BY ANDREW WANG With the prevalence of internet trends capitalizing on the growing generational gap between baby boomers and Generation Z, members of both generations have varying opinions on the value of…
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Stephen King pursuing animation after releasing senior thesis ‘Strange Reflections’
BY GRACE PAUL Stephen King’s newest thriller novel “The Institute” promises an intriguing and action-packed plot, but fails in execution and leaves readers unsatisfied by the end. “The Institute” is about 12-year-old…
Philosophy Minute
BY JORDI FAXON What is the use of philosophy? I mean, in the real world. What purpose can these ideas serve? It’s all good and well for Parmenides to claim, through his…
‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ sure to warm your heart
BY ELLAH FOSTER The “Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show” is 44 minutes full of glitter, celebrity guests and campy humor. The show plays off of the cheesy ‘70s style special with scripted dialogue…
John Legend’s rewritten ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ trivializes the #MeToo movement
BY CASSI GORMAN Changing lyrics to make them “politically correct” in the aftermath of the #Metoo movement, John Legend released on Nov. 7 a rewritten “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” sung with Kelly…
Sips of the season: a local guide to holiday drinks
BY MIA KOTELEC Ah, winter in Carmel. With the arrival of the constant gray blanket of fog that coats our quaint town comes the debut of seasonal holiday drinks. As college applications…
CHS Alumnus pursuing animation after releasing senior thesis ‘Strange Reflections’
BY RILEY PALSHAW “Strange Reflections” is a five-minute stop-motion short describing the journey of Cressworth, a young knight fascinated with all sorts of artifacts and trinkets, and his attempts to rescue his…
Mature ‘Frozen 2’ dazzles and delights, but is plagued by character and pacing issues
BY CASSI GORMAN The highly anticipatedsequel to 2013 “Frozen” is a bold attempt to follow a cultural phenomenon. Released Nov. 22, “Frozen 2” is an impressive work of art that would be…
Coldplay’s ‘Everyday Life’ is a return to form, but is that a good thing?
BY KYLIE YEATMAN Filling the last 10 years of their career with attempts at bombastic, anthemic songs about skies full of stars and strange combinations of EDM and easy listening, Coldplay seems…
Students enjoy a change in tempo in Digital Music
BY MARTIN SEVCIK A course taken by musicians and non-musicians alike, students are taught the fundamentals of creating and producing music electronically in Digital Music, a program which has recently grown in…