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OPINION: MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Whale’: A story grounded in truth By Andre SolisBridge Staff WriterPublished Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 The Whale follows the life of a college English teacher as he attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter. Charlie, played by Brendan Fraser, abandoned his daughter, Ellie, played by Sadie Sink at a young age. Now, he’s trying to reconnect with his angsty and rebellious daughter. Andre SolisBridge Staff Writer This film comes from production company A24 and director Darren Aronofsky. Filmed in a clustered apartment, Aronofsky’s use of space is clever and intentful. The camera focuses on the couch where Charlie spends most of his time due to his atrophying physical state, mirroring his unwavering beliefs about the human condition and his struggl...

OPINION: Student newspaper finds new home Juan Carlos PuenteEditor-in-chiefPublished Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 Earlier this summer there was news that The Bridge Independent Student Newspaper was getting a new office, with a move to commence soon after. We can currently be found in Pellegrino Hall, Room 220. The office is far more spacious than our previous one, as the former was a study room in the library, and all of the staff members feel a bigger sense of pride in working for us at the new location. Juan Carlos Puente In our previous office, Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library, Room 315, we would have to squeeze in extra chairs and shuffle around with multiple fans running. While the room was tiny, and the airflow was bad, we still made it a home for the time we were there....

OPINION: Amazon house might be the next step for younger buyers By Juan Carlos PuenteEditor-in-chiefPublished Thursday, April 11, 2024 With the housing crisis at an all-time high, the majority of one-bedroom, one-bathroom houses are in excess of $100,000. And most apartments around the nation run $2,000 to $3,000 a month; it can be difficult for younger buyers to find a place to live after college. The houses themselves are akin to a gentrified mobile homes that fold outward into a studio apartment-type fitting. The catch is that they’re only $10,000 to $11,000, or roughly $300 a month for around three years. Juan Carlos Puente Amazon will ship the house to your plot of land or home and from there you can place them anywhere with 20 feet of space and unfold the walls and...

OPINION: ‘What? Like it’s hard?’ By Alexia AlemanBridge Staff PodcasterPublished Thursday, April 4, 2024 For the last three years, my life has revolved around school. It has mentally, physically and emotionally drained me. Adults—I mean the older, mature, wiser adults, because if we want to be technical, I am an adult, and truth-be-told, I am not wise—think we’re lazy, irresponsible and do nothing with our lives. Never mind we have lectures, homework and we have to study, do countless assignments, read all the assigned readings and do all that for each class—five classes total. Alexia AlemanBridge Podcaster and Staff Writer Oh! Some even have real jobs. We have to maintain healthy relationships and friendships, balance school with our social life but “It’s not that hard.”...

OPINION: BOOK REVIEW: Modern tragedy in If We Were Villains By Alexia AlemanBridge Staff PodcasterPublished Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 “You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough,” M.L. Rio writes in her debut novel If We Were Villains. Although the novel is full of beautiful quotes, this one completely captures the essence and meaning of the story. The novel follows seven young actors studying Shakespeare at a prestigious university. At the center, Oliver Marks is completing a 10-year prison sentence for the murder of Richard Sterling, his former classmate and friend. Alexia Aleman Complex relationships join together the seven friends. Even between friends, feelings of envy and hatred become dangerous rather quickly. Shakespeare becomes the center of their lives a...