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A Super Bowl in Review: Looking back on the Highs and Lows of the Super Bowl

This year the 2024 Super Bowl had the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. The Super Bowl is the final game of the football season here, after many challenging games in the regular season. As the Author of the Article, personally, my family roots for the Packers but…

by Logan Frink  •  Mar 1, 2024
Gaming

It’s Not Me, It’s My Basement Review

A review on the life of Embry and the “thing” in their basement (Warning: Spoilers of the game)

by Peyton LeBlanc  •  Feb 22, 2024
Art

How Much of These Hills Is Gold deconstructs the mythos of the Old West

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang explores American history through new eyes

by Madison Thompson  •  Feb 6, 2024
Gaming

Dead Plate: Take on Indie Horror Using RPG

The game ‘Dead Plate’ was released not long ago on November 6th of 2023. Only 2 months ago. When YouTubers I know saw this game it piqued their interest such as ‘Jay From the Kubz Scouts’ and ‘LaurenZside.’ They are both big YouTubers and sometimes showing from being influencers it…

by Peyton LeBlanc  •  Feb 2, 2024
Features

A Trip to Ireland

Immediately as I landed in Dublin the differences between Iowa and Ireland were presented. One of the most prevalent changes was that Ireland is currently going green. There are signs reminding people to recycle, all paper towels are replaced with blow-dryers, and all the restaurants use paper straws. Additionally, the…

by drewblunck  •  Dec 21, 2023
Culture

17 Years In The Making

Andre 3000 Makes Long Awaited Solo Debut But With A Twist

by Jace Porter  •  Dec 1, 2023
Culture

Land of Milk and Honey is the culinary climate change novel you didn’t know you needed.

Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang combines eco-dystopia with haute cuisine in a novel that will leave the reader disturbed, dazzled, and very, very hungry.

by Madison Thompson  •  Nov 30, 2023
Culture

Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts”

Oliva Rodrigo’s 2nd album, “GUTS,” came out on September 8, two years after the widespread release of “Sour,” which catapulted Rodrigo to fame. “GUTS” consists of 12 songs which is about 39:12 minutes of listening time. The overall vibe is a much more moody and rock-inspired album than her first…

by Noelia Neal  •  Nov 17, 2023
Music

New Hozier album unearths mythological and cultural inspirations

After the release of hit singles “Francesca” and “Eat Your Young”, musical artist Hozier’s full album Unreal Unearth was released on August 18, 2023. Inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, Andrew Hozier-Byrne outlined the songs in the album based on the nine circles of hell. Including references to Greek mythology,…

by Fatimah Williamson  •  Oct 17, 2023
Review

Bright Young Women changes the narrative of true crime fiction.

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll gives a voice to victims of a famous serial killer— while not sacrificing the current suspense that brought the case to light almost half a century ago.

by Madison Thompson  •  Oct 9, 2023