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(Archive April 2017) A Musical Review: Wicked is Wicked Awesome

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Courtney Wentz | Editor-in-Chief

Source: “Dennis Beck / Broadway Tour,” BroadwayTour.net

The Wizard of Oz is a fun movie, but Wicked is even more fun, dazzling, and has many surprising twists. 

Wicked the musical tells the story of everything leading up to the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, but they do it with catchy songs like “Dancing Through Life” and “One Short Day.” Then there’s the annoyingly catchy song “Popular,” sung by Glinda about making Elphaba, the wicked witch, popular. 

The stage was set up like the insides of an old timey clock, along with a mechanical dragon perched at the top of the stage. Anytime Elphaba used magic, the dragon’s eyes would glow red and smoke would come out of its nostrils. The Wizard also has a mechanical head that looked like it was floating, while he was talking to Glinda and Elphaba. read more

(Archive April 2017) Times Square is the Worst Place in NYC

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Courtney Wentz | Editor-in-Chief

Source: chensiyuan, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_times_square_night_2013.jpg

Everyone around the world dreams about visiting New York City, specifically Times Square, where Manhattan is not at its finest or most impressive.

Times Square is full of tourists blocking the way because they have to get a selfie in front of oversized, electronic billboards. Cars are constantly running red lights and honking their horns at pedestrians, who have the walk sign to cross the street. The locals pretend the tourists do not exist or ignore them like the plague. Do not ask for directions because there is a good change the locals are not going to help you.  read more

(Archive April 2016) Do or Do Not, There is No Try

By editorialteam on August 27, 2024

Take-aways from my time at the CMA Spring Conference

By Jason Greenough | Arts & Entertainment Editor

crowdcompass.com

From March 13-15, I attended the College Media Association’s Spring Convention in New York City. Along with Observer Editor John Mossey, we represented the Mount Observer in what many of people consider “the greatest city in the world,” and it was honestly a lot of fun to be a part of. I knew from the first day, when one of the speakers gave me a free pizza, that it was going to be a fulfilling experience.

 I learned a lot while I was there, from the lessons taught at various workshops offered by the conference, from the culture of the city itself, and from Google Maps (Note to self: the “Strawberry Fields” you punched in at W. 85th St., thinking it was the John Lennon “Strawberry Fields Forever” memorial are only that. No Lennon. Just Strawberries.) read more