Volume 54, Issue 8

Captain Chris Wishes Students A Happy Halloween

New Book CoWritten and CoEdited by CNU

English Professor

FIONA SULLIVAN FIONA.SULLIVAN.20@CNU.EDU

Christopher Newport University is known for having renowned pro fessors who not only excel in the classroom but also truly care for their students and want to help them achieve success in any way they can. However, many students are never fully aware of the work pro fessors put into their discipline outside of the school. Many of CNU’S professors not only teach but also conduct research throughout the year, present at semi nars, attend confer ences, and write books, whether it be fiction or nonfiction.

One example of this is Dr. Margarita Marino va who is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature and has written sev eral published articles, books, and journals. Her most recent book that she co-wrote and co-ed ited with Slav Gratchev is called “The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin’s Re-accen tuation,” published by Bloomsbury.

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What’s Inside News

OURCA and ODEI offer new grant Youngkin possibly running in the 2024 presidential election

SnapshotSports LifestyleA&E

Men’s Rugby final game recap

Final volleyball game recap

Adidas ending partnership with kanye West

Weird Al Yankovic Movie

Zeta’s big man on campus English department halloween party

Captain Chris getting into the Halloween spirit

Captain Chris shows off his new hook for Halloween where he went as a historically accurate Christopher Newport taken by Savannah Dunn

Student takes selfie with Captain Chris taken by Savannah Dunn

A group of students grab candy from Captain Chris in the Trible Plaza taken by Savannah Dunn

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Savannah Dunn earned the title of Editor of the Week for designing the cover this week! Normally this is the Editor in Chief’s job, but she was sick this week. All it took was one FaceTime call and some ideas from “Madame EIC,” a name for the Editor in Chief that Dunn uses frequently, and Dunn created a beautiful looking front cover.

Staff Writer of the Week

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Kaley Vincent is dubbed Staff Writer of the Week for stepping out of her normal writing boundaries and writing for the sports section this week! Vincent wrote about the final game for CNU Men’s Rugby’s fall season. She did an excellent job of painting a picture of what it was like to be at the game as well as providing basic facts. Keep up the good work Vin cent!

U.S. States Crossword

Answers will be posted on our Instagram @cnucaptainslog! (all past crossword answers are in our Instagram highlights)

OPINIONS

8 Most Underrated Candies of All Time

CNU Junior Discusses Candies that You May Have Forgotten About

JARRETT CONOLLY JARRETT.CONOLLY.20@CNU.EDU

I’m sure you’ve had plen ty of candy lately as Hal loween draws to a close. Whether you like Kit Kats or gummy bears or lollipops (or if you have no taste you had a Mounds bar) you got your sweet fix. But have you ever wanted to expand your horizons? Try something new? Well look no further, here are 8 of the most un derrated candies of all time.

1.Tony’s Chocolonely Chocolate

Tony Chocolonely Choc olate isn’t just delicious with its rich taste, uncon ventional breaking, and natural cocoa taste. It is one of the only chocolate companies in the world who prioritizes producing their chocolate without child slave labor. Not only are these chocolate bars produced ethically, they’re big and delicious.

2.Charleston Chew

97 years later and people still don’t put respect on the Charleston Chew candy bar. It’s the perfect candy if you enjoy more soft chew ing but also enjoy some rich chocolate. A chewy nou gat coated in chocolate. It brings two of the best types of candy together.

3.100 Grand Bars

The original slogan for the 100 Grand was “So good it’s almost illegal”. The slo gan is correct. This bar has the perfect triple combo of milk chocolate goodness, thick caramel, and crisped rice. It’s like a caramel and chocolate Rice Krispy treat and wow is it good.

4.Candy Pumpkins

Read it and weep candy corn haters. This offshoot of candy corn is similar in taste but it’s both incred ibly festive and also incred ibly creamy compared to candy corn. It’s a small and festive sweet treat that you can eat bowls of.

5.Hi-Chew

This Japanese fruit can dy has been a big hit in the States and for good reason.

It feels like starbursts but juicer. You can have it in kiwi, dragon fruit, pine apple, melon, and basi cally any other fruit flavor you can think of

6.Abba Zaba

Do you like taffy? Do you like peanut butter? If so, the Abba Zaba is the candy for you. You have a taffy chocolate candy bar with a nice center of pea nut butter filling. Recent ly they even made a choc olate filling one. These candy bars are delicious for getting both the taffy and peanut butter fix.

7.Reisens

Werthers and Pepper mints are great hard can dy that you can just have whenever, wherever, and however you want. The Reisen is a chocolate hard candy that is just like it. It’s like a hard version of a milky way. They’re rich in taste and require a hard chew.

