Mary Vander Weg, Online Graphic Designer
• December 12, 2017
Singer-songwriter Sia made sure that Christmas came early this year when she released her holiday album, the festive and all-original “Everyday Is Christmas.” The album, which was released on...
Recently, there has been an influx in nostalgia for the ‘80s in popular culture. This is in part due to the popularity of Stranger Things, but it was already a growing subculture that was simply boosted...
Luke Reynolds, Copy Editor, Anchor, Reporter
• December 12, 2017
When 12-year-old and blonde-bobbed Grace VanderWaal stepped onto the stage of “America’s Got Talent” last year, viewers were charmed. Then she started strumming her ukulele and began to sing...
Smith believes that “a good song has good lyrics, so not just pointless stuff.” When choosing what to add to his playlist, Smith likes to take into account the beat and the meaning behind lyrics. “The...
“Criminal Minds”- “Criminal Minds” is not for the easily distressed. It takes you into the lives of the agents in the Behavioral Analysis Unit or BAU of the FBI. The agents are lovable, relatable...
Winter break is simultaneously too short and too long. Far too short to satisfy students’ need for rest and relaxation, and too long for them to know how to spend it productively. For that purpose, the West...
Kristina Rosebrook, Online and Broadcast Entertainment Editor
• December 7, 2017
Trees are being tied to cars, strangers are singing at your door and the neighbors have put an obnoxious amount of lights up across the street. That's right, folks! It's December. With all of these traditions...
If there is one thing that hasn’t changed since the 1935 publication of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, it’s the appeal of a proper, gripping mystery. The way we consume these stories,...
Typically, being bombarded by YouTube ads is not a good way to sell a product to me. However, in the case of Greta Gerwig’s film “Lady Bird,” this was just the right tactic. I went to go see this...
On the 1st and 2nd of December Theatre West put on one of their smallest productions: 12 Angry Jurors. Take a look into all of the work that went into putting this show on and hear from some of the cast...
Luke Reynolds, Copy Editor, Anchor, Reporter
• November 20, 2017
If you talk to people who grew up watching Disney Channel in the mid-2000s, most would argue that era was Disney at its prime. One of those gems that made that so? Sister duo Aly and AJ Michalka. They...
In the past decade or so, we have had more superhero movies than ever. They have become the latest blockbuster fodder. Marvel has been at the forefront of this with their hugely innovative cinematic universe....
