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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: The top five spookiest wide receivers in the NFL

By Jason Asvestopoulos October 31, 2024
Halloween has finally made its arrival, and the field has become a stage for football’s truest monsters to turn every game into a horror show for the opposition. I’ll project the top five spookiest wide receivers that any defense can face, from now until the season ends. Let’s see which of these fearsome playmakers can terrify defenses the most. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Test your fears with these horror movies that deserve both screams and applause

By Lea Tran October 21, 2024
Halloween waits eerily around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to test your fears. With endless options to choose from, horror movies are a perfect way to get into the spooky mood. But horror movies shouldn’t just be about making you scream — they should also be compelling and entertaining.  To help you decide your next scary watch, I’ve compiled a list of my personal favorite horror movies that deserve more attention. These movies not only had me hiding behind my friends, but also had me sitting on the edge of my seat.
Emma Clement | Graphic Artist

How I learned to fear the horror streaming bubble | You Scared Me!

By Josh Rosenthal October 16, 2024
The streaming era of horror is starting to wear me down. With Halloween looming closer, both the Sarah Paulson-led “Hold Your Breath” and body-swap blast “It’s What’s Inside” debuted exclusively on Hulu and Netflix, respectively, this October — despite holding their world premieres at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance. This furthers a recent trend of horror movies bypassing theaters altogether and getting sent straight to streaming — making a select few festival audiences some of the only people to experience these films on the big screen.
Shanzah Rafiqi | Graphic Artist

A case for celebrating the leap day

By Laura Tickey February 29, 2024
We see seasons as certainties, but what if that wasn't the case? Maybe we can make leap day our own holiday, where we could detach from our reality and consider what things would be like if they were flipped upside down. 
Annika Morris | Graphic Artist

‘Twilight’ still holds up

By Ayjia Stanford November 1, 2023
Since the genesis of my “Twilight” awakening, I have seen the film upwards of 10 times. I watched it most frequently as a kid, but for the past few years, it’s served as a welcomed respite from the stress of work and school, transporting me back to my childhood. So when I saw the Coolidge Corner Theater was showing “Twilight” on Oct. 19, I knew I had to go. 
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