8.Any rock candy

“Oh but they’re too crunchy and too easy to break,” some people say. To that I say, “stop be ing a coward, rock candy is good.” It’s candy on a stick for crying out loud. You can have any flavor and it’s nice and sugary. Hard candies are always a hit and this is the ulti mate hard candy.

“The Captain’s Log is free to write anything it pleases and CNU fully respects the Freedom of the Press.”

CNU PRESIDENT PAUL TRIBLE April 2012

Photo of items Tony’s Chocolonely Chocolate from un splash.com

New Book Exploring the Art of Translation, Co-Written and Co-Edited by CNU English Professor

An Interview with Dr. Margarita Marinova

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FIONA SULLIVAN FIONA.SULLIVAN.20@CNU.EDU

and writings. He was a Russian philosopher and cultural studies critic of the Novel and is known for the idea surrounding the birth of the Novel i.e. what makes a novel a novel compared to ev ery other text.

“My colleague Slav Gratchev, who is at Marshall University in West Virginia, and I thought about putting together a volume that is focused on this idea of how Bakhtin’s theory of trans lation is used in contemporary practices,” Marinova explained. “I worked with all of these differ ent authors from various places in the world and first they sub mitted abstracts and there were many more submissions than there are now.”

The whole process itself took about a year and a half but Ma rinova and Gratchev have pub lished before so they understood the business. In terms of who can read the book, Marinova said that they made sure there would be enough for all types of read ers.

Marinova also provided some his torical context and explained how Bakhtin was considered an unreliable writer in the early 1900s and was a member of the bourgeoisie but wasn’t a Marxist.

“He was even sent into exile and spent most of his life away from Mos cow and Petersburg and was only allowed to return to Moscow in the 1970s when at that point he was in his 70s. He wrote most of his work while he was in exile,” she said. However, he eventually became very popular in Western Europe and the U.S. and the Soviets became proud so they gave him benefits which included an apartment.

The interviews that Marinova was asked to transcribe were conducted by a man named Duvakin, a fellow academic, and they were extremely in-depth and unique because they gave a spotlight into Bakhtin’s life and thoughts.

He had an amazing memory as well, even into his old age. The most fascinating fact about this whole process is that it was revealed that the director of the history department at Moscow University left Russia due to the war and smuggled some of the tapes with him because he is Du vakin’s own grandson.

Marinova said, “We didn’t know that! We had been work ing with this guy the whole time without realizing that. He didn’t feel like it was appropriate to mention that he was the grand son of the guy who did these se cret interviews in the 70s.”

Part of the description of the book states that, “the essays examine the art of translation as an exercise in a cultural re-accentuation (a transferal of the original text and its characters to the novel soil of a different lan guage and culture, which inevitably leads to the proliferation of multi valent meanings), and to explore the various re-accentuation devices employed over the span of the last 100 years in translating modern texts from one language to another.”

The Captain’s Log had the oppor tunity to interview Marinova in an effort to learn more about this aca demic book, Mikhail Bakhtin’s im pact on society, and what compelled her to write and edit parts of its con tents.

Marinova explained that she had been studying Bakhtin since gradu ate school and that she had published other books about his translations

She said, “Even if you’re not very familiar with Bakhtin, you can read my essay and get a gen eral sense of what he is saying about translation theory. You can also read the other chapters if you’re interested in the top ics they’re discussing. Bakhtin is just a way to bring together very different research.” Dr. Marinova’s specific chapter that she wrote within the book is called “Translating Bakhtin, and Bakhtin on Translation.”

When asked about why she be came interested in Bakhtin in the first place, Marinova said that she was always curious about his theory on the novel and appreci ated his ideas, “About ten years ago, Slav called me and said ‘look I have a friend at Moscow State University who is the director of the history department there. They have these tapes that need to be transcribed to English so would you be willing to work on them with me, because one of them is actually a series of inter views with Mikhail Bakhtin.” Of course she immediately said yes to the opportunity.

“You hear Bakhtin’s ideas not just about art but also politics, people, and a lot about poetry which was unusual at the time,” Marinova de scribed.

Bakhtin was no doubt an in fluential scholar who had an in delible impact on literature and the Western civilization. The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin’s Reaccentuation goes on sale on November 3rd and while this book will mostly be sold to libraries and universities, it’s suitable for any student with an interest in Bakhtin and his theories, especially since it was spearheaded by one of CNU’s very own.

