Looking to add some variety to your study habits? Try finding a new study spot. As finals week approaches, students around campus share their opinions on the best places to study on campus. Junior Caitlin Filip said she prefers to study outside when the weather permits, but she also enjoys studying in the Howard Music Hall lobby. According to Filip,...
Culture
‘Quiet on Set’ cracks open Pandora’s box of abuse
The entertainment industry has a reliable recipe with a few key ingredients: money, insider relationships, and abuse. The new five-part docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” adds a haunting and eerily unsurprising element to this recipe — Nickelodeon’s abuse of children. Aired by Investigation Discovery in early March, “Quiet on Set” focuses on the inappropriate conduct...
Lizzy McAlpine’s getting ‘Older’ and her music is getting better
“Can we stay like this forever? Can we be here in this room ’til we die?” These lyrics from “The Elevator,” the first track on Lizzy McAlpine’s newest album, “Older,” encapsulate the futile resistance 20-somethings often feel toward growing up and moving on from love that has ended or is bound to. It’s not just the first track though; every song on this album packs...
‘Ordinary Angels’: not just another Christian movie
Little butterfly. That’s what Theresa called her daughter, Michelle, when she was born. Now, a five-year-old battling for her life, Michelle has the same rare liver disease that her mother died from. Will this disease take Michelle, too? For some, “Ordinary Angels,” released Feb. 23, may come across as yet another predictable faith-based inspirational movie put out by the Christian...