Category: Arts & Entertainment

Artemis Swanson Staff Writer   As the pandemic rages around the world, many have turned to a common place of refuge: the world of fiction. However, many classic novels in two extremely popular genres, science fiction and fantasy, reflect prejudices which are very much grounded in the exclusionary notions of the writers. It is with…

Annie Ketler Contributing Writer   All of the Above is a Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award-nominated novel by Shelley Pearsall ’89. The book, taught nationwide, teaches strength, unity and awareness of the differences between social classes and of how people are treated based on their appearances. It has made ripples in the world, and…

Chloe Burdette Editor in Chief   Since passing the one-year anniversary of the initial COVID lockdown in the United States, I have done plenty of reminiscing about my life one year ago. Not much has changed, but all I knew is that during that initial lockdown, I had to stay in my house and somehow…

Michael Curran Contributing Writer   Last time, I mostly talked about the 3D World part of the Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. I think Bowser’s Fury deserves its own section because it is a wholly new adventure included alongside 3D World and is available right from the start. The game’s story is pretty…

Sarah Caley Staff Writer   Last Friday, the Department of Theatre and Dance and the BIPOC Performing Arts Alliance hosted a debut viewing of “Caged,” one of five productions created by the department last fall under the heading “Theatre of Urgency: Creative Responses to 2020.” The event was held through Zoom with the playwright and…

Holly Engel Arts & Entertainment Editor   Being in quarantine was good for at least one thing other than assuring I didn’t get COVID: I got to try my hand at several board games, in person and over Zoom. If you find yourself stuck in the endless void scientists are calling “Netflix and TikTok” and…