In the office, he is revered as a defendant of public good, an investigator to weed out Washington’s worst, a suit amongst the best of suits. There is much that rides on the name Mobert Rueller. A Princeton graduate, Bronze Star Medal recipient for his heroism in the Vietnam War, …
Read More »Cal Poly racism affects decisions
“Growing up white and privileged, I was truly unaware of how insensitive I was to the racial implications of blackface.” In his apology letter printed in Mustang News, Kyler Watkins took on the air of a victim. Watkins, a senior at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo (Cal …
Read More »Eleanor Oliphant charms
Gail Honeyman has created a new type of heroine. This heroine is not witty or quirky in a “cute” or “adorable” way, as many female protagonists are written as today. Instead, Honeyman breaks free from using a cliché stock character to befit the dark-comedic story that she creates. Eleanor Oliphant …
Read More »Theatre at the Mount presents: Cabernet
The highlight of the MC drama department’s yearly performances is the annual Spring musical. On this year’s opening night of Cabaret, a risque selection to say the least, attendees showed up in never before seen numbers. Parents feverishly clamored outside of the PAC doors, bundled up against the cold. Strangely …
Read More »Age of fermentation
“It’s alive!” cry millennials across the country as they stare into their pots, pans, and of course, locally-sourced mason jars filled with pickled vegetables and other items from the back of their fridges. This is the Phase of Fermentation, or better yet call it a new age. Fermentation is the …
Read More »V-Day
Hallmark has restocked their cards, florists are standing at the ready, and See’s Candies have prepared a fighter squadron. Valentine’s Day is drawing near; with each day crossed off the calendar in red ink, the perspiration of significant-other’s around the nation insurmountably increases. Now more than ever, there pressure is …
Read More »The Stranger remains steadfast
There is no feeling that compares to that of addictive reading. Recently in the AP Literature and Expos classroom, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World was introduced to many MC seniors; some lapped it up with glee and others simply chose to depend on Sparknotes over the actual text. For those …
Read More »The charm of First Aid Kit
Browsing mindlessly through music videos, one in particular caught my eye. The small featured image on the right side bar depicted two females, done up strangely in 80s-like makeup. But it was not perms that was so out of the ordinary, but rather both of their intensely forlorn gazes. Not …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator and his band of misfits
Seven thousand fans feverishly queued up and finally poured into the Santa Ana Observatory on Dec. 30 for seven hours of moshing, crooning, and crying. The star-studded lineup was comprised of rising Indie stars and alternative hip hop titans. Smaller names such as Bane’s World, Inner Wave, and Clairo began …
Read More »Call Me by Your Name exemplifies human emotion
Throughout the film, I looked for flies. At other times, it was for playing cards or apricots. Small symbols, hidden within Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name made the viewing simply captivating. Paired with picturesque, drawn-out shots of rural Italy and a delicate soundtrack, the elements all contributed to …
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