Marinova, photo from cnu.edu

“The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin’s Re-Accentuation”

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The OURCA and The ODEI Offer New Grant Opportunity for Students

EVELYN DAVIDSON EVELYN.DAVIDSON.20@CNU.EDU

CNU’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (OURCA) and the Office of Diver sity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) have partnered to create a new grant opportunity for students who want to conduct a research or creative project that focuses on the values of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Vidal Dickerson, Special Assis tant to the President and Chief DEI Officer, explained that, “The ini tiative will aid in making our DEI strategy an active, collaborative project that connects to one of our pillars - undergraduate research. Our strategy should have a life be yond a document. There are oppor tunities for institution-wide part nerships, and this will serve as one example - bringing together stu dents, faculty mentors, staff, and members of the President’s Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to support our goals through re search.”

The project must address one of the five goals of CNU’s Strategic Plan for Diversity and Inclusion.

The five goals in the Strategic Plan:

• Goal One: Create and maintain a culture that is inclusive, welcom ing and respectful of the various backgrounds and per spectives of the Christopher New port community.

• Goal Two: Recruit, retain and engage students, faculty and staff whose diverse backgrounds and perspectives demonstrate the University’s commitment to inclusive excellence.

• Goal Three: Provide compre hensive education, training, and professional development programs for faculty and staff, inclusive of curricular and co-cur ricular activities/programs/courses, in an effort to enrich skill sets, better educate our students, and work more effectively with one another.

• Goal Four: Expand commu nity engagement and local com munity connections.

• Goal Five: Effectively commu nicate the University’s efforts to increase diversity and inclusion on our campus.

The OURCA and the ODEI will offer two $1000 grants to a stu dent or group of students whose research reflects the above goals. The project can be done in one semester or over the course of an entire year and there are no grade level requirements.

This collaborative grant oppor tunity has never been offered to CNU students before. Both Dick erson and Salomon emphasized the broad and unrestrictive pa rameters for the project and they encouraged students to share any research proposals that connect to the goals of diversity, equity and inclusion.

“As long as the project ad dresses one of [the five] goals in a substantive way. The applica tions will be read by a committee, a group of faculty and administra tors from both DEI and OURCA. It can be just about anything,” said Dr. David Salomon, Director of the OURCA.

He continued, “We’ve inten tionally left it broad and open. What are your ideas? That’s one of the mottos at our office here for the OURCA: “The possibilities are endless, bring us your new idea.”

The application deadline is De cember 1. Students should submit applications as a PDF emailed to ourca@cnu.edu with “DEI Grant” in the Subject Line.

For more information, email ourca@cnu.edu or incusion@ cnu.edu. If you are unsure about a potential project idea and would like to discuss further, you can visit the OURCA office on the sec ond floor of the library.

Is VA Governor Youngkin Planning to Run for Presidency?

Out-of-state campaigning suggests possible run for higher office

JARRETT CONNOLLY JARRETT.CONOLLY.20@CNU.EDU

The country is two years away from the 2024 Presidential election, but the campaign trail starts now. President Joe Biden has announced his intent to run in 2024 and several Republicans are gearing up to run to be their party’s nominee. A handful of announcements are expected to come out following the midterm elections this November.

Several Republicans have been float ed as possible candidates if former Pres ident Trump chooses not to run. They include former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Senator Ted Cruz, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. However, in the past few weeks, a new name has sur faced as a strong possibility for candida cy, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Youngkin’s victory over former Gov ernor Terry MacAuliffe last year was a surprise as Virginia has been a solidly blue state for almost a decade and a half. Since taking office his popularity soared in both the state and among Republi cans. He’s spent a considerable amount of time this midterm election season campaigning for Republican guberna torial candidates in numerous states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Maine. Youngkin has also raked in millions via PAC money and has had several retreats with big money donors. In addition, he is starting to be included in polls along side other potential 2024 Republicans. Polls released by YouGov and Echelon Insights had him polling currently at 1%, ahead of several other potential candidates including Maryland Gover nor Larry Hogan and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. While this number is low, it suggests that he has at least a starting place for when primary season begins.

The appeal of a Youngkin candidacy to many Republicans is that he was able to connect with independents and some Democrats in the Governor’s election last year, as well as all of the major fac tions within the GOP. He also hasn’t invoked as much controversy within the party as former President Trump or Governor DeSantis have. Many Repub licans see him as a way to lead the party into the future.

Not everyone, however, is enthusias tic about Youngkin’s potential candi dacy and his-out of-state campaigning. House of Delegates Minority Leader Don Scott (Dem) said the Governor, “abandoned Virginia to campaign for extremists.” (AP News). Congresswom an Liz Cheney (R-WY) has also been critical of Youngkin for supporting Ari

zona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has promoted false claims about the 2020 election.

