Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” opens with an unforgivably cliché Vietnam war scene. Creedence Clearwater Revival plays in the background as men charge through a forest dodging gunfire: cheap special effects made with flashing lights. If you walk in the theater a couple minutes late, you can skip this and get straight to the point. This...
I miss the old U2, the rock ‘n’ roll U2, chop up the soul U2, set on their goals U2. My thoughts turned to Kanye West’s “I Love Kanye” as Bono switched into autotune halfway through “Love Is All We Have Left,” the opening track on the band’s newest album. But, fortunately, this was one...
There’s a story about a prostitute who couldn’t enter a church even after she converted to Christianity because of her profession. Not to be deterred from prayer, she tied knots in a blanket and offered each act up to God. Her physical acts of prayer inspired sophomore Luke Woltanski, a Koon resident assistant, to play...
The first semester of college can be an experiment gone haywire for some students. For those who aren’t happy with their living situations, the release of housing forms initiates the perennial scramble to defect once again. Between the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters last year, 44 students switched to a different on-campus residence. Students...
The drum set that knocked down five ceiling tiles with its stage-shaking beat now supported the boots of senior Jake Coonradt. His back to the audience, he timed his return to the ground with the final strum of his guitar solo. And 250 pairs of feet beat the Elk’s Lodge floor into submission. The Phi...