BY: HANNAH WEST, STAFF WRITER Photo from Wikimedia Commons A 1994 murder case has been reopened 30 years later because of a Netflix original series. This series, however, is persuading the public eye almost too much. After being convicted of brutally killing their parents in their living room, Lyle and Erik Menendez were handed a…
By Emilie Weinbeck, Features Assignment Editor American singer and songwriter, Pink, took the world by storm and started her claim to fame in the music world back in February 2000. Alecia Beth Moore, known as her stage name Pink, began her first tour on May 2, 2002 and did 56 shows during her tour which…
New Netflix docu-series follows deaf students in D.C. By Kaitlin Sinclair, Staff Writer The Netflix original series released on Oct.9, “Deaf U” is a Netflix docuseries that follows a group of friends who attend Gallaudet University and are either deaf or hard of hearing. Through eight 20-minute episodes, the audience is exposed to what is…
By Emilie Weinbeck, Staff Writer A new series of documentaries are bringing viewers an inside look into some of the most pressing issues facing society. The “New York Times Presents” is a series of ten standalone documentaries that air every other Friday of each month on Hulu and FX. The series represents the unparalleled journalism…
By Cody Shimp, Contributing Writer Following the release of the Netflix film “The Social Dilemma” on Sept. 9, 2020, Twitter had strong opinions on the film, as it was trending in the top 20 in the United States. The film explores the effects of social media, social networks and smartphones on the behavior of humans.…
In 2017 after a show in Rogers, Arkansas, police arrested Travis Scott, charging him for inciting a riot during his concert. After hyping up his fans, apparently a little too well, the “Sicko Mode” rapper told them to rush the stage, and to his surprise, they did. The beginning of Scott’s new documentary “Travis Scott:…
Sister Cathy Cesnik was a beloved teacher at a Catholic school in Baltimore, Maryland. On Nov. 7, 1969, Sister Cathy went missing. It wasn’t until almost 25 years later that stories of a potential cover-up of her death started to emerge. The seven episode Netflix documentary series, “The Keepers” follows two of Sister Cathy’s students.…
The United States is home to 5 percent of the world’s population, but they also house 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. This opening to the Netflix original film, “13th: From Slave to Prisoner” emphasizes the harsh reality for African-Americans as the government finds loopholes to restrict their rights. “The very folks who often express…
By Dom LoVallo Managing Editor Students gathered in the Walsh Science Center Amphitheater Tuesday to watch a documentary about Aldo Leopold. Leopold is a conservationist and considered by many to be the father of wildlife ecology. “It was here that I first clearly realized that land is an organism, that all my life I had…
By Joe Sanchez-Castro Contributing Writer Autism, a condition that affects nearly one in 50 children, has a severe impact on an individual’s ability to acquire basic nonverbal and verbal social interaction, can make life much more complex, according to the documentary, “Best Kept Secret.” Approximately 20 students showed up to watch the documentary. The documentary…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor On Oct. 21, the Pope canonized seven new saints, including St. Marianne Cope, the first American Franciscan saint. To honor the legacy of St. Marianne, Bonaventure will host the Southern Tier premiere of a documentary profiling her holy life Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Regina A. Quick Center…
By Angelia Roggie Features Editor Children throughout the United States go hungry every day and can’t get the nutrition they need. How many? Sixteen million — the population of Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia combined to be exact— according to the Food Network documentary “Hunger Hits Home,” which premiered…