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March 20, 2019 // By Kristen Milburn

‘Captain Marvel’ Soars Higher, Further and Faster

Two days before Brie Larson, the star of “Captain Marvel,” surprised audiences at the Clifton Commons theater to serve popcorn and discuss the movie, I sat in the same theater, shoving my face with popcorn, anxiously awaiting Marvel’s first female-led film. The excitement for the film was palpable as “Captain Marvel” earned $455 million during opening weekend. Captain Marvel’s origin story is inspiring and feminist without being too cavalier in its messages, proving that the Marvel C...
February 20, 2019 // By Kristen Milburn

Erin Webb Will Stab You With a Needle and Be Happy About it

Russ Hall opened in 1915 as the first residence hall at Montclair State University. It housed students studying to be teachers, was used briefly as an administrative building and now serves as the makeshift tattoo parlor for Erin Webb, whose brightly colored hair and heavily tattooed arms might differ slightly from the appearance of Russ’ first residents. Webb, a senior English major whose pronouns are “they” and “their,” lives on the renovated fourth floor of the build...

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