Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The Troy University College Democrats, the Philosophy Society and the History Club organized a screening of the documentary “13th” in observance of Black History Month last Wednesday. The event was attended by 40 students and faculty and the documentary screening was followed by a panel discussion led by Timothy Buckner, a professor of history, and Kathryn Tucker, a lecturer of history. The movie, named after the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed the history of the black community from after the abolition of slavery in…
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Review: ‘Scary Stories’ doesn’t have the same impact on adults as children
Sarah Mountain Staff Writer “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” incited a lot of feelings in me in the fourth grade – adrenaline, excitement, intrigue, a little fear and a little rebellion. This was not the type of story I would normally go for, nor one that my parents would have liked for me to read. However, everyone else was reading it, which was enough for me to put my name on the waitlist to check it out from the library. I read the whole thing in one…
Read MoreReview: ‘Captain Marvel’ is good, but not worth the ‘cultural battle’
Sam Stroud Staff Writer Ever since the “Captain Marvel” movie was announced and Marvel Studios began to indicate that this character would become the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been a of cultural battle between two opposing camps of Marvel fans. The first group are people want this movie to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The second group wants it to sink faster than the Titanic — the ship, not the film. Some see “Captain Marvel” as a cultural landmark for women and female…
Read More‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: Student reviews true story of one of the ‘most influential’ bands in history
Andrea Hammack Staff Writer Review “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the new biopic on the rock band Queen, started playing in theaters Friday, Nov. 2, and rocked the box office, bringing in $50 million in its opening weekend in North America. As a Queen fan, I was extremely excited to see the movie, and I had been waiting for more than a year for it to come out. There were tons of things I automatically expected to see, so it was a nice surprise that I was still able to learn new things…
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