Spring Break Travels
With spring break occurring last week, spring itself is due to finally come at last. The following travel story includes my spring-break travel experience.It was not much of a “spring” break. My family and I traveled to northern Minnesota, where winter lasts a little bit longer and the air is typically more frigid than in Marinette. The reason for such a long journey is because my grandparents live in that state, within a small town called Ely, a dead city during the winter and a tourist trap during the summer. My family gathered at my grandparents’ house after a long eight-hour journey, and with it already being so late at night we had a short visitation and then went to bed a few hours later. The next day, there was a feast prepared. There was soup, sausage, coleslaw, and potatoes, typical hearty meals local people in the area enjoy. My grandpa and I talked politics while drinking some coffee before we went ice fishing. Stump Lake was the destination. My father, grandpa, and I walked across the ice and began drilling holes. Unfortunately, there were not many fish, but we found peace in nature, and we saw some dog sleds in the distance. Whenever staying at my grandparents house, we typically spend three nights before returning back home to Wisconsin. Goodbyes are always the most animated times. Grandpa always fixes breakfast the day my family and I leave. We gave turns exchanging hugs and making jokes. My grandmother always gets emotional when we leave.
—Conner Tuthill, Travel Editor
Robert Downey Jr. has had one rollercoaster of a career, from an immensely popular and critical youth to a struggle with drugs and bad run-ins with the law. His life did improve at the same time as he started to take on one of his more prominent roles: Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man.
Sometimes we get those classes where the instructor is less-than thrilling. Something about their lecture needs a little oomph every so often. As a guest lecturer and teaching assistant for his professor in graduate school, Professor Kallgren added just this to a class of nearly seventy-five students. Nervous but sure he wanted to do it, he entered with the announcement that he was not the professor they were expecting. A little bit of humor went a long way.
The window to apply for admittance to the UWGB nursing program is open! If you want to declare nursing as your major, fill out and 
Last week, I mentioned the campus pool, located in the Field House, to one of our Marinette students, and the response was, “We have a pool? What is the Field House?” So let me just tell you all that yes, we have a pool. The campus pool is also known as the River Cities Community Pool to Marinette residents, and anyone can come swim during open hours—but only UWGB students get in for free with your student ID. 
Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is an epic in the true sense of the word. I’ll begin by saying that bringing to life Frank Herbert’s novel by the same name is no easy task. Dune is filled with rich world-building, incredible detail, and complex commentary. The Chicago Tribune described Dune as “one of the monuments of modern science fiction.” It’s worth noting that other adaptations have come before, but none that have ever truly encapsulated the magic. That is until now.
There is no doubt when watching Being the Ricardos that Lucille Ball, played by Nicole Kidman, is its star. The biopic captures Lucille and her husband, Desi Arnaz, during a tense week of production for their very successful TV show I Love Lucy. Matters turn shaky on set when a popular tabloid writer accuses Lucille of being a communist. This is the early 1950s when fear of communism, something like paranoia, permeated American politics and culture in the wake of World War II. For Hollywood darling Lucille, a defamation of this sort could ruin her career. Lucille and Desi step through the week’s upsets with as much commandeering presence as only a power couple can. However, marriage and show business have their own tricks. Much like every production member, Lucille wonders if she will still have a show by the end of the week; but maybe there is something bigger to be lost.
King Richard begins with young Venus and Serena Williams, long before they would change the game of tennis. When we meet the two sisters, they are hard at work, swinging rackets through rain and shine. Their father and coach, Richard, is determined to raise Black women who will have the respect they deserve. He loves to throw around his favorite mantra: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” It’s not just Venus and Serena who live under Richard’s ambition; the whole family is involved in the business of success. Their mother, Oracene, works shifts at the hospital by night and by day keeps a strict eye on all five of her girls. Most of the movie tells the rise to Venus’s professional debut—a match whose quick and tight shots will leave you holding your breath.
This drama follows Diouana, a Senegalese woman led by false promises of work in France. A relatively short film with a runtime of just under an hour, this is one of the most powerful critiques of colonialism and its effects on the people of Africa. This work of art manages to show that the problem may be over on paper, there is still much more work to be done. Watch now on HBO Max.
This action comedy shows the deadly conflict exploding between the dreaded Tiger Mafia and a small group of soldiers in Kampala, Uganda. Director Nabwana I.G.G. managed to make one of the most unusual yet entertaining movies despite being made in the slums of Uganda with a budget of about $85…and all dedicated to his grandmother. Granted, one could say that this movie objectively sucks, but who cares when it succeeds fantastically in its primary goal: to entertain? Watch now for free on YouTube.