By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor Empire of the Sun is known for their upbeat electronic music and their quirky style. Members Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore wear elaborate costumes and are often accompanied by dancers. The spectacle and music are entirely...
Entertainment
Classic tales retold
By: Alyssa James Staff Writer Walt Disney Pictures has been working hard on making many new live-action movies recently: “Cinderella” and “The Jungle Book” to name a couple. Although, they haven’t stopped there. They are in the midst of working on and releasing new...
American Music Awards 2016
By: Blayde Biacan Staff Writer This has been a truly crazy year. An event that signifies the coming of the end, as well as a new year, is the 44th annual American Music Awards, which will take place on Nov. 20 in the Microsoft Theater. The American Music Awards will...
Old Man Logan makes cinematic debut
By: Kinsey Bushart Freelancer The third installment to the “Wolverine” franchise had its first trailer released Oct. 20, though the movie title, “Logan” was leaked by Hugh Jackman himself two weeks prior. This “Wolverine” movie is said to be the final film where...
Music at Western (On campus music performances)
By: Katherine Ljungqvist Freelancer Research has shown time and again that music can promote mental health, improve sleep quality and relieve stress and anxiety. According to John Hopkins Medical research, exposure to new music has been linked with increased...
Editor’s picks
By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor Editor’s Recommendation: “Norwegian by Night” by Derek B. Miller is a novel about an elderly American man who moves to Norway with his granddaughter and her husband. In Norway he saves a little boy from death and begins a journey...
Review: “Doctor Strange”
By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor “Doctor Strange” is the 14th film in the huge Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has included space, gods and psycho robots. “Doctor Strange” brings the brand new world of mysticism into the universe as well, and does it...
Caretakers of the constellations
By: Kinsey Bushart Freelancer “Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2” had its first trailer released Oct. 19. In the trailer, the gang of space superheros continue on their journey to, of course, guard the galaxy. In the minute and a half video, Starlord and Drax the...
Nintendo switches things up
By: Matthew Oldfield Freelancer For quite a while Nintendo has been secretive over their new gaming console, for a while calling it the “NX” system and keeping everything quiet. Slowly, news outlets rolled out information about what Nintendo’s been up to: stories of...
Expressionism on the stage
By: Paige Scofield Campus Life Editor Western theater students took to the Rice Auditorium stage to rehearse for the 2016 fall show, “Machinal.” Despite the fact that the set remains unfinished, the students are eager to begin rehearsal to make this show as polished...
