Riot Fest just wrapped a successful, yet muddy weekend in Chicago. From September 18-20, over a hundred thousand people graced the grounds, later mud pit, of Douglass Park. Here are some of my favorite selects from the weekend.
Initially, I wanted to write a story about what it was like to step into the Big House for the very first time. Then our travel plans went south, and then the game itself happened. So instead of just one story, this is a collection of tales from one of the craziest weekends of all time.
Mutliple teams from the old Big Ten West come out with upset victories in the first full week of the Big Ten conference schedule. Ryan Paris recaps the major storylines from the last week, as well as some of the biggest games coming up.
Alex Izienicki breaks down the Chicago Bears’ triumphant 27-7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night, and how third string quarterback Case Keenum took control.
Owen Raefield breaks down Iowa’s dramatic 20-19 walkoff victory over Michigan in the Big House and what it means going forward.
Week three of college football was the final tune-up for the Big Ten before the conference schedule began. This week, we’ll talk about Iowa’s 55-0 victory over Northern Iowa, Northwestern’s final game before moving into Ryan Field, and the Southern California showdown between USC and Oregon.
Check out the third part of Joe’s adventure in the Zombie Apocalypse.
McDonald’s and KFC’s menus in China might be very different from what we have here.
Read about the difference between “artsy” and “artistic,” and why it is so important.
Read about Esperanza Spalding’s newest creation “D+Evolution” by her alter-ego Emily! (Photo via: esperanzaspalding.com)
Robert Eggers’s debut film “The Witch” is both a chilling and refreshing entry into the horror genre (Photo via: HorrorFreakNews.com)
We have an exclusive interview and profile on the local up and coming singer-songwriter, Elizabeth Moen.
There is a large number of myths about Latinos that need to be addressed, and here I acknowledge five of those myths and attempt to debunk them.
High HIghs’ Jack Milas and Oli Chang don’t disappoint in their second album, Cascades.
Terrible Movies and great movies are all fair game when you have to watch one every day.
Do you have thumbs and about $10 to spare? Then you can learn to play this rad, soothing instrument from Africa!
