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Lexi Kilcoin | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
As we round the corner on week four of the spring semester, there’s no doubt that we’re feeling stressed from tests, assignments and everything in between. But don’t fear! There are plenty of ways to de-stress while enjoying the great outdoors (and the last few weeks of winter snow). Howard Park in downtown South Bend
Lexi Kilcoin | Thursday, February 18, 2021
“I know we weren’t perfect but I’ve never felt this way for no one.” How original. Last time I checked, there are hundreds of songs about unrequited love, so why did Olivia Rodrigo make it to the top of Billboard’s Global 200 three weeks in a row and counting? I had to find out. This
Lexi Kilcoin | Thursday, October 29, 2020
From wearing masks to virtual “Bachelorette” watch parties to Zoom University to the HERE™ campaigns flooding Notre Dame’s campus, COVID-19 has impacted students’ lives significantly. Entertainment has not gone anywhere, though. It might look a little different, but it manages to find its way to audiences. Live theater is coming back as well, as the
Lexi Kilcoin | Friday, October 23, 2020
As I walk down the busy streets of downtown South Bend, I start to notice more and more color. “Was this here before?” I ask myself in regard to a giant mural on the side of the Garage Arcade Bar. “It’s so beautiful.” Growing up near South Bend, I tend to notice the small improvements,
Lexi Kilcoin | Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Come little children I’ll take thee away into a land of enchantment … Is what I would say if I was an evil Sanderson sister from Salem, Massachusetts. You heard me right. It’s officially spooky season! Halloween might look a little different this year than most, however we can’t let that stop us from having
Lexi Kilcoin | Friday, October 2, 2020
Am I crazy or are you? Let’s let Nurse Ratched decide. In the new Netflix series “Ratched,” the psychotic psychiatric nurse derived from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” finds herself face to face with a cold blooded killer. But does she want to help him or hurt him? Inspired by Ken Kesey’s famous 1962