In this classroom, only English is spoken. The teacher, Marjan (Marjan Neshat), enforces this rule harshly — if you speak any other language, you get a tally mark. At five tallies,...

In trying times, political films are nothing new. One of cinema’s most essential functions is to inform its audience — to share the intricacies of another culture, another...

Warning: This review contains spoilers. You can’t — and shouldn’t — get advice about college through TV shows, but that didn’t stop my 17-year-old self from obsessively...

One of my guilty pleasures is walking through a bookstore, browsing the stacks for hours and leaving with a new book. But when the average price of a paperback book is almost 20...

“Foster” by Claire Keegan “And that is when he puts his arms around me and gathers me into them as though I were his own.” “Foster,” a short little book by...

The light at the end of a grueling, dark fall semester is a winter break free from academic responsibilities — and there’s no better replacement for lecture halls than a good...

Greenwich Village, 1961. Fade in on the bohemian straggler with a cigarette in one hand and a guitar case in the other. Although born Robert Zimmerman in humble Minnesota, the...

Hayden Anhedönia, professionally known as Ethel Cain, is tired of being famous. She took to Tumblr with a scathing critique, sharing how glib comment sections and the increasingly...

As we settle into the beginning of a new semester in this freezing cold weather, it’s important that we take the time to practice self-care. While the beginning of the semester...

As the year comes to a close, the WSN staff is reflecting on the best books we read in 2024. From old classics to new releases to academic texts, we all read a lot. Alexa Donovan,...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. “The Room Next Door” paints a sensitive portrait of two women with differing existential outlooks that are otherwise...

Every winter, pop stars, actors and even comedians take on the same monumental task: creating a bestselling Christmas album. Some recreate the melodies of classic Christmas tunes,...