By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor Television spinoffs get a bad rap. And when you look at shows like “Joey,” “AfterMASH” and “Saved by the Bell: The College Years,” it’s not exactly hard to see why. Sometimes companion shows just don’t work. This concern was...
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WOU A Capella Groups Prep for NW Quarter Finals
Photos by Neil Gravatt Western’s very own a cappella groups, 15 Miles West (below) and Suspended (above) at their dress rehearsal on Jan. 28, will be competing in the Northwest Quarter Finals of the Inter-Collegiate Competition of A Capella (ICCAs) on Saturday,...
Science, storytelling and sock-puppets
“No Belles” and the adventure of Portal Theatre
April Verch Band
World-class musician and step dancer to perform at Western
“Frank” and the myth of the tortured artist
By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer Many of my favorite musicians fit the idea of the “tortured artist”: a person with a tumultuous past, who has never been quite right, who creates beautiful works of art because of their messed-up life. It seems that we all idolize and...
“Nightly Show” already a fitting replacement for “Colbert”
By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor On Monday, Comedy Central premiered their newest nightly comedy news program, “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.” Filling the time slot after “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” that has for the past nine years been...
Civil Rights in Film
By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer This past week at Western has been dedicated to the memory and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and with Black History Month coming in February, memories of the Civil Rights movement are in the air. For the last five years,...
“Selma”: Celebrating and revealing MLK Jr’s fight for equality
By JENNIFER HALLEY Copy Editor I went to see “Selma,” the recently released Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, assuming the horrific end to such a powerful man would be the main focus of the film, but I was wrong. This movie is a breath of fresh air, in regards to the...
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