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How a Soviet propaganda film reminded me what I need in a movie

(10/27/25 4:00pm)

As I settled down in my dorm room with my Bell Tower gyro bowl and clicked play on my computer, my expectations were low. I was about to watch Sergei Eisenstein's “Alexander Nevsky,” a 1938 Soviet propaganda film about a 13th-century Russian prince who defeated the German Teutonic knights, preventing them from invading the kingdom of Rus. This movie was not my first choice of entertainment that afternoon, but rather part of a homework assignment for the Havighurst Colloquium. 
















A day in the life of a political science student

(05/02/25 7:00pm)

9 a.m. - I wake up in a cold sweat from a dream where Nancy Pelosi my demons are chasing me down a long, windowless hallway — the usual. I grab my phone and immediately open the AP News app, where I doomscroll for a good 45 minutes. Once I feel a sufficient amount of crushing hopelessness, it’s time to go to class. I live on Western Campus, so the first thing that meets me when I step out the door is the lovely stench of dead fish coming from Western pond.