“My name is Jennifer Funderberg. I’m currently a 21-year-old junior studying arts and technology. Many of my pieces were from classes I have taken here at CSUSM. I focus on my desire to tell stories, even when they are geared towards personal topics. I have always been fascinated with the idea...
Kat Parra, Assistant A&E Editor
• February 7, 2021
This review may contain some spoilers.
Airing every Friday, Disney+ welcomes their newest superhero TV miniseries WandaVision, starring Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda) and Paul Bettany (Vision). Each of the current four episodes are set in different periods starting in the 1950s.
Set as a quirky sitcom,...
Tingling Palm
My palms perspire immediately as I hear the garage door slam shut, an eerie silence. A moment where I can feel my heart accelerate and mentally try to slow it down...anxiety refuses, climbing so far up my throat I can taste it. It’s silent, but the house groans under the...
COVID-19 has changed the way we experience and interact with the art world, shifting us from in-person museum visits to virtual tours, gallery experiences and other forms of media.
Prior to the pandemic, the art world seemed inaccessible and difficult to engage with without a base understanding...
Movie: Hillbilly Elegy
Netflix’s recent release of Hillbilly Elegy is a drama film that follows the story of JD Vance, played by Gabriel Basso, a Yale student who comes back to his hometown after finding out that his mother, played by Amy Adams, has overdosed on heroin. The film bounces between...
Story of the princess
Before the castle gate
in the deep clear water
a beautiful garden
a poor woodman
he found a beautiful purple flower
he became quite fixed
espying the glittering fiery eyes
he plucked the flower
...
CSUSM’s theatre department hosted their third and final performance of the fall 2020 semester, Solos, on Dec. 4. The performance was a compilation of solo performances by various CSUSM theatre students.
Directed by Macedonio Arteaga Jr. and Jessica Cortez, each student has their time to shine...
The second season of The Mandalorian dominates on Disney +.
No other film or show has matched up to how well perceived this show has been on Disney’s streaming service.
As we know from the first season, the show revolves around a mysterious Mandalorian who betrays his duties in order to save...
Podcast: “Just a Tip”
YouTuber Megan Batoon’s self-help and advice-based podcast “Just a Tip” focuses on helping listeners with their problems. Featuring a new guest each episode, Batoon dives in-depth to a listener’s conflict. The podcast also features an array of skits such as the...
Dirty Converse
By Lara Amin
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic for bike rides and dirty converse.
And face-to-face hangouts when we laugh and converse.
About the present, future, and even the past.
A time when time didn’t move so slow and fast.
And I know...
Song: “Therefore I Am”
Up-and-coming pop artist Billie Eilish released a new song called “Therefore I Am,” a tune of caution to those who try and use her name for fame or clout, as well as a dismissal of her haters. The accompanying music video is filmed on an iPhone and features...
Netflix recently released Over the Moon, an animated film beautifully portraying Chinese culture as Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) goes on a lunar adventure to find the Goddess of the Moon, Chang’e (Phillipa Soo).
Many moons ago, Chang’e took both immortality pills causing her to be ripped away from her...
