Culture
Mental Health
Novels, novels, everywhere, but none are fun, I think
It’s no secret that reading for pleasure has been linked to a host of emotional and mental health benefits. With national readership plummeting across the past decade, a question arises: What role should campus libraries play in leisure reading? Read More
bdsm
‘Pillion’: ‘a seat or place behind the person riding a motorcycle where a passenger can sit.’
Marketed as a ‘Dom-Com,’ the plot focuses on the first relationship of Colin, a barbershop-quartet-singing parking lot attendant, after he is approached by brooding biker, Ray. Read More
concert
A night at the Stardew symphony
While a one-way ticket to Pelican Town wasn’t precisely in my cards, an evening of music with the “Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons" concert was. Read More
film
‘Scream 7’: slashes through its own parody
As the heavily anticipated release of the seventh installment of the 30 year franchise, “Scream 7” had high expectations to live up to, especially given all the heavy spoilers that the film hinted towards in the trailers. Read More
Album Review
‘Wuthering Heights,’ an album soaring higher than its film
Charli leaves behind the cigarettes and drugs that characterized the Brat-inspired era in favor of haunting strings and an “elegant and brutal” attitude, a phrase adopted by Charli and her co-producer on the album Finn Keane from Todd Haynes’ “Velvet Underground” documentary. Read More
Album Review
‘Lux’: the saints’ album, three months later
The artist (in the truest sense of the word) described her album in a press release in October as an “emotional arc of feminine mystique, transformation, and transcendence,” and that is what one experiences upon listening. Read More
Awards Predictions
2026 Oscars Preview: Who will win, who should win, and who already has won
The 98th Academy Awards are still over a month away, but the nominations have already indicated several promising signs for the future of Hollywood. Read More
"Don't Be Dumb"
“Don’t Be Dumb”: A$AP Rocky’s new album marks a new era of his life
“Don’t Be Dumb” certainly pushes the boundaries of both A$AP Rocky’s previous experimental discography and videography. Read More
books
The second story of fantasy worlds
Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is among the most famous examples of a secondary world, with Tolkien himself having coined the term. But beyond providing a backdrop for his books, Tolkien’s vast library of encyclopedic appendices presents a continuous narrative of Middle Earth’s fictional history. Read More
2025
UR Favorite Music of 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s well time to honor the abundance of musical works that have come out this year. From albums to singles to soundtracks and more, this calendar year has welcomed some innovative, catchy, and profound pieces, many of which striking the hearts and ears of our campus community. Thus, the […]