Despite criticism aimed at him for his out-of-state campaigning, Youngkin said, “I am focused on getting some Republican congressional candidates elected in Vir ginia and some governors elected around the nation,” Youngkin said on CNN. “2024 is a long way away. And I’m really humbled by the speculation, but right now I’m very focused on Virginia” (TheHill).

If Youngkin does not run for President, he could still make a higher office run be fore his term expires (The Virginia Con stitution prohibits consecutive Governor terms). Senator Tim Kaine (D) will be up for re-election that year and polling from Uni versity of Mary Washington has Youngkin only 2 percentage points behind Kaine.

The 2024 election may feel far away, but it inches closer and closer every day. One can expect to see numerous announce ments from Republicans and possibly Democrats almost immediately following the midterms.

Governor Youngkin, photo from Flickr

CNU Volleyball Finishes Strong

Back-to-Back Wins is quite a way to end the regular season

AMANDA EACHO AMANDA.EACHO.22@CNU.EDU

Volleyball ended their regu lar season Saturday strong with a back to back win. They started off with a win against York College’s Spartans 3-0, then went on to beat Averett University’s Cougars 3-0.

Sammy Carroll started off set 1 against York by serving 3 aces during a 6 point run. Then Alyssa Dozier brought them to an 11-1 lead after helping the team take 5 straight points. Carroll with a kill and Anna Dean with 2 aces helped close out the set with the Captains on top.

Even though York won the first point to start off the sec ond set, the Captains took charge of the rest of the set by taking 17 of the next 21 points before York could hold their serve. Maddie Carter’s kill,

another ace from Dean, and two errors from the opposite team lead to a win for Captains in the second set.

In the third set, the Captains held York to ten points while Mackenzie Wright had four kills and a block to contribute to the Captain’s domination of the Spartans. By the end of the match, the Captains only allowed York 17 kills. The sec ond lowest kills that they’ve allowed from any comeptitor this entire season.

Before the match against Averett, CNU took the time to honor their seniors who aren’t coming back next season. 5th year Senior, Mackenzie Wright, Maddie Carter, and Rebbecca Frey, along with current Senior Anna Dean were all recog nized for their achievements

and accomplishments over the course of their college athletic career . The play ers were given balloons and flowers and were subsequent ly walked out to the field by their families and loved ones.

To begin the match against Averett, the Cougars led set 1 early. However, the Captains turned the set around with Kyla McIntyre and Mackenzie Wright having two kills and Julia Gleason having 2 aces, scoring 9 straight points.

McIntyre, Carter, and Alyssa Dozier each got kills which put the Captains up 23-16 and after two bad serves from the Cougars, the Captains were able to take set one.

The Captains hit their best hitting percentage in the

second set, totaling 16 kills. Six of those were Dozier’s. She hit back-to-back kills to force the set point. McIntyre hit the final kill to win the second set for the Captains.

The third set was close one for a while, with the Cougars trailing 16-18. However, the Captains didn’t allow anoth er point. They scored seven straight with kills from Carter, Wright, and McIntyre to se cure the win for CNU.

Next weekend, CNU will travel to Fredericksburg for the Coast-to-Coast Confer ence tournament.

On This Day in Sports November 2, 2016

ELIJAH WILLIAMS ELIJAH.WILLIAMS.19@CNU.EDU

After a century-old winless drought and a Curse of the Billy Goat (AKA - The 2003 Steve Bartman incident), the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series in a thrilling Game 7 vs. the (Ironically) Cleveland Indians. With a final score of 8-7 int he extra inning, it is the first World Series win in 108 years for the city of Chicago.

Top NFL Teams to Look out For

ELIJAH WILLIAMS ELIJAH.WILLIAMS.19@CNU.EDU

Going into Week 8 of the 2022 NFL season, I figured it was about time to showcase the top NFL teams and their chances of winning the Conference titles and eventually the Superbowl! Without further ado, here are current postion charts as of October 31st:

Eagles

Bills

Cowboys

City Chiefs

INFORMATIONAL SOURCE: PROSPORTSOUTLOOK. COM

PHOTO COURTESY OF SBNATION

Men’s Rugby Secures Win Against ODU

Captains finish Fall Season with

KALEY VINCENT KALEY.VINCENT.21@CNU.EDU

Men’s Rugby entered their game against the ODU Mon archs hoping to secure their first win of the season before States. With players from both teams out due to injury, it was looking to be a fair match.

However, thanks to aggres sive offense from 5th-Year Matt Trott and skillful defense from Sophomore Nathan Staskiel, the Captains secured a 29-0 victory. This was the Captains’ first win of the season, but hopefully this newfound momentum can car ry the crew into States.

