Category: Arts & Entertainment

Artemis Swanson Staff Writer   There are a great number of films that claim to both capture a moment in history and to speak about our present. However, the film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” dedicated to portraying the events leading to the assassination of Fred Hampton, not only achieves this cultural relevancy, but does…

Colin Tobin Contributing Writer       Over the weekend, the student-run radio station, WOO91, held a CD giveaway in the Alley. As a result of the plans to renovate Lowry center, the radio station will be moving to a smaller station. Throughout the organization’s history, they have accumulated hundreds upon hundreds of CDs since the mid…

Chloe Burdette Editor in Chief   For almost a year now, the world has been an anxiety-inducing blunder. To put it lightly, this past year has utterly sucked. This pandemic has been unbearable, and sometimes, staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m. and listening to gut-wrenching songs is the only way to truly cope —…

Lillian Beach Staff Writer   The recent virtual escape room, presented by Wooster Activities Crew (WAC) and hosted by “The Virtual Detective,” was an enjoyable way to spend Saturday evening, especially in light of the pandemic. Students were able to interact with one another over Zoom to solve the case before the (thankfully virtual) bomb…

Nick Harling Contributing Writer   While it functioned as a finale of sorts for a tumultuous year, this past Christmas day also brought an end to one of the most intense sagas shrouding the hip-hop sphere in 2020: the release of Playboi Carti’s sophomore album, Whole Lotta Red (WLR). After endless teasing — including a…

Holly Engel Arts & Entertainment Editor   What would it be like to work on a spaceship whose crew specialized in creating wormholes? As someone who is not usually drawn to the galactic journeys and technological advances promised by science fiction novels, this question was light-years away from my mind — that is, until I…