By Lauren Kane | Co-Editor-in-Chief –   her·met·ic (adj): closed tightly so that no air can go in or out impervious to external influence recluse, solitary Thus is how the newest installation in the Dorrance Hamilton Gallery defines itself. The pieces on display in the gallery are a sampling of the large collection that local Newport painter James Baker hasRead More

By Kate Drexel | Managing Editor This past weekend, the SRU Dance team held their Fall 2013 Performance called “Can’t Hold Us”, based on a song by Macklemore with the same title. The seats on Saturday night were filled to the brim with enthusiastic friends and family shouting the performers’ names. The show began without further hesitation, starting with Macklemore’sRead More

By Tara Stanzione | Staff Writer –   Season Four of The Vampire Diaries has begun and local fans are biting back with their thoughts on this supernatural series. Entering its fourth season, The Vampire Diaries is incredibly popular. Mystic Falls, a town where vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings continuously cause havoc, is becoming even more terrifying. TheRead More

By Kate Drexel | Managing Editor While waiting outside the club for quite sometime, clutching the concert ticket tightly hoping the cold air will subside soon, you finally enter the venue’s lobby. The buzz of excited concertgoers heightens your very own enthusiasm. You then walk into the bar area of the venue, clusters of people sit by the center bar,Read More

By Albert Vuoso | Arts and Entertainment Editor – As the title of her debut single indicates, Katy Perry let out a “roar” this summer  with the release of her first track off her third studio album, Prism. That roar, however, proved to be a rambunctious cry of unoriginality; a trend that is laced throughout the entire album. A trendRead More