The Captains started strong and were quickly on the score board after Matt Trott scored a try, worth 5 points. Followed by

a successful kick from Senior Robert Tucker, placing the Captains up 7-0.

The Captains ran into some trouble when they lost possession at their try-line. For those that that may not understand lingo. The tryline is in a similar location to a football end zone.

Fortunately, Nathan Staskiel made an intense tackle, pushing the opponent out of bounds and returning the ball to the Captains.

Shortly after, Matt Trott scored another try and the Captains successful defense held the Monarchs out of the ODU try-line. The Monarchs

then took a penalty, giving the Captains the upper hand with a strong kick that brought the teams back to the 50-yard line. Matt Trott scored one more try, sending the teams into halftime with a score of 17-0.

Entering the second half of the game, the Captains saw intense defensive skills from Sophomore Dylan Frederick, Freshman Gage Smith, and Se nior Chance Usrey. Due to such successful defense, Matt Trott scored his fourth try for the Captains, bringing the Cap tains up 22-0.

Sophomores Matthew Basa la and Nathan Staskiel worked together for an important tack

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le. This tackle helped place the Captains in a better postition to win.

The Captains victoriously ended the game with a try from Junior Robert Robinson and a clean kick from Sophomore Graeme Widener.

Claiming their 29-0 victory, the Captains look onward to the upcoming States Champi onship on November 5th and 6th. As they face rival teams they have already seen, the Captains are hoping for the next few performances to be as strong as this one!

FINAL SCORE: 29-0 = CNU!

BY: KALEY VINCENT

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Adidas Ends Partnership With Kanye West

TREY GREENWELL TRAJAN.GREENWELL.21@CNU.EDU

On October 25th, Adidas ended their partnership with rapper Kanye West. After weeks of silence, Adidas released a statement that they would immedi ately “end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies.” They went on to say that Kanye’s recent comments have been “unacceptable, hurtful, and dan gerous.”

While Adidas released this state ment following West’s comments, they have not been the first company to do so. Other companies including Balen ciaga, JP Morgan, and Gap have cut ties with the billionaire rapper.

Despite the sudden announcement from Adidas on Tuesday, this has been in the making for a long time. After Ye wore a White Lives Matter T-shirt at his Paris Fashion Week show, Adidas had announced that they would review their collaboration with Kanye and his Yeezy brand.

Ye then went on to make antisemitic comments on Instagram and Twitter which led to his accounts getting re stricted on both platforms. This then

inspired him to buy Parler, a conserva tive social media site.

Since then, he defended his own an tisemitic comments. While Kanye had previously blamed his comments on his bipolar disorder, he went on to un leash a 10-minute diatribe on the pod cast “Drink Champs,” where he ranted about Jewish people.

Earlier this month, leaked footage of an interview with Tucker Carlson broke out. In it, he said that children should learn about Hanukkah and not Kwanzaa because “at least it would come with some financial engineer ing.”

Kim Kardashian, Ye’s ex-wife, tweet ed on Monday: “Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric toward them to come to an immediate end.” Other celebrities have lambasted Ye and demanded Adidas to stop doing business with him.

The grammy-award winning artist first signed with Adidas in 2013. This made him a billionaire and gave Adidas new consumers. However, the partner ship has been far from perfect. Adidas employees have spoken anonymously on the fear they had of being attacked

by Kanye’s fan base as well as ques tioned his loyalty to the company af ter his previous controversies became public.

Another employee had said that West would often interrupt the work the company was currently doing and would demand they start over with whatever he had in mind that day.

When the controversy first broke out, staffers threatened to take small acts of action until Ye was officially dropped. Others said they would no longer wear Adidas clothing until the Ye partnership ended.

While Adidas may suffer in the short term, Ye will have lost a signifi cant amount of promotion during this time. This scandal could also lead to other companies refusing to work with him in the future.

Kanye’s music career is another fac tor throughout all of this. Platforms such as YouTube, Apple Music, Spo tify, and Amazon Music could consider removing Ye’s work from their plat form. Overall, Kanye’s own actions

could cost him a lot of money, a lot of publicity, and a lot of respect from both businesses and his fans.

The Future of the DC Cinematic Universe

What to expect with the new changes

JARRETT CONNOLLY JARRETT.CONNELLY.20@CNU.EDU

SAVANNAH DUNN SAVANNAH.DUNN.21@CNU.EDU

“The hierarchy of the DC Universe is about to change” apparently wasn’t just the tag line of the Black Adam movie. The leadership at DC Studios has been changed as Warner Bros-Discovery looks to finally have a stable direction for their cinematic universe.

