The Rebirth of Avatar: the Last Airbender
The Rebirth of Avatar: the Last Airbender Warning: Spoilers Ahead By RZW Avatar: the Last Airbender (often referred to as ATLA) is a show about a world where there are four elements which are able to be manipulated by benders from the Fire Nation, Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes, or Air Nomads. Benders are only able […]
Tribune Watched it: Graduation Movie Night
THS graduating senior Eleanor Prytherch crowd-sourced some movie recommendations on Instagram for a graduation-themed movie night. Even if you’re not graduating, these coming-of-age films are sure to entertain and give you nostalgia as we end this unprecedented school year. Eleanor recommends The Perks of Being a Wallflower based on the book of the same title […]
A 2020 Take on “Glee”
Although the last episode of Ryan Murphy’s Glee aired on March 20, 2015, today’s teenagers still have very strong opinions on the show. The entire series can be streamed on Netflix, and Hiley Kresse, resident Tribune expert on all things Glee, has some favorite and least favorites. Top Ten Glee Songs “Smooth Criminal” “Valerie” “Nasty/Rhythm […]
From Coachella to Beychella
Article originally appeared in Talawanda Tribune’s Changing Perspectives Magazine, May 2019 From Coachella to Beychella By ABBY ZMUDA Famed pop singer, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter made history by being the first black woman to headline Coachella, one of the biggest music festivals around today. A year later, she celebrates by dropping a documentary of the experience on […]
Review: Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”
Once superhero kids, now dysfunctional adults. One day 43 women gave birth, but none of them were pregnant that day when they woke up. Billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves wanted to adopt as many of those kids as he could… he only got seven. He decided to make them a crime- fighting division because they all […]
HBO’s “Westworld” Creates Moral Divide Among Television Fans / Living Without Limits: Not Always The Best
For their Journalism Final Exam students wrote two pieces, one objective and one commentary, related to the theme of “technology.” K.E. FISHER tackled HBO’s sci-fi series “Westworld.” HBO’s “Westworld” Creates Moral Divide Among Television Fans By K.E. FISHER In October of 2016, HBO premiered the science-fiction thriller series “Westworld.” The plotline focuses on the strange […]
Hype for the Apocalypse
“The Walking Dead” is an incredibly popular show on the television channel AMC, and the fanbase is most certainly not extinct here at Talawanda High School. The television show takes place in a post apocalyptic America, where a County Sheriff, Rick Grimes, is forced to survive in a world ruled by zombies, or, as they […]
Movies You Should See Before You Graduate
With summer coming up and plenty of time to watch movies, “The Tribune” asked your teachers what films they thought students should see before they graduate high school and here are their recommendations: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (1966) recommended by Mr. Maynard “The Godfather” Part I (1972) & Part II (1974), […]
Saturday Night Live Provides Humor to Historical Presidential Race
The last presidential election skit on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) aired last Saturday, November 5, three days before election day. Throughout the election, Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon have acted as the two main nominees for president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This last skit was a mock of a CNN interview hosted by Erin […]
Alice Through the Shortcoming
“Alice Through the Looking Glass,” a 2016 film directed by James Bobin, was a very big disappointment compared to the original “Alice in Wonderland” directed by Tim Burton. Both movies are around 2 hours long with the original being a little shorter than the new version. The story is completely random with everyone jumping around […]