By Lexy Perez
Many of us have our own aspirations, but sometimes life can decide to have its own plan for us. Rather than fight the trials and tribulations, it can be common to give into the “fate” that we are left to deal with.
Loc-Ha Le is a student who once substituted her...
By Zach Schanzenbach
The stereotype is simple yet pervasive: the realm of videogames is a guy’s world. That’s the stereotype I grew up with, anyways, and it seems I’m not the only one who thinks that way.
Of course, I know fully well that this is not completely true. The truth...
By Faith Orcino
Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis”
While many used comics as the medium for fictional tales, others like Marjane Satrapi turned it into a platform to introduce readers to themselves and to their cultures. Her graphic novel “Persepolis” was published originally...
By Sarah Youngren
Rating: 4/5 Paws
In a world where women’s voices are not heard, one woman dares to try to beat out the men and let her voice be discovered. That woman is Lake Bell, the director, writer and lead actress in the 2013 comedy, “In a World.”
The film focuses on main character,...
By Lexy Perez
It can be normal for every college student to feel overwhelmed with questions about the future. Pressure can build on the necessity to feel as if you need to have an idea of what exactly it is you wish to do.
For Marilyn Huerta, the answer is quite simple. “Why must...
By Beulah Supriya
In the lobby of the School of Arts (SofA), the final projects of the fall 2014 VSAR 301 students are for view to all until the end of April.
The beautiful art pieces look so flawless though they were the result of one and half month of hard work. There are different types of mediums...
By Burtland Dixon
Sports Editor
RATING: 3.5/5 paws.
Aubrey Graham, Wheelchair Jimmy, Drizzy or Octobers Very Own; these are just a few of the alias’ that Drake is known by. The rapper hailing from Toronto, Canada or as he calls it “The Six,” pulled a “Beyoncé” on Feb. 13 by giving...
By Alex Maravillas
Arts Assistant Editor
Using subjectivity and objectivity was a concept that the Ladd Brothers, Steven and William Ladd, had in mind when they collaborated. For example, the brothers used different methods of presenting art by recycling materials in the medium in their...
By Katie Garner
Rating: 0.5/5 Paws
On general principle, I normally don’t tell people what they should do with their lives. That would be presumptuous of me.
No one really likes being told what to do or what to like, anyway. But I will say this: in the two hours I spent watching Fifty Shades...
By Will McCurdy
Modern culture has taken an odd spin on the idea of horror, particularly monsters. It seems to be a mad whiplash that goes between reimagining them as brooding anti-heroes, turning them into sexual icons or in the very rare case these days of actually being afraid of them.
It...
By Pierce Brenner
Rating: 4/5 Paws
When a spot in the Kingsman agency becomes vacant, agent Harry Hart aka Galahad (Colin Firth) recruits his deceased friend’s son “Eggsy” (Taron Egerton) to become an applicant for the job. Meanwhile, off-kilter billionaire Richmond Valentine (Samuel L....
By: Lexy Perez
4/5 Paws
While the backlash and controversy 50 Shades of Grey received for its touchy subject (no pun intended) is not shocking, it’s interesting how much of it is still surrounding the recent film adaptation for a story that was released three years ago. Call it the bookworm fangirl...
