By: Declan Hertel Entertainment Editor We all know you’ve got to grow old, but growing up is dumb and you shouldn’t do it. One school of thought would be perturbed by finding out that “Toy Story,” Pixar Animation’s first feature-length film, turns 20 years old on Nov....
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History, Hip Hop, and Hamilton.
By: Jenna Beresheim News Editor As someone who has personally struggled with learning history my entire life, I am constantly craving a learning source that tricks me into learning about new topics. My childhood consisted of mnemonics, Wishbone the dog, and hours of...
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
By: Jack Armstrong Copy Editor I wanted to start this review off in an honest manner by letting you, the reader, know up front that I am a huge Bethesda fan. I love “Doom,” “Wolfenstein” (yes, even the reboot), “Fallout,” and “The Elder Scrolls.” So you can imagine...
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
By: Ashton Newton Staff Writer 2011 brought us the end of JK Rowling’s magical world of Harry Potter in cinemas with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.” Since then, fans have been hungry for new Harry Potter material. Occasionally, on her website,...
The future of music is self-distribution
By: Darien Campo (Staff Writer) I discovered Snowmine largely by accident. Browsing the plethora of music on Bandcamp.com led me to their page, where I found a free download to their first album “Laminate Pet Animal” (a palindromic title.) Curious, I downloaded it and...
“No Man’s Sky” preview
By: Ashton Newton Staff Writer During E3 2014, I watched a live stream of the Sony press conference with hope that I’d see something breathtaking. My wish was granted when I saw a space ship lift off of an orange planet lush with grass, trees, and dinosaurs, and blast...
Bond is Back: “Spectre” Review
By: Declan Hertel Entertainment Editor Let’s begin with a disclaimer: I love James Bond. The suits, the gadgets, the villains, that theme song, the whole shebang. I especially love Daniel Craig’s run as Agent 007; in my opinion, he made the character seem more like an...
Back in black
By:Conner Williams Editor-in-Chief After more than two dreadfully long months since the “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” beta ended, the full game finally became available to play at 9 p.m. PST on Nov. 5, 2015. And yes, I did count down the minutes until I was able to dive...
WOU Theatre Presents: “Book of Days”
Western Theatre students take the stage for the first time, wandering around the boards to familiarize themselves with their new set in preparation for their upcoming production.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” Turns 20
Being a teenager is hard. You have a newfound independence and no idea what to do with it, your body changes in strange and unsettling ways, your emotions are beginning to acutely develop before you know how to handle them, and all the authority figures in your life tell you that none of your devastating, all-consuming problems really matter.
