Opinion — Review of NMU Theatre and Dance’s production of “Grease”

Harry Stine • April 25, 2023

I went to "Grease" on Saturday, April 22, and even though it was the production’s last showing of the season, it was far from low energy. I had the privilege of sitting in the center of the front...

Opinion — Review of “Hocus Pocus 2”

Lilly Griebel • October 24, 2022

In the fall months of 2005, I was exposed to the first scary movie that I would ever watch. Well, scary at the time for a three-year-old.  Released roughly 12 years before, Kenny Ortega’s “Hocus...

Opinion — Review of “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”

Andie Balenger, Opinion Editor • September 12, 2022

Best described as Gen Z’s whodunit film, “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” puts a spotlight on our protagonist, Bea, as she spends a night with her new girlfriend’s lifelong pals. After an afternoon spent partying, the group decides to play a childhood game where one of the players is a “murderer” and has to take out all participants before they are ousted. However, after tension between the friend group rises and the power goes out, the party game suddenly becomes their reality.

Opinion—Review of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’

Andie Balenger, contributing writer • October 28, 2021

As the previews began to roll, there were only a few things I knew for certain: “Dune” would contain a lot of sand, a painful box, and a blue-eyed Zendaya.

Opinion—Drake’s new song “Girls Want Girls” fetishizes lesbians and queerbaits

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor • October 13, 2021

He doesn’t just manage to objectify and fetishize women-loving-women relationships, but he simultaneously undermines those who identify as lesbians and the authenticity of their identity.

Opinion—Sick of her celebrity: a review of Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’

Nicholas Conroy, Copy Editor • September 10, 2021

Before the release of the album, Lorde discussed in a series of interviews that “Solar Power” would be dealing with themes relating to her personal experience with celebrity culture, spirituality and the celebrity identity.

Opinion—Blossom Bird is here for tea drinkers and tea haters alike

Joshua La Gorio, contributing writer • September 4, 2021

I was a mix of nervous and curious as to what I’d think of the drink, considering my history with tea and all. I selected Vanilla milk tea with Chocolate Boba.

Opinion—I toured local bakeries for a sugar coma

Kelby Reichard • November 12, 2020

Among the many hidden treasures in the city of Marquette include businesses for those with a sweet tooth. There are half a dozen bakeries available to NMU students to provide plenty of opportunities to satisfy any craving. Each business has both a unique variety of products, as well as individual atmospheres that shape each bakeries’ identity.

Review: “Weather” by Jenny Offill

Eli Sparkman • March 12, 2020

Young person worry: What if nothing I do matters? Old person worry: What if everything I do does? This is just one of the many profundities placed throughout Jenny Offill’s new novel “Weather.”...

Aussie indie-rocker releases summer EP

Andy Frakes • November 21, 2014

“About Face” is the second studio release from #1 Dads, a growing side project of virtuoso Tom Iansek. Iansek’s "day job" is being half of Australian indie-rock duo Big Scary, a band who has garnered...

Thriller lives up to novels

Savanna Hennig • December 4, 2013

Smashing through Thanksgiving box office records and shooting into the No. 1 spot in box offices all over the world, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is a successful sequel to the first film in the...

James Blake delivers focused expansion on second LP

Jordan Beck • April 11, 2013

“I don’t want to be a star, but a stone on the shore.” Taken by itself, it’s a nice enough sentiment. But there’s more to it than that — it’s practically the unofficial mission statement...