Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On May 31, 2019, everyone’s favorite titan made a return in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” a sequel to the 2014 movie “Godzilla.” The 34th installment in the “Godzilla” franchise, although not the best in its history, satisfies...
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Beat the heat with these local concerts
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Summer in a small town can often get lonely and boring — especially in a college town, when everyone has gone back to their hometowns for the season. But the good news is, you can break the summer monotony with the public summer...
BFA graduates put their hard work on display
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor As the school year winds to a close, end of the year events are keeping graduating seniors busy. The next event of the year is a new exhibit in the Cannon Gallery of Art featuring the artwork of three Bachelor of Fine Arts students...
Stuck in “Middletown” with you
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Small towns in America are often romanticized for their character, their whimsy or their nostalgia. But, often behind this rose-tinted picture is the harsh reality that Small Town, USA is often not as idyllic as it may seem. This is...
Music department students shine in recital
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor In the most recent performance in the music department’s busy spring schedule, the brass and guitar ensembles showed off their skills developed during the past school year. In a hybrid performance on May 28, the two groups played...
“What Were You Wearing?” exhibit redone
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Communications 436, a class titled Gender Power and Cultural Production, is described in the course catalog as a class to “examine the interplay between feminisms, queer theory and cultural production, focusing on how power...
Extraterrestrial excitement in Oregon with UFOfest
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Thursday, May 16 ushered in the 20th Annual UFOfest in McMinnville, Oregon. According to ufofest.com, a UFO fever set into the small town of McMinnville in 1950 when a family spotted a flying saucer over their farm. This sighting...
Students show their hard work through song
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Every term, students from the music department have the opportunity to perform pieces they have been working on. On Thursday, May 23 at 11 a.m., the last student recital of the year took place in Smith Music Hall. In a relatively...
BonnaWOU takes the Grove
Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief On May 23, the clouds parted as three bands took the stage in the first-ever BonnaWOU festival hosted by SAB. Each band that was involved was local: Jimmy Wolfson, The Ferenjis and Chromatic Colors. Taking place in the Grove from 5 p.m....
Picnics and prizes: The 51st annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor To celebrate the opening of an exhibition featuring student art, a picnic and award ceremony was held on the lawn of Campbell Hall on Monday, May 13. This gallery has occurred every year for 51 years, and is a juried exhibition,...