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Ian Stoubaugh

COLUMN: The humanizing of villains makes them better

Ian Stobaugh, Columnist March 11, 2022

The shows and movies we consume are filled with villains. It feels as if no story is complete without a villain, and sometimes the villain is a crucial part of a franchise that it couldn’t do without....

Ian Stoubaugh

COLUMN: High school based shows should be mixture of entertainment and realism

Ian Stobaugh, Columnist February 25, 2022

A lot of us are aware of high school based shows. In fact, the majority of people my age grew up with them as an integral part of our childhood. With shows like “Good Luck Charlie,” “Victorious,”...

Ian Stoubaugh

COLUMN: TV no longer a “guilty” pleasure

Ian Stobaugh, Columnist January 28, 2022

Before the pandemic, TV was sort of seen as something to watch when you wanted to be lazy, or if you needed a distraction. Watching shows and movies is something almost all of us do, and we’ve all most...

COLUMN: 'I Am Not Okay With This' did not deserve to be canceled

COLUMN: ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ did not deserve to be canceled

Ian Stobaugh, Columnist January 14, 2022

I know that a lot of people haven’t seen the show “I Am Not Okay With This” on Netflix. I don’t blame anyone. I think it’s a brilliant show, but Netflix didn’t push the show out as much. I...

Mary Ellen Greenburg, a senior television film production major, and Timothy Russell, a television film production major, work on a video project on Adobe Premiere for their Genres class Wednesday night.

FEATURE PHOTO: Working on the night movies

Karina Delgado, Assistant Photo Editor February 5, 2020

Mary Ellen Greenburg, a senior television film production major, and Timothy Russell, a television film production major, work on a video project on Adobe Premiere for their Genres class Wednesday night.

Don’t be an entertainment snob

Carole Hodorowicz, Columnistt January 15, 2019

Winter is finally coming. After months of suspense and waiting, HBO finally confirmed the final season of "Game of Thrones" will be debuting on April 14. Even better, HBO released an ominous trailer...

Television, Radio and Video Job Fair set for Thursday

Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter March 21, 2018

Television, radio and video production companies from all over the Midwest will be at the annual Television, Radio and Video Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the University Ballroom of the Martin...

Column: T.V. title sequences evolve

Megan Ivey, Staff Reporter April 6, 2017

It used to be the first thing you would hear as you clicked on the T.V. Saturday morning. With a bowl of cereal on your lap, you pushed the channel number on the remote by memory, sat back and settled...

Column: A black ‘Bachelorette’ is long overdue

Megan Ivey, Staff Reporter February 16, 2017

I spent my Valentine’s day in a true fashion of romance — eating pizza and making my boyfriend watch the latest episode of “The Bachelor.” Because what is more romantic than watching twenty women...

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