Review: The Carrie Diaries
BY ANASTASIA PAVLINSKAYA The CW network has recently premiered the spin-off to the popular HBO series Sex and the City called The Carrie Diaries. The show is based on the novel written by the same author of the “Sex and the City” books, Candace Bushnell. Set in the early... Read more
Review: Beyonce – Life Is But A Dream
BY RACHEL HAAS Beyonće Carter has made 2013 the prime time of her career, performing at worldwide events such as the Super Bowl Halftime show and the Presidential Inauguration. Continuing her superstardom, she released her HBO documentary special Life is but a Dream on February 16. Displaying intimate, personal, and... Read more
Your Guide To The Ultra Music Festival
BY JACOB FIERMAN Millions of fans gather in Miami each year for Ultra Music Festival, commonly called “Ultra,” one of the largest conglomerations of DJs worldwide. Ultra is three days long, and it features a variety of musical genres such as house, trance, and dubstep. Fans come from around... Read more
American Horror Story: Asylum Brings Real Scares To The Small Screen
BY JEREMY HAAS American Horror Story is an extremely suspenseful TV mini-series that just finished airing it’s second season on FX.  It’s considered a “mini series” because with every new season of the show, the story is changed, complete with new characters, setting, and overall theme.  Season one; given... Read more
Review: Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
BY SABRINA VICTOR In “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero”, Political Analyst Chris Matthews portrays a different view of John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, our 35th president. Nearly half a century after JFK’s assassination, he creates a well-written account of his hero’s personal and political history. The book first discusses JFK’s childhood... Read more
Lariat Mix: The Angst List
BY JEREMY HAAS Like everyone else on this newspaper staff, every other kid at CCHS, and almost every American at one point in their lives, I am a high school student.  However during this time filled with love anger and hormones, angst is perhaps one of the most prominent.... Read more
Review: Zero Dark Thirty
BY ALEX BARNARD Director Kathryn Bigelow follows up her critically acclaimed Iraq War film The Hurt Locker with Zero Dark Thirty.  Zero Dark Thirty follows the journey of CIA officer Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, who spends her entire career tracking Osama bin Laden. The film is based off... Read more
Technically Speaking: Consumer Electronics Show
BY ALEX BARNARD The Consumer Electronics Show, commonly referred to as CES, went on January 8th through January 11th in Las Vegas. CES has become a show in which many large tech corporations such as Panasonic and Sony show off disappointingly small iterations in their products. However while several... Read more
Here We Are, Now Entertain Us: Most Overrated Movies
  BY BLUE KAUFMAN Naturally, everyone has their favorite movies, and, as expected, many people share preferences on these famous films. However, while many of these movies are indeed good, do they actually merit the “classic” title they’ve attained? Do they warrant a spot on top 50 movie lists?... Read more
Review: The Hobbit
BY BLUE KAUFMAN After months of delays, The Hobbit (the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy) finally hit theaters on December 14th. The Middle Earth-set film grossed over $150 million in the month of December and continues to dominate movie theaters across the world. However, while The... Read more