The DC Extended Universe began in 2013 with the release of Man of Steel. What looked like a good start to a real ex tended universe turned into a roller coaster ride.

Films being canceled in devel opment, critically panned films, accusations of racism towards top DC Films heads, the legal troubles of Flash star Ezra Mill er, and so many canceled films, including the fully completed

film Batgirl. There have been some hits, including the first Wonder Woman film, 2021’s The Suicide Squad, Shazam, Birds of Prey and the Peace maker TV show receiving ac claim.

But the problems seem to often outweigh the good and this has left the fans of DC Comics incredibly angry with how the beloved characters and stories are being handled by Warner Brothers.

With Warner Bros under new leadership following the merger with Discovery earlier this year, many fans dreaded what would come next. But new developments indicate we may be headed in the right direction for once.

David Zaslav shared the sentiment that DC fans had, he said DC lacked coherence and direction and ordered an overhaul.

Walter Hamada, the con troversial studio executive who was accused of under mining accusations of rac ism on the set of 2017’s Jus tice League, stepped down as head of DC Films on Oc tober 19th.

Warner Bros named James Gunn, the director of Peacemaker and The Sui cide Squad, and Peter Saf ran, producer of Shazam, as heads of the newly named DC Studios.

Fans praised the decision as Gunn is known for his

love of comic books (He also directs the Guardians of the Galaxy films) and the pair both managed to make DC films that were excellent.

DC also announced that Henry Cavill will return as Superman and Ben Affleck will return as Batman for the universe. They also said Matt Reeves would be able to continue his successful Batman universe following this year’s The Batman, as will the Todd Phillip’s Joker sequel and the beloved TV series that exist outside the DCEU.

The DC Animated divi sion will also be able to con tinue as is. With all these developments, and the suc cess of Black Adam, fans are

finally optimistic about the fu ture of DC.

After years of back and forth, DC may finally have what Marvel has had for decades. There might even be legitimate film competi tion between the brands for once.

The next DCEU films that will be released in the next year are Shazam: Fury of the Gods, Aqua man: The Lost Kingdom, Blue Beetle, and The Flash. Many canceled projects are expected to be revived and more films and shows will come.

The DCEU is hopefully going to continue on a stable note from here.

How Ye’s Antisemitism and other awful remarks cost him his empire

Kanye West posing at an Adidas event from thewrap.com

A new horror movie for the Halloween season

JARRETT CONNELLY JARRETT.CONNELLY.20@CNU.EDU

FIONA SULLIVAN FIONA.SULLIVAN.20@CNU.EDU

It’s Time to Get Weird!!! The Trailer for the Weird Al Yankovic Biopic

The glitz and glamor behind a Hollywood biopic has become a major attraction over the past few years.

From the record breaking Elvis that just came out this past summer to other award winning movies that centered around musical icons such as Queen and Elton John, it’s almost a guar antee that any biopic will be a success if written about the right, influential celebrity who’s slowly losing his or her star power.

However, what about the artists that always seem underrated, swept under the rug, and maybe even a little weird?

Starring none other than Daniel Radcliffe as the comic singer, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story centers around the humble ori gins of Alfred Yankovic (Weird Al) and how he became so well known.

No one would ever expect a biopic to be made about him which is why it is the perfect choice because Yankovic, known for his parodies, decides to make both a parody of his own life and of the classic biopics you hear of every day.

It makes sense that the film would be ridiculous and partly unbelievable since Yankovic has made a living off of being silly and poking fun at pop culture moments. Daniel Radcliffe abso lutely shines in the trailer and is almost unrecognizable with his American accent and distinct costume.

He truly does become Weird Al Yankovic and it’s almost strange to see him portray such a distinct character when the world is still used to seeing him as Harry Potter. But he is break ing away from the mold and is doing an excellent job at it.

While the trailer does not shy away from serious moments such as Yankovic’s emotionally abusive parents and his struggle with sobriety, it also injects humor and irony into almost every scene so the audience knows that at the end of the day, there is no need to take the movie too seriously like other biopics do.

The movie also stars Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, real name Barry Wilson, who is an American radio broadcaster and helped get Yankovic discovered by the public.

Evan Rachel Wood stars as Madonna too and just from what is seen in the trailer, it’s clear that she was not afraid to spoof the famous singer and make fun of what people thought of Madonna at the time by being self obsessed and ditzy which obviously isn’t true in real life.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story comes out on the Roku Channel on November 4th and is looking like it’s going to be a real hit so if you’re looking to laugh, are tired of the same, basic biopics that seem to come out every month, or are just a huge fan of Daniel Radcliffe, then this movie is definitely for you.

