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The Intersection of News, Arts, and Culture at Champlain College

The Crossover

The Intersection of News, Arts, and Culture at Champlain College

The Crossover

The Intersection of News, Arts, and Culture at Champlain College

The Crossover

"The Shield" cast.

The Shield: Cops as Criminals

Eric Banks, Staff Writer April 12, 2022

“Good cop and bad cop left for the day, I’m a different kind of cop,”  Those were the words that formally introduced audiences to Vic Mackey; few other descriptions could do the character justice....

Cover photo for Elden Ring video game.

Elden Ring: Is It Truly Everyone’s Favorite Game?

Asher Chase, Contributor April 11, 2022

Elden Ring is everyone's new favorite game, yet the screams of anguish from every player would make you think otherwise.  “It’s Dark Souls hard,” is the term used by many players when a game...

Member of Champlain College's Esports team. Photo credit: Champlain College Flickr.

Champlain Shoots Onto The Scene With Varsity ESports Teams

Katie McGuckin, Contributor April 8, 2022

Saline drops descend further upon azure-dyed cloth as a cacophony of raised octaves compliments the jackrabbit thump of an unwavering heart. Calloused digits dance across plastic keys as a cloaked silhouette...

Screengrab from Rammstein's 'Zeit' music video.

March Music Roundup: New Metal Songs from Around the World

Adrian Randall, Contributor April 6, 2022

German Neue Deutsche Hӓrte (New German Hardness) band Rammstein announced the group’s eighth studio album and released the first single, “Zeit.” Sharing the name with the album, it’s due at the...

The A24 Podcast.

The Influence of Podcasts on the Champlain Community and Beyond

Preston Banas, Contributor April 4, 2022

I am speeding on I-89 on my way to class as I listen to Emma Chamberlain rambling about the need for self-worth and integrity. I listen intently and certain themes come to my mind. I think about how I...

Screengrab from Punisher: War Zone.

Overlooked Oddities: The Beautifully Bizarre Violence of Punisher: War Zone

Eric Banks, Staff Writer March 28, 2022

How does one begin to describe Punisher: War Zone? I could start by calling it one of the goriest films ever made, but that description feels reductive. Many films are violent, but Punisher War Zone is...

Smiling Friends Main Characters

Smiling Friends is Equal Parts Surreal and Stupendous

Eric Banks, Staff Writer March 9, 2022

How does one review something new? What words can be used to describe something that feels entirely unique and unprecedented in the history of animation? I’m not referring to a new piece of media, I’m...

The Argonauts, Maus, Fun Home, and Orange is the New Black Book Covers

Why College is a Pivotal Time to Read Memoirs and Reflective Works

Elizabeth Marando, Staff Writer March 7, 2022

Learning about the stories of others can help us cultivate our own. The social adaptations, self-discoveries and drastic changes that occur in one’s college life make the genre of memoir-writing a particularly...

Overlooked Oddities: Spike Lee's 'Bamboozled' Found New Life in 2020

Overlooked Oddities: Spike Lee’s ‘Bamboozled’ Found New Life in 2020

Eric Banks, Staff Writer March 2, 2022

Of the thousands of films that come out every year, only ten or twenty have any meaningful effect on pop culture. The rest are forgotten to the pages of history, doomed to cinematic damnation at the bottom...

What Makes Coraline So Scary? A Look Inside the Book and Film Adaptation

What Makes Coraline So Scary? A Look Inside the Book and Film Adaptation

Danielle Petrilak, Content Editor February 23, 2022

Coraline is a dark fantasy story following a little girl by the same name through a dangerous adventure in another world. The novella, written by Neil Gaiman, was published in 2002 and was picked up by...

Jean Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) facing off.

The Last Duel: The Toxicity of the Patriarchy

Eric Banks, Staff Writer February 9, 2022

 All it takes for a film to pass the Bechdel Test is to have one scene where two named female characters have a conversation unrelated to men. Failing such a simple evaluation should be next-to-impossible....

Scream: Smarter Than Your Average Sequel

Scream: Smarter Than Your Average Sequel

Eric Banks, Staff Writer January 31, 2022

Throughout the 70s and 80s, cheap exploitation films ruled the box office. Sleazy studio execs created various faceless killers to draw in audiences, promising nothing more than salacious nudity and gratuitous...

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