• Beauty Standards are Bad for Women

    Chase Burdick

    Beauty standards are harmful, and we would all be better off if society stopped promoting them. Unhealthy beauty ideals have existed for centuries and have always been enmeshed in our society. They’ve also always been actively harmful, especially for women.  Society has always had ideas of how women should look, although these differ by culture…

  • The Golden Bachelorette Begins Airing on ABC

    Chase Burdick

    The first season of “The Golden Bachelorette” began airing in mid-September. The show is a spin-off of “The Bachelorette”, an incredibly popular dating show that has been airing since the early 2000s. Last year, ABC also produced “The Golden Bachelor”, which was met with mixed reviews. This year’s golden bachelorette is Joan Vassos, a 61…

  • Listening with the Beacon: Maintenance Phase Strikes Balance Between Conversational and Critical

    Chase Burdick

    “Maintenance Phase” is a podcast hosted by Aubrey Gordon and Micheal Hobbes, focusing on subverting the space of wellness podcasts and interrogating commonly held beliefs regarding health and bodies.  The show began in October of 2020, with both hosts having been writers and prominent in activist work before shifting their focus to podcasting. Gordon spent…

  • Transformers One returns to series roots

    Chase Burdick

    Transformers One premiered on September 20, 2024, to a middling office reception. However critics and fans have praised the movie for its mature tone and deep emotional center, as well as the faithful adaptation of some of the series most beloved characters.  The film follows D-16, voiced by Brian Tyree Henry, and Orion Pax, voiced…

  • Actress Maggie Smith dies at 89

    Chase Burdick

    Genevieve Brooks Staff Writer On September 27, 2024, actress Maggie Smith died. She was 89 years old. Smith died in a London hospital, although no cause of death has been shared by her family. Smith was well known for her acting, both on-screen and on stage. Her career began in 1952 at the Oxford Playhouse,…

  • Gavin Creel died at age 48

    Chase Burdick

    Genevieve Brooks Staff Writer Gavin Creel died on September 30, 2024. Creel was well known in the Broadway community. His death was caused by a rare form of nerve cancer. He had been diagnosed with cancer in July of 2024. Creel was primarily a stage actor. He attended the University of Michigan prior to the…

  • Hurricane Helen devastates the Gulf Coast

    Chase Burdick

    Genevieve Brooks Staff Writer Hurricane Helene made landfall on the coast of Florida as a Category 4 storm. In the days leading up to this, weather agencies in many states along the Gulf Coast warned that Helene would bring heavy rain and extreme flooding. The majority of the damage from the storm was concentrated in…

  • One Direction star, Liam Payne, dead at 31

    Chase Burdick

    BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Singer Liam Payne, widely known for being a member of the 2010s boy band One Direction, reportedly died on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The singer fell multiple stories at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Bueno Aires. Payne had reportedly “jumped from the balcony” of his hotel room and had been pronounced dead shortly…

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