By Carter James, Editor in chief It’s my favorite time of the year, award season. The one time of the year where I can feel like a sports fan during playoff season. 2025 has been a great year for film and…
Review: The Wolves
UM sophomore Marlena Elliot played the part of 46 in the production. Photo courtesy of University Relations The Chi Box theater took on an unusually athletic atmosphere on the nights of Oct. 5 through 9.…
Opinion: campus accessibility in need of improvement
During the spring semester of 2016, the SGA Senate voted in favor of a resolution to support implementing a $50 housing and residence facilities maintenance fee. Once enacted, the money collected from that fee was…
Review: “IT” is a hit
Topping the box office for the second week in a row, the movie “It” has already been confirmed as the highest grossing September release ever. During a year full of remakes and sequels, “It” seems…
UM says goodbye to Eclipse
Eclipse Coffee and Books was a Montevallo staple for 16 years. When my wife Cheryl and I first moved to Montevallo, she was working as an MSW in Psychiatric Social Work at UAB’s outpatient program.…
Review: Much Ado About Nothing
Much like the 1996 film adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” the Montevallo Theatre Department took the Shakespeare classic “Much Ado About Nothing” to a more current time period. The director, Assistant Professor Michael Walker, set…
10 tips for getting and keeping an internship
With deadlines approaching, many students may find themselves frantically putting together resumes and cover letters in hopes of landing the perfect summer job or internship. Here are a few things to remember when presenting yourself…
Gay LeFou, La Flop?
Gaston berates LeFou in the classic angry mob scene in Beauty and The Beast.Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” will show the first canonically gay Disney character, LeFou. There has been some backlash from more conservative…