Katie Bast, Staff Writer
March 12, 2013
Dozens of students, professors and community members gathered March 8 to hear a lecture on the affect young people, women and social media have had on the Arab Spring given by Sahar Khamis, an expert on the topic of Middle Eastern media. Khamis is an assistant professor of communication and affiliate... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink, Freelancer
September 13, 2012
Out of the audible cacophony, special effect storm and marketing chaos of modern cinema, one film has risen and prove true a time-old phrase: “silence is golden.” The 2011 Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning film, “The Artist” is a black-and-white, silent feature from France that takes viewers... Read more »
Cal McNeil
April 16, 2012
When I try to think about a good theme party to host I always end up with a long list of ideas, but tend to fall back on a classic theme that everyone ends up loving: the ’80s. Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson blew up the radio, bad hair and acid-wash jeans were all the rage and classic movies... Read more »
Cal McNeil
March 28, 2012
I never imagined I would be so invested in another worldwide addiction to a film franchise based on a book series at 22 years old. I was obsessed with “Harry Potter,” but now I have a new mega-addiction that showed up nearly overnight: “The Hunger Games.” “The Hunger Games” book trilogy... Read more »
Taylor Kuether
March 1, 2012
“Lost in Translation” is, unsurprisingly, best suited for fans of Wes Anderson films (notoriously minimal, poignant movies about quirky characters in relatively-realistic situations). At times quiet, always gorgeously shot, the movie is a surreal step inside the introspective nature of the two main... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
October 20, 2011
When I first sat down to watch “Trollhunter,” I honestly thought that it was going to be some amazing documentary about ‘trolls’ on 4chan or Internet message boards and the like. Then, I saw the cover and the plot description — boy, was I wrong! Since it’s the Campus Film Series movie for... Read more »
Sam Rosenberry
September 15, 2011
Ah, The Daredevil Christopher Wright. We’re all in agreement that they’re pretty good, right? Right. If you haven’t heard them, take my word for it. Well, I loved “In Deference to a Broken Back,” but that came out forever ago. Or in pre-Twitter speak, two years ago. As luck would have... Read more »
Sam Rosenberry
February 27, 2011
The initial sounds that come out of “The King of Limbs” make you think that this will be a continuation of Radiohead’s last record “In Rainbows.” It’s simply some sped-up keyboarding. However, this is a ruse, as it becomes a full-on electronic song. In Radiohead’s eighth release,... Read more »
Breann Schossow
December 2, 2010
It’s the end of the semester. I don’t drink anything these days unless it’s more than 90 percent caffeine. Despite that, I started crashing around 11 p.m. Monday and needed a coffee fix. Lucky for me, a new coffee place in Eau Claire offers service ’round the clock, so... Read more »
Haley Zblewski
December 2, 2010
TLC advertises Sarah Palin’s Alaska as a nature show – just something meant to show the beauty of Alaska. With this premise, I was expecting something more along the lines of shows you find on the Travel Channel. In reality, it’s more of a reality show in which a family occasionally... Read more »
