The other night I watched the 1953 movie, “Shane.” “Shane” is a western set in—well, the same time that all the 1950s westerns are set in. The main character is a gunslinger named (hold your breath for it) Shane. The general plot centers around Shane’s attempts to leave his former life behind and start over […]
Movie Spotlight: “Shane”: Exploring “Shane,” a 1953 Western starring Alan Ladd. Read Post »
In 2016, Icelandic musical artist, Ólafur Arnald, undertook a seven-week journey across his home country. Arnald stayed in seven different locations all around the island of Iceland, composing a personal and emotional song tied to the history and culture of each location. Additionally, in each location, Arnald collaborated with another Icelandic artist to give a
Album Review: An appreciation of Ólafur Arnald’s album, “Island Songs.” Read Post »
Spoilers for Spiderman: No Way Home, Hawkeye, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki. So Marvel finally did the thing they’ve been hinting at for years now: the multiverse is very real, and crossovers are coming. We’ve already seen multiple alternate versions of Loki, who was the first major multiversal character, and in Spiderman: No
In early January, an email from the Office of the President stated that all persons at indoor facilities would be required to wear multi-layered masks at all of Eastern’s campuses. Some exceptions include students and faculty members working or in a room alone, and student-athletes practicing or competing according to NCAA instruction. I acknowledge that
If you are as terminally online as I am, you may have noticed a new Instagram page called “EU Mask Choice” (@/eumaskchoice) pop up in your feed recently. Their online presence consists of a whopping 80 followers, a cheap website that houses effectively nothing but pontificating, clunky and redundant infographics, dependably dissident and sarcastic engagement,
Within the past two weeks, students at Eastern have taken it upon themselves to stand up for what they believe in. Since the launch of the newest petition on Eastern’s campus, students, both for it and against, have not held back in sharing what they think is the right course of action for the petition.
American the Beautiful: The good and the bad of debating online. Read Post »
Recently, a few popular artists, such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have decided to pull their music from the Spotify platform after comments from Joe Rogan were made on his podcast, which shares the platform. While I personally do not agree with Rogan or his commentary, I do think that it is a bit
Hard Pill to Swallow: Spotify drama is pointless. Read Post »
Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skating, ice hockey, luge, nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboard and speed skating: these sports are those featured in the Olympic Winter games. This year’s Olympic Winter games are being held in Beijing, China. Though athletes are still competing, the US,
Rafael Nadal came into this year’s Australian Open with a lot of questions surrounding how he would fare at the first grand slam event of the season. Nadal’s 2021 season ended abruptly after a foot injury. On top of the foot injury, Nadal had also tested positive for Covid late last year, which put his
The cohosts of the GOLF.com podcast “The Drop Zone” call him the “Resort Golf King.” His several wins at resort courses across the world has proven this nickname fairly true. Since turning pro in 2019, PGA Tour golfer, Viktor Hovland, has made quite an impression in both PGA tournaments and international events. Sitting at number
