Category: Arts & Entertainment

Samuel Casey News Editor You know what sucks? Doing laundry. I put it off as long as possible, adding clothes to my hamper like a game of Jenga only with cotton instead of wood. Plus, the machines are al- ways in the middle of a cycle or holding the sopping wet clothes of a stranger…

Colin Tobin “Ford v Ferrari” was directed by James Mangold and stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby (car manufacturer) and Christian Bale as Ken Miles (racecar driver). It tells the story of how the Ford mo- tor company planned to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the mid-1960s. Over the past…

Anna Wolf Contributing Writer A November chill spreads across campus, with frost settling on the ground and the sun dimming too early. Students trek across campus in the silent dark, their breath misting in front of their faces. In the distance, the warm glow of Common Grounds can be seen, and if you listen closely,…

Kamal Morgan Contributing Writer Oprah’s annual book club presented their selection this past September: Ta-Nehisi Coates’The Water Dancer. This is Coates’ first novel and his fourth book overall. His book, Between the World and Me won the National Book award for nonfiction in 2015 and was a finalist for 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. The…

Andrew Kilbride An unfortunate aspect of having an Anglo-centric pop culture is that modes of entertainment not in English often get over- looked. Even though English is sort of an international lingua franca, for better or for worse, a small percentage of the world actually speaks it as a first lan- guage. Yet, this said…

Megan Tuennerman A&E Editor While there may be debate over how to pronounce his name, there can be no argument that Hozier’s performance at the Akron Civic Theatre on Nov. 7, as part of his Wasteland, Baby! tour, was powerful and raw. Before one can comment on the spectacular performances themselves, one must try to…