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Resolutions

Resolutions

Nabeeha Virani January 19, 2017

Within the first two weeks of January, everyone and everything is centered around New Year's resolutions. We ask ourselves and others what our resolutions are, but don't figure out or ask how we'll accomplish...

Upsides of Creative Franchising

Upsides of Creative Franchising

Alejandro Cardona January 19, 2017

Hollywood has latched onto the cinematic universe model as a safe bet, letting in more risky intellectual properties The franchise, or cinematic universe model, has been gaining traction in Hollywood...

Inclusive Art Centered Second Saturday

Inclusive Art Centered Second Saturday

Jeff Sullivan January 19, 2017

This past weekend the Southtown Art District's Second Saturday event exhibited "Nasty Woman Art Exhibition" and "Portraits by Kasumu" in 1906 Gallery's AP Art Lab. Contributing to  San Antonio Dream...

A quite "Unfortunate" Netflix adaptation

A quite “Unfortunate” Netflix adaptation

Alexandra Uri January 19, 2017

Like many kids in our generation, I avidly read Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I enjoyed that they didn't have a happy ending and that it involved a decent amount of thinking for...

"Another Medicine" Levees EP Review

“Another Medicine” Levees EP Review

Nick Smetzer December 5, 2016

Levees is a San Antonio based band that, above all else, certainly strives to be unique. They describe themselves on their Facebook page as "desert voodoo blues rock," which strikes me as a bit too flowery;...

Banks releases new album to some praise

Banks releases new album to some praise

Emily Peter December 5, 2016

Banks' new album, "The Altar," is generally vulnerable, both in terms of lyrical content as well as the composition of the sound. That being said, the description "vulnerable" is not interchangeable...

Civilization VI: An exciting journey across the $60 game you can't afford

Civilization VI: An exciting journey across the $60 game you can’t afford

Max Freeman December 5, 2016

I bought Sid Meier's new empire simulator last week to see if it lives up to the hype. "Civilization VI" and decided to play one game in order to see how it compares to all the hype that it has been...

HBO GO: How to use it correctly and binge shows until reading days are complete

HBO GO: How to use it correctly and binge shows until reading days are complete

Alejandro Cardona December 5, 2016

I recently walked in on one of my roommates committing a heinous act. He was sitting alone, on our living room couch, with the lights turned off, staring at our living-room television screen. He was using...

Memes almost redeem terrible 2016

Memes almost redeem terrible 2016

Nabeeha Virani December 5, 2016

Memes are one continuous and novel source of comedy. They give us topics to talk about in awkward silences and allow us to connect with strangers online. Despite some terrible events that occurred this...

"Before the Flood" lets Leo DiCaprio recontextualize climate change issues

“Before the Flood” lets Leo DiCaprio recontextualize climate change issues

Max Freeman November 18, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio's latest film, the "Before the Flood," attempts to rejuvenate the discussion of climate change among popular audiences by documenting DiCaprio's own work to reduce the effects of climate...

Dystopian anxiety, or how I learned to stop worrying and love magical realism

Dystopian anxiety, or how I learned to stop worrying and love magical realism

Alejandro Cardona November 18, 2016

My recent obsession with "Westworld" got me thinking about what sets apart a good television show from a show that will turn audiences into an obsessive horde. Of course, some basic elements must be...

Food shaming and the dangers of judgmental corporatism infiltrating our nutritional choices

Food shaming and the dangers of judgmental corporatism infiltrating our nutritional choices

Emily Peter November 18, 2016

No one should actually care if you order the seven cheese pasta sandwich. We live in a world where the decision of what to eat becomes much more than a simple question of how one is going to get the...