Stephanie Blair | Copy Editor Let me start by saying that I liked the last Deadpool film — I really did — but I felt immediately upon seeing it that it didn’t have the potential to be a good series. I also knew that Marvel would make it one anyway and so, over two...
Entertainment
Review: “Electric Light”
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief It’s been three years since singer-songwriter James Bay released his debut album, and I’ve been anticipating his second since I finished listening to the first. “Electric Light” is good, but it’s nothing special. In his second album,...
Dedication illuminated through dance
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor One by one, the audience shuffled to their seats and waited in anticipation for the art they’d soon witness. After some time, the lights slowly dimmed to full darkness. With a hush that consumed the room and the sweeping of a curtain, it...
Music from the heartstrings
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Emmaly Basaraba was three-years-old when she discovered that she wanted to learn how to play the violin; “I remember going to the living room and on TV there was a man playing violin and I was like ‘I want to do that.’” Five years...
Review: “Can’t Wake Up”
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Alejandro Rose-Garcia, also known as Shakey Graves, announced his fifth album with a warning: that fans should prepare to sell their suspenders. While Graves set out to release “Can’t Wake Up” as a departure from his previous albums,...
Campus pianists take the stage
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief The sound of music filled Smith Hall as music students and professors alike played through piano performances. On May 2, “An Elegant Evening of Piano Music” was held as part of the 2017-2018 Smith Concert Series. The two-hour event...
Review: “KOD”
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor J. Cole’s “KOD” arrived on April 20 and, while he’s progressed and improved as an artist, his new project regressed towards the end. While varying styles of instrumentals are constructed, ranging from newly stylized modern trap beats to...
Take a break from midterms
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief As it gets to be the middle of term, it’s important to hit the books and study for midterms. However it’s also important to take some time and explore all of Western has to offer. Here are some events on and off campus that can provide...
Review: “Mercury 13”
Zoë Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Are women fit for space travel? NASA in 1961 thought the answer was a resounding no. One of Netflix’s newest documentaries, “Mercury 13,” explores the fight that resulted from this opinion. “Mercury 13” is informative and vital for...
Exhibit explores how numbers relate to nature
Kevin Reed | Staff Writer “Art is really for oneself and fine art doesn’t really have one finite message that one’s trying to get across,” said Jennifer Bracy, a professor of visual communications design at Western. “It’s often much more about questions and maybe...
