• Montana governor kills monitored mountain lion

    Alanna Gillis Opinions Editor amg7393@psu.edu In what is definitely not his first controversial hunting incident, Montana governor Greg Gianforte confirmed that he hunted and killed a monitored mountain lion in late December 2021. He used hunting dogs to chase it up a tree, where he cornered it and shot it with a rifle.  The death…

  • Grimes faces criticism for thoughtless comments   

    Chantel Rodriguez Staff Writer cvr5570@psu.edu In a Vanity Fair interview, singer and partner to the world’s richest man Elon Musk, Grimes, came under scrutiny for insensitive statements regarding Musk’s lifestyle. Grimes’s entirely out-of-touch remarks shocked her fans and followers on social media by her assumptions of what she believes to be “below the poverty line.” …

  • Disney not to support Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill

    Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Earlier this month, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill passed through their Senate. The passing of this bill in Florida means that “the classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity” would be prohibited. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, has expressed his intent on signing the bill into law. According to fortune.com,…

  • Horizon Forbidden West Review

    “Horizon Forbidden West,” the second installment of the Horizon series with “Horizon Zero Dawn” being its predecessor, was produced by a first-party developer under PlayStation Studios known as Guerrilla Games. This Dutch company has made many other games such as their 2004’s “Killzone” and “Shellshock Nam ‘67.” The Horizon series put its name on the…

  • “Black Panther” director wrongly detained for robbery

    Alanna Gillis  Opinoins Editor amg7393@psu.edu In January of this year, famed “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler was detained in Atlanta after a bank teller suspected he was robbing the bank. The Bank of America teller, whose identity has not been released, noticed an alert on Coogler’s account, as he was trying to withdraw more than…

  • Time Travel with Ryan Reynolds

    Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu How many movies can you think of that say the future will have time travel? Most likely people think of “Back to the Future parts 1-3” from 1985, 1989, and 1990. Well, parts one and three go to the past, part two takes Marty McFly to 2015. Ryan Reynolds’ newest…

  • CRASH Review – Charli’s Major Label Exit 

    Nathaniel Clark Contributing Writer nuc5002@psu.edu  On March 18th, English singer-songwriter Charli XCX released their fifth studio album CRASH through Asylum Records. This is the singer’s first album since how i’m feeling now which was produced in six weeks during the COVID lockdown. Based on interviews and reports, this will be Charli’s last album with Asylum…

  • Crest Review: Drain Gang’s Shock Collaboration

    Nathaniel Clark  Contributing Writer nuc5002@psu.edu  Acting as a complete surprise to their fans, Drain Gang affiliates Bladee and Ecco2k released their collaborative album Crest on March 17th under YEAR001. This is not the first time these musicians have collaborated, having released various singles throughout the years. One of these previous collaborations is “Amygdala” which was…

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