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It was all a dream, until it wasn’t: Tupac vs Biggie

March 16, 2023March 8, 2023 Kaylin B

Public rivalry: The ultimate art crime. Christopher Wallace and Tupac Shakur, popularly known as The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac respectively, changed the genre of hip-hop forever and for the best. Only born a year apart, both rappers made music that spoke on the struggles many African American faced in the

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The Key to Success for “The Flash”

February 27, 2023February 17, 2023 Dan Uribe

The official trailer for the “Flash” movie from DC was released on Super Bowl Sunday this year. For the last three years, the release of this movie has been in question because of the notoriety that the lead actor, Ezra Miller was receiving for constantly popping back into the news

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Protect Black Women

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Jaquilos

Yet another victim of gun violence, the female rapper Megan Thee Stallion was shot in the foot by Canadian Rapper Tory Lanez. In July of 2020, after an argument broke out, Megan Thee Stallion decided to get out of the car and walk away. After she got out of the

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“Nuke Ukraine” – The Significance of Displaced Anger

May 14, 2022May 9, 2022 Jessica Pfordte

The war in Ukraine has taken social media by a blast, just as most social issues do for at least some time. A persistent issue that has re-emerged during these tumultuous times on social media is the beauty of freedom of speech. Varying opinions on a matter are valuable in

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A Sneaky Thrill in Method Acting

March 8, 2022March 9, 2022 gabbiesison

Method acting can be a helpful tool for actors to effectively portray their characters effective and be as real as they can be. In recreating the lives of people like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, Zac Efron and Ross Lynch had to find a way to compartmentalize the role they

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Rap Music: Self-expression or Violence

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 gabbiesison

Creating rap music is one way human beings can express themselves through the sharps and flats of a key, the rhyming pattern of the lyrics, and the rests, the beats, or the speed of the song. It was a new form of art that began in the streets of New

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The Slenderman Case and the Question of Violence in the Media

November 27, 2021November 26, 2021 Sara Sanguinetti

  On May 31st, 2014, two twelve-year-old girls named Anissa Weir and Morgan Geyser stabbed their friend Payton Leutner nineteen times after they lured her into the woods near their hometown in Waukesha, Wisconsin. After being apprehended, both girls said their motive was that by killing Leutner, they would become

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Killer Concert

November 27, 2021November 26, 2021 Madelyn Huss

On November 5th, eight people in total died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert that took place in Houston Texas and within the past week the death toll has increased to 10. The deceased victims of the tragedy raged in ages from 9 to 27. There are still currently several fans

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Link Between Violent Video Games and Mass Shootings? No!

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Brian Cheung

The accessible use of video games has proliferated American youths with hot name titles such as Fortnite, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto. With the rise of video games, some critics like to also point out the rise in mass shootings. These accusations can be based on in-game actions

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Hollywood Lifestyle Interpretation on “After Hours” Album by The Weeknd

April 19, 2021April 3, 2021 Nathalia Martinez

Terence McKenna states, “It [culture] invites people to diminish themselves, and dehumanize themselves by behaving like machines, meme processors of memes passed down from Madison Avenue, and Hollywood, and what have you.” The “City of Angels” an illusional paradigm that disguises many hidden devils, constructed on toxicity and a melting

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