Legislative theater: The billionaire battle for the end of the world

Share: For someone so well-versed in the field of being a billionaire, it is baffling that Musk couldn’t see through Sam Altman’s facade. The two are now locked in a court battle, draining each other’s endless amounts of money in the process. In 2024, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, for allegedly changing the original goal of developing AI for the greater good of humanity to make money instead. This court battle has become a high-stakes display of legislative …

Show out or don’t show up to the Met Gala

Share: This year’s MET Gala theme was “fashion is art,” celebrating craftsmanship and construction of garments as well as paying homage to art throughout history, from paintings to statues. Despite a theme so broad yet specific, the outfits looked like unfinished garments or a sketch that should go back to the drawing board. Too many showed up dressed for a regular gala, but not the MET gala. Fashion’s biggest night, which takes place every year on the first Monday in May in New York City, …

BLOTTER: Peeping Tom attempts to take photos in C Building bathroom

Share: Monday, May 4, 2026 2:06 p.m. A student reported that a male subject at Harbison Hall made a threatening statement towards her.  Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:36 a.m. An officer caught two homeless people wandering around the Mirror Pools. They were escorted off the premises. 1:14 p.m. A student reported that a man in the C building men’s bathroom attempted to sneak a camera under the handicap stall. He was asked to leave the campus. 3:34 p.m. Two people were reported for blocking vehicles …

Students wear red and walk out to honor missing and murdered Indigenous women

Share: Students walked through the Quad on Tuesday afternoon carrying posters filled with painted red handmarks and the words “No more MMIWG2S+” written across them. The group walked across campus in silence and held photos of loved ones close to them, honoring Indigenous women who have gone missing or been killed. On Tuesday, May 5, students met in the Quad for a walk-out honoring MMIWG2S+, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit people, and Indigenous people, who have been taken. The event aimed to raise …

‘Mortal Kombat II’ proves to be a fatality for fans

Share: In the golden age of reboots, remakes, and adaptations, Simon McQuoid’s “Mortal Kombat II” contributes heavily to the oversaturation of unoriginal media. The film follows the same cannon as the 2021 “Mortal Kombat” move and consists of many familiar faces. However, the real selling point of the film was the inclusion of the popular character Johnny Cage played by Karl Urban. The movie centers around Cage, a karate star and actor, getting thrown into the Mortal Kombat tournament and forced to quickly learn about …

‘Invincible’ season 4 is better and bloodier

Share: When Season 3 of “Invincible” came out it was regarded as one of the best yet, with an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and a B on IMDb.This left fans waiting impatiently for season 4. After a little over a year, they got what they wanted, and it did not disappoint, being one of, if not the, best seasons of Invincible, with a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. The season started off with Mark Grayson still feeling intense emotions from not killing Angstrom, as well as …

Canvas hacked in nationwide attack

Share: In a nationwide cyberattack on Canvas, the learning management system used by many educational institutions, Pasadena City College (PCC) has also been targeted, with the college alerting users the platform is indefinitely offline as they monitor the situation.  At about 1:37 p.m. PCC Alert issued a warning to avoid logging into Canvas. Providing further updates, PCC advised against responding to any messages or authorizing unfamiliar Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requests. For those already logged into the platform or who signed in after the hack, they …

Trump duels with the truth in ’60 Minutes’ standoff

Share: President Trump’s 60 Minutes interview following the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting took a disrespectful turn as the President felt he needed to become defensive over the alleged shooter, Cole Allen’s manifesto. The President relied on his typical derogatory and dehumanizing responses towards the interviewer, Norah O’Donnell, when questions were too much for his fragile ego to handle.  Trump called O’Donnell a ‘horrible person’ for reading a part of the manifesto, which seemed to be directed at him but did not mention him by …

At Cinemacon, the movies watch you

Share: Movie theatres are cracking down on anti-piracy measures, but this antidote for bootlegging is the same poison killing the industry for attendees. During this year’s Cinemacon on April 15, Disney previewed the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, a movie that will hopefully bring audiences back to the theatres en masse. Attendees were excited to get an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming blockbuster, but something grabbed their attention during the preview:  green lasers periodically beaming across disturbed audience members.  “At first, we thought: ‘What …

The daring new season of ‘Born Again’ takes the mask off for justice

Share: “Daredevil: Born Again” returns in a slow paced story most fans are not familiar with, but still brings the same action packed court drama that has been loved by many viewers. Set a couple of months after the finale of “Daredevil”, the new season focuses on Daredevil assembling a group to expose Mayor Wilson Fisk, who is still secretly operating under his mantle of Kingpin in New York’s criminal underground. At the same time, Fisk struggles to maintain the control he has left over …