‘Joker’ destroys expectations
Gregory Richardson, Reporter
November 7, 2019
"Joker" is a movie by DC studios and directed by Todd Phillips, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz and other notable actors. It follows Arthur Fleck, played by Phoenix, who is a struggling stand up comedian who lives among the lowest of the low and plays a clown as a way to make mon...
Seniors: learn to sing the praises of college letters
Alice Bennett, Reporter
October 24, 2019
As college application season beings, misery and despair waft through the senior hall. Parents are weeping and students cry out in agony as the Grim Reaper hands them their ticket of doom: college debt. The most terrifying thing about college is the ever increasing price of it. With public in-state...
Review of Nike’s new commercial
Hani Mohamed, reporter
March 26, 2019
Nike's new commercial showed women beating sports aired on February 26. There were mixed feeling about "Dream Crazy" since some people believe that no one thinks this way of women anymore and portrayed women as victims. While others think women's rights is an ongoing conversation. Though, I believe t...
‘Captain Marvel’ soars to the top of box office
Xavier Rhone, Reporter / Social Media Coordinator
March 18, 2019
”Captain Marvel“ hit theaters March 8 and is a watershed moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (commonly referred to as the "MCU"). Starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, "Captain Marvel" owns the special distinction of being the first female standalone movie in the 11-year history of the MCU. When asked about being the lead i...
January Food Review: Hunny Bunny Biscuit Co.
Dylan DelCol, Reporter/Copy Editor
March 3, 2019
This month's food review is all about the biscuits at Hunny Bunny Biscuit Co. on 23rd Street. Hunny Bunny Biscuit Co. was the brainchild of executive chef Chris McKenna and the Urban Management Group Inc. McKenna said in an interview with the Gazette that he had started dreaming up a biscuit m...
How it “All Falls Down,” the Black community challenging high fashion
Xavier Rhone, Reporter / Social Media Coordinator
February 28, 2019
In 2004, a young Chicago producer named Kanye West released his first studio album: "The College Dropout." One of the standout songs on the 21-track LP was the song “All Falls Down,” a soulful, four-minute dissection of materialism and insecurity within the African-American community. Remarkably, 15 ye...
Kendrick Lamar: A voice of a generation
Xavier Rhone, Reporter / Social Media Coordinator
February 27, 2019
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born June 17, 1987, in Compton, Cali. Kendrick's life would change forever at the young age of 8 years old, when he was "inspired" after he saw Tupac Shakur, during the filming of a music video in Compton. Twenty-four years later, that inspiration would come to fruition...
‘Aquaman’,’Birdbox’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ dominate the Holiday Season
Xavier Rhone, Reporter / Social Media Coordinator
January 31, 2019
The winter holiday saw a slew of feature-length films hit screens both big and small. Of the films that were on the tips of everyone's tongues this break, the three films that stood out were the superhero films 'Aquaman' and 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,' as well as the Netflix original, 'Bird Box.' James Wan's 'Aquaman' was o...
Mattis’ resignation spells danger for U.S foreign policy
Nikita Lewchuk, Reporter, Managing Editor
January 15, 2019
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis submitted his letter of resignation on December 20, immediately following Trump's controversial decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. In his letter, which he circulated throughout the Pentagon, Mattis cited growing concerns about hostile treatment of American allies, as well as continued tendencies towards isolationism in President Trump's foreign p...
What Jim Acosta’s press pass tells us about the Trump administration’s politics
Nikita Lewchuk, Reporter
January 10, 2019
It’s no secret that President Trump has a contentious relationship with the press. Throughout his campaign he complained that certain coverage of him was unfair and biased, making a particular effort to single out the New York Times and CNN. At a press briefing on November 7 leading up to the midterm elec...
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