Poster of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story from IMDB

Comparison between Daniel Radcliffe and Weird Al Yankovic from Entertainment Weekly

LIFESTYLE

English Department “Family” Fun

The English department comes together to celebrate Halloween

SAVANNAH DUNN SAVANNAH.DUNN.21@CNU.EDU

A strong sense of com munity is something that is felt greatly throughout the English department. The annual English Depart ment Halloween Party is a great example to showcase the love and community between the faculty, staff, and students.

On Thursday, Octo ber 27th Dr. Kyle GartonGundling hosted the second annual “Spooky English Department Halloween Party” post-pandemic. The flier emphasized an open mic, a costume contest, and spontaneous hallow een haikus.

“Our goal is that English department members can combine their love of litera ture and writing with their fondness for the Fall sea son,” Dr. Garton-Gundling explained.

Dr. Kevin Shortsleeve is a lover of all things Hallow een and has been enjoying English department Hal loween events for years. “When I first got here in 2009, I would host ghost story evenings around this time of year and stu dents would come and read short passages of ghost sto ries,” Dr. Shortsleeve said. “When I lived in Boston I would have parties of 60 to 70 people with costumes [and] pumpkin carving. It was pretty wild.”

This annual Halloween event along with other events and get togethers hosted by the English de partment are appreciated by all students involved with the English major and minors. Junior Allie Fiul explained, “I am in English and political science and I feel like the English de partment does a lot for its students. It is really nice in terms of actually engaging with us.”

The students newer to the English department are also very appreciative of the effort the faculty and staff puts in to connect with its students. “I used to be more of a Computer Science major, so I haven’t been to many English things. I feel like English is one of those departments where everyone is very wel

coming and tightnit,” said Sophie Garner, ju nior. “ I like seeing pro fessors outside of their teaching environment and getting to chat with them as normal human beings. It has been very easy to connect with professors.”

Sophomore Kalen Anderson said, “My experience with every one is that they are re ally fun and just really

welcoming in general.” Anderson recently made the switch to being an English major and was excited to go to the Hal loween party to meet other English majors. Anderson encourages everyone to, “Be an Eng lish major, it’s really cool and everyone here is re ally nice.”

When asked to de scribe community within the department,

English department fan favorite, Vickie GartonGundling said, “Warmth and its family. And not in the way that toxic employ ers try to say it’s a family so they can exploit you. It is actually family.” Mrs. Garton-Gundling is the secretary for the English department and is loved by all students and faculty. “As the secretary I see ev ery faculty member inter act with every other faculty member and they all just really love each other and enjoy each other academi cally [and] as human peo ple.” Mrs. Garton-Gundling explained how the students always feel comfortable coming into the office and to events hosted by the English department. “It’s kind of a home away from home which I think is really important when they are away from their families.”

Of course it is not a Hal loween party without a costume contest. Both students and faculty were encouraged to dress up and many did not disap point. Students who came in costume paraded around the tables in a line and fol lowed by a vote from each attendee.

Seniors Brenna Walch and Cooper Albright were declared the winners with their impressive Pokémon Maid Trainer and Garde voir cosplay. “I feel jacked. I feel absolutely enormous winning this,” Albright ex claimed.

Walch is an English ma jor and was excited to win the contest because “it feels nice doing something fun our last year.” Walch and Albright have been co splaying together for four years and plan to continue cosplaying together after they graduate.

Walch describes the com munity of the English de partment as being a fam ily away from biological family. “I am going to miss college a lot when I gradu ate because of all the great people I have met and in teracted with in the English departments. They have been so inspirational to me

in my own English work.”

The English depart ment has proven to be a very close community that works to build up one an other and focuses on mak ing it a healthy and happy environment for all. Dr. Kara Keeling said, “I think

it’s wonderful how a num ber of our younger faculty, like Dr. Garton-Gundling, who organized this event, are making the English De partment a vital and fun place to be.”

Dr. Shortsleeve and Dr. Keeling pose together for a picture taken by Savannah Dunn

Sophie Garner in her Strawberry Shortcake costume taken by Savannah Dunn

Students parade around the event showing off their costumes for the costume contest taken by Savannah Dunn

Brenna Walch and Cooper Albright after winning the costume contest taken by Savannah Dunn

Big Man On Campus

Zeta hosts annual event to raise money for their philanthropy

FIONA SULLIVAN FIONA.SULLIVAN.20@CNU.EDU

This past Friday, the so rority Zeta Tau Alpha had their first in person Big Man on Campus philan thropy event since 2019 which benefits Zeta’s na tional philanthropy; Breast Cancer Education and Awareness.

It is an annual all-male pageant where different organizations on campus can have a member repre sent them and if their con testant wins, they are able to donate part of the proceeds to their philanthropy or a charity of their choice.

