darkly satirical and terrifying, the cult show “Black Mirror” is peeling back a new layer in the form of a book that will be released on Nov. 10. “Inside Black Mirror” will dive into the minds of creator Charlie Brooker and...

Review: “Marvel’s Spider-Man”

Keith Mathew | Freelancer With the popularity of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Marvel’s Spider-Man,” released Sept. 17, decides to go a different route. This new action-adventure game starts years after the masked hero acquired his powers — so no Uncle Ben...

Review: “Reversing Roe”

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Netflix’s documentary “Reversing Roe,” released on Sept.12, follows the transformation of abortion legislature in America, which has been a consistently controversial topic in this country in recent history. Narrated by prominent...

Awarding student artwork

Awarding student artwork

Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Every spring term, the Cannon Gallery of Art uses their Juried Student Art Exhibition to show off what Western students have to offer. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the exhibition, which displays sculptures, paintings and...

Composed by one, played by many

Composed by one, played by many

Zoe Strickland, Editor-in-Chief Many years of music study and a working knowledge of three instruments led up to music composition major Jessica McCutchen’s senior music recital. McCutchen, who plays piano, violin and flute, has spent the last four years honing her...

Western takes a trip to the primal

Western takes a trip to the primal

Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Vampires, film and dance collide in “Why Cross Chaos,” the newest theatre production put on by Western’s theatre and dance department. The show will open on May 30. The devised play, which is guest directed by Portland-based director...

Review: “Tracyanne & Danny”

Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief “Tracyanne & Danny” is the perfect album for a calm summer’s day. The songs are dreamy, carefree and border on sounding old fashioned. Though listening to the entire album at once may make listener’s eyes heavy, the duo has a...

Review: “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” is its own movie. Yes, it follows along with the linear plot of, and connects to, the larger Star Wars universe — something us fanatics love. But the characters — new and old-droids — Wookies and warp speeds...