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Students prepare drag routine
“How do we make ourselves appear to have breasts?”
This is the question on junior Sean Van Aacken’s mind as he prepares his first ever drag performance ...
This is the question on junior Sean Van Aacken’s mind as he prepares his first ever drag performance ...
Movie review: "Looper"
There are no original movies anymore. This is the argument many people have about today’s blockbusters. Almost all movies follow some similar plot: there’s the typical boy-meets-girl romance, action movie with a car chase, psychological horror movie or little kid adventure.
Some movies do a pretty good job at masking their similarities, or some movies, like James Cameron’s “Avatar” just rip off Disney movies and don’t even try to hide it (if you didn’t already make the connection, it’s basically “Pocahontas” with blue people) ...
Some movies do a pretty good job at masking their similarities, or some movies, like James Cameron’s “Avatar” just rip off Disney movies and don’t even try to hide it (if you didn’t already make the connection, it’s basically “Pocahontas” with blue people) ...
History through movies: entertaining but not always accurate portrayals
Let me start this with a short story.
I enjoy Natalie Portman as an actress, so that led me to watch “The Other Boleyn Girl,” also starring, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana. The movie is set in 16th century England and focuses on sisters Mary and Anne Boleyn and their competition to win the heart of King Henry VIII.
I fell in love with the movie. After watching it, I discovered the Showtime program “The Tudors,” which follows the life of King Henry VIII and his six wives, Anne Boleyn taking up the majority of the show’s four seasons ...
I enjoy Natalie Portman as an actress, so that led me to watch “The Other Boleyn Girl,” also starring, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana. The movie is set in 16th century England and focuses on sisters Mary and Anne Boleyn and their competition to win the heart of King Henry VIII.
I fell in love with the movie. After watching it, I discovered the Showtime program “The Tudors,” which follows the life of King Henry VIII and his six wives, Anne Boleyn taking up the majority of the show’s four seasons ...
Scholarship keeps students in school, safe
With studying, balancing a job and scraping up money to pay for college, most students often find themselves a bit stressed out. Add saving lives to that and you’ve got the 10 students volunteering at the Whitewater Rescue Squad.
Daniel Erickson, a senior majoring in finance, has spent almost three years on the Whitewater Rescue Squad. Erickson had been part of two fire departments previously and wanted to volunteer as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in Whitewater ...
Daniel Erickson, a senior majoring in finance, has spent almost three years on the Whitewater Rescue Squad. Erickson had been part of two fire departments previously and wanted to volunteer as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in Whitewater ...