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.
Read about my thought on a recent suspense and action movie “Three.” Featured image via weibo.com
Post Modern Jukebox at the Englert Theater (Image via postmodernjukebox.com)
Hey all, I am a third-year English and Creative Writing major who is also pursuing a Media Entrepreneurialism certificate at the University of Iowa. This semester I’m going to be roaming around Iowa City in search of interesting coffee shops, restaurants, study spaces, liquor stores, and snack vendors. Hailing from Chicago (yes the ACTUAL city, not the suburbs), my standards will start high. Being a college student, my budget will be low. How might these conflicting factors resolve themselves? Over the next fifteen weeks, one young man’s mind, stomach, and wallet will be put to the test in order to answer … Continued
The Sunshine Boys is a delightful comedy from 1975 with Walter Matthau and George Burns as two Vaudeville comedians reuniting for a television special.
Hello and welcome to my new article, Jen’s Top Tens! Every couple of weeks I will be discussing my “top tens” of anything music related.
Check out our review of Night at the Opera!
Bridge on the River Kwai is a different beast of a World War II film as it turns the tropes of grandeur on their heads. (via: Appalachian Theaters)
ALTER EGO reviews Erykah Badu’s remix of Drake’s 2015 “Hotline Bling.”
A college student who doesn’t know what she wants to do after graduation but write award winning novels all while stumbling around helplessly in the world. (via: NBC Chicago)
Walk In My Shoes is a bi-weekly column about a college student who doesn’t know what she wants to do after graduation but write award winning novels all while stumbling around helplessly in the world.
