Katy Perry’s most recent music video for the pop hit “Dark Horse” recently stirred up controversy for its Memphis-Egypt and Memphis-Tennessee crossover theme. The video, in Perry’s trademark colorful and extravagant style, melds Egyptian mythology with sexualized and modern elements. A pyramid made of twinkles, for example, makes a briefContinue Reading

Though How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is nearing the end of its ninth and final season, the creators of the show recently surprised fans by announcing a new project- a spin off of the original show called How I Met Your Dad.   For fans of HIMYM, the new show isContinue Reading

With Disney princesses breaking archetypes in their recent adaptations, they are shedding their damsel-in-distress image for independent and complex characters. In forgetting the traditional values of classic Disney princesses, is Disney making progress or is it getting carried away?  Movies Frozen, Brave, and The Princess and the Frog all have oneContinue Reading

Some words like “where” and “wear,” or “read” and “read,” can be confusing even to fluent English speakers, but are especially difficult for English Speakers of Other Languages, also known as ESOL students. According to ESOL department chair Sharon Carser-Brown, the level of challenge varies based on students’ backgrounds. “ItContinue Reading

Ravenswood, the new spinoff from the hit TV show, Pretty Little Liars (PLL), will begin airing on Oct. 22. Ravenswood exists in the same universe as PLL, but is centered around different characters. Tyler Blackburn, who plays the role of Caleb on  PLL, stars on Ravenswood as the same role;Continue Reading

Called a “ground-breaking episode, a first for a scripted series on mainstream television,” on ABC Family’s website, the all-signed episode of Switched At Birth aired on March 4.

Switched explores issues of deaf discrimination, coming of age and identity with an innovative new show. “It’s an exciting, visual, empowering story of kids, who are different, fighting back, and it allows our audience to experience the world as our deaf characters do,” show producer Lizzy Weiss said to ABC.

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by rana attia In the app store there are more than 19 communication applications that pop up the minute you type the word “chat.” Not surprisingly, one of the main things people want to do on their phones is find new ways to communicate with others. At Marshall, students areContinue Reading