Arts & Entertainment

By JAKOB HAND COLUMNIST The Academy Awards, a.k.a. the Oscars, a.k.a. Hollywood’s annual pat on the back, are here once more and per usual, there is debate about who will win the big prizes. Some races are somewhat concluded already,…

By CONNOR MARTIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF     This Sunday, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and their lucky guests are going to walk the red carpet, hoping for a win that will catapult them to stardom or bring them…

By KADEN WEAVER COLUMNIST “How many children do you have?” asks an unassuming mom of Abbi Abrams in the waiting room at the dentist’s office. Abrams considers the question cheerlessly, leans back towards the ground, and then begins to…

By MEGAN ZIEGLER STAFF WRITER Over winter break I revisited an author that introduced me to reading fiction and prepared me for the world of dramatic high school girls. In Dare Me, Megan Abbot takes you back to that terrifying high school…

By STEVEN YARDLEY COLUMNIST Java is a conversation paver.  A large majority of SLU students share the common ground of a Java show experience. Personal history with the barn is often hilarious. Everyone has their own individual…

By JACQUI COLT COLUMNIST     Hello friends!  Well, I do not know about you, but all of this talk of local veggies has been making me awfully thirsty. Let us talk about something truly wonderful:  DRINKING LOCALLY! There are a few options…

By LEIGH VASSALLO COLUMIST On the surface, Into the Woods simply looked like a different take on the classical fairytales, including: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk. There is music, amazing…

By COLIN BALDWIN STAFF WRITER In 2013, Breaking Bad, one of the most critically and commercially popular television shows of the past decade came to a close after five seasons on the air.  When citing groundbreaking television, many…