Gold medals, conditional respect 

By Sarah Turner, Sports editor  “No one watches women’s sports.” We’ve all heard that line at one point or another. And lately, the anti-women’s sports club seems louder than ever.  Growing up outside of Washington, D.C., I…

We Are Not a Woke Mob 

By Carter James, Editor in chief I’ve walked on the bricks of The University of Montevallo for the past four years. Some of my best days and worst days have been spent at this institution. No matter how much this school…

The New Year Still Comes with Old Problems 

By Carter James, Editor in chief   The ball drops and now everyone believes they’ve been given a reset button on life.   I too woke up later that day on Jan.1 imbued with a new sense of purpose, but nothing significant has changed. I’m still…

Letter From the Editor: In Defense of Thanksgiving 

By Carter James, Editor in chief   Holiday season starts Nov 1. It’s just what we’re used to at this point. The stores are already decked out with trimmings and trees. Car commercials are starting to take place at the same nice house with the same driveway. The most…

Del Toros “Frankenstein:” Only Directors Play God

By William Deaver Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels ever written. For me, it was one of the first full novels I ever read, I adored this book the first time I read it. Naturally, when the adaptation lead by Guillermo Del Toro…

Regretting my free time: A ‘Regretting You’ Movie…

By Madison Smith, Managing editor of content It’s no secret that Colleen Hoover has been turning her books into movies at lightning speed over the past few years. Some land emotionally, most land somewhere between “okay”…