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2023 Autumn Playlist

2023 Autumn Playlist

Sophia Jiang October 3, 2023

Autumn Leaves by Ed Sheeran we fell in love in october by girl in red October by Alessia Cara September by Earth, Wind, and Fire (alternative: Taylor Swift cover of this song) Run by Taylor...

5 Reasons Why Autumn is the Best Season

5 Reasons Why Autumn is the Best Season

Sophia Jiang October 3, 2023

It’s finally here! Cardigans, leggings, boots, beanie hats, pumpkins, apples, and the season that ironically feels warmer than summer. Autumn! Here are some of my top reasons why this is the best season...

History of Halloween!!

History of Halloween!!

Hayat Brahmer, Student Life Editor October 1, 2023

When we think of Halloween we think of trick or treating, parties, and costumes. However, feasting on chocolates and banging on doors asking trick or treat was not the original meaning behind Halloween....

6 Horror Movies, New and Old, to Set The Season With

6 Horror Movies, New and Old, to Set The Season With

Max Knight, Opinion's Editor September 30, 2023

The leaves are browning, the sky is graying, and the lawns are once again being filled with a menagerie of skeleton and pumpkin decorations; we all know what that means. The month of all things spooky...

IMDbs Nine Best Halloween Episodes that You Can Binge Year-Round

IMDb’s Nine Best Halloween Episodes that You Can Binge Year-Round

Mars Spencer September 30, 2023

    It's that time of year--the one when every show under the sun puts on their costumes and decides to have a themed episode for the spooky season. It's such a common occurrence that it's almost a...

A Haunting in Venice: Rows by on Vibes Alone

A Haunting in Venice: Rows by on Vibes Alone

Max Knight September 30, 2023

A Haunting In Venice, the latest adaptation of the works of Agatha Christie, by director Kenneth Branagh, begins not as a murder mystery, but as a ghost story. A murky black-and-white dream sequence gives...

A Totally Comprehensive Review of Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon by Someone Who is Not Very Good at Video Games

A Totally Comprehensive Review of Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon by Someone Who is Not Very Good at Video Games

Ben Thom September 30, 2023

Fromsoftware, a video game company famous for making Dark Souls 8 times (that's a joke please don't come after me), also has another recognizable franchise named Armored Core--a popular Mecha shooter during...

Jack o Lantern With Tombstones In The Spooky Cemetery - Halloween Background

Halloween Mystery Riddles

Dona Nguyen September 30, 2023

You hear me once and then once more. But then I die until you call like before. Imagine there’s a boogie man living under your bed, whispering at 3:00 AM, Friday the 13th. You hear the whisper say...

My Favorite Horror Movie From Someone Who Hates Them

My Favorite Horror Movie From Someone Who Hates Them

Alexandra Saffman September 29, 2023

I cannot watch horror movies. The moment I hear eerie music or am forced to sit through an unusually long scene in the dark, I get up, take a walk, and try to forget what I saw. Blood, ghosts, clowns,...

Rumors: The Fall Play and What Weve Heard of It

Rumors: The Fall Play and What We’ve Heard of It

Elliot McKay September 29, 2023

Rumors. The spreading of stories too exciting to be deemed untrue because of lack of evidence. Rumors have built social hierarchies and caused empires to fall. They can be funny, weird, or just plain mean...

Halloween Costumes Galore

Halloween Costumes Galore

Monika Jeraj September 29, 2023

As the temperatures drop and the leaves begin to turn red, yellow, and orange, a looming shadow lurks behind the newly barren trees. It’s Halloween - or spooky season, as some like to call it - and it’s...

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola, Jacob Elordi and Youree Henley attend a red carpet for the movie Priscilla at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

“Priscilla” Sofia Coppola’s Upcoming Film

Ben Arnoldussen, Operations Manager September 6, 2023

     Rarely do we see films directed by women, and even rarer do we see films from the perspective of women, but Sofia Coppola is changing that.       The director announced her new film ‘Priscilla’...

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