(Image Credit: Vik Muniz Studio) Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker, is a documentary about artist Vik Muniz and how he creates art using garbage from a landfill just outside Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. In 2010, Muniz traveled to Jardim Gramacho which at the time was the one of the largest landfills in the…… Read more »
Entries by Savannah Draher
Started at 21 Credit Hours, Now We’re Here
Last semester, when it was time to register for classes for the spring semester, I registered for 21 credit hours. At the time, I thought it was a great idea because everything is online, so that means more time for homework; I was completely wrong. By the time winter break came around and I was…… Read more »
Valentine’s Day Art
Valentine’s Day is in just a few days, and if you’re anything like me, you completely forgot about the holiday. Maybe you’re in a relationship and excited to spend Valentine’s Day with your significant other, but if you’re single like me, you are excited to spend the day watching romantic comedies and eating chocolate (then…… Read more »
New Year’s Resolutions: New Year, Same Resolutions
When people think of 2020, I am sure they think of all the plans and goals they had for the year that inevitably fell through because of the coronavirus pandemic. I decided to have the same resolutions for 2021, as I gave up on them in March of 2020. My resolution list was very simple:…… Read more »
2020 Wrap Up: The End (Finally!) to 2020
In January, I felt like this was going to be the longest year of my life…I was correct. While this year has felt like the longest of my life, it also feels like it flew by. 2020 has had SO much happen (Remember the panic over killer bees? That was this year!), and it is…… Read more »
Student Organization Spotlight: Civic Leaders Center
The Civic Leaders Center (CLC) is a living-learning community based out of Briscoe Quad. The CLC focuses on the small community atmosphere and teaches students to lead together, live together, and learn together. The program mainly consists of students from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, but the program is open to students from…… Read more »
Histories Uncovered: Margaret Bourke-White, American Photojournalist
As a media student, I am always interested in learning more about important figures who paved the way for what the media industry is today. I am interested in all aspects of media, but there was one point in my life when I wanted to be a photojournalist. I have since figured out that photography…… Read more »
Need a Boost? Ways to Stay Positive During the Pandemic
When the campus shut down last year and everyone was sent home, I thought that maybe I would finally be able to take a little bit of a breather from the stressful academic semester… I was completely wrong. The semester became more stressful, and it felt like the scary news of the Coronavirus would never…… Read more »
Review of “RBG”
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks,” said the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the documentary RBG. I have never seen any of the movies based on Ginsburg, but after her passing, I decided it was time to watch…… Read more »