This year’s competi tion did not disappoint as it was a night filled with fun talents, wacky pink costumes, and of course, further information on the importance of fighting back against breast cancer.

In total, there were ten contestants who repre sented different frater nities, sororities, and on campus organizations such as CAB and The Marching Captains and students did not hesitate to come out and support their friends and representatives as they battled it out on stage to see

who truly was the best man on campus.

It was a packed and en thusiastic audience that laughed, cheered at the top of their lungs, and even pulled out their flashlights on their phones to sway to a romantic song a contestant was singing.

The pageant had three parts: describe your perfect date, the talent show, and the best pink outfit section. In addition to contestants gaining points from the so

cial media contest and do nation contest, there were three judges all from dif ferent backgrounds with one being a CNU alum, another being a CNU pro fessor, and the final judge being a representative of Zeta Tau Alpha nationals.

The men did not hold back when it came to the competition. For the per fect date section, answers ranged from heartwarm ing and romantic to hi

larious and relatable. There was definitely not a single date that sound ed boring or unjoyable. However, things re ally ramped up when it came to the talent sec tion which was when the contestants became even more cre ative. Some men went with the classic option and sang a song. Phi Mu’s representative Garrett Faber sang the country song Die a Happy Man while Delta Upsilon’s Josh Menichetti went all out and sang an Elvis song perfectly while in an Elvis costume. CAB’s Cole Guinther opted to

instead lip sync to Old Time Rock and Roll while in the Risky Busi ness costume.

There were two dj’s who created some amaz ing beats, a juggler, and even a guy who played the Game of Thrones theme on a kazoo with a “direwolf” stuffed ani mal.

Finally, the men shone when they strutted out in their all pink outfits which had no limits. Contestants came out with pink feather boas, cowboy hats, capes, tights, and more. Audi ence members could not stop cheering and laughing with wide eyes

as they witnessed these men give it their all. It was a tough com petition as every con testant did exceedingly well; however, three men had to come out on top in addi tion to one being named the fan favorite. Josh Menichetti, the Elvis impersonator, won fan favorite while Garrett Faber came in third, Kenneth Hansin from SigEp, one of the dj’s, came in second and CNU March ing Captains’ very own RJ Williams won first and became the best man on campus. Wil liams played an amaz ing song with his saxophone and blew the audience and judges away.

Ultimately, it was an incredibly successful event with Zeta Tau Al pha raising over $1000 for Breast Cancer Edu cation and Awareness.

5 Festive Ways to Spice Up Your Dorm

EVELYN DAVIDSON EVELYN.DAVIDSON.20@CNU.EDU

A mini Christmas Tree and ornaments

What’s better than a full-sized Christmas tree? A mini one to make your dorm room feel like a dorm home! Small three foot christmas trees are perfect for college students with limited space and you can buy one for around $20 at places like Target. This also means that you can buy pretty ornaments (may be a blue and white CNU themed tree!) to decorate your tree. Walmart, World Market, and many other stores sell cute ornament sets and individual orna ments.

Door decor

Wreaths or other fes tive holiday decorations will certainly spice up your dorm room door. You can buy a traditional wreath,

put up a cute sign, or even have a craft night with your friends and make your own diy door decora tions!

Festive hand soap

Even the bathroom can be part of the holiday spirit! You can find sea sonal scented hand soaps at Walmart, Dollar Tree, or Bath and Body Works if you’re feeling really fancy. Look for scents like gin gerbread or peppermint. Also, they usually come in cute bottles that will go nicely with your bathroom aesthetic, especially if you have decorative holiday hand towels.

Holiday lights

One of the best parts of the holiday season is driv ing around town and see ing everyone’s festive lights glowing in their windows or on their trees. So why not bring that glowy magic to your own living space? Pick up some fairy lights and hang them in your window or over your bed to brighten

up the room.

Aromatic decor Cinnamon, woods, pinethose are the aromas of the holiday season! Candles can be a little dangerous when you live in a dorm. A great alternative for col lege students is Trader Joe’s Cinnamon Whisks. These aromatic whisks are made of raw pine scented with cinnamon oil. They can be displayed in a cute mason jar or you could put them in your bathroom so that when you shower the steam activates the cinnamon scent. Best of all, they’re only 99 cents!

Zeta members pose with BMOC winner, RJ Williams courtesy of CNU Zeta

Ornaments Evelyn uses to decorate her mini Christmas Tree taken by Evelyn Davidson

Cinnamon Whisk decor taken by Evelyn Davidson

BMOC contestants stand on stage together courtesy of CNU Zeta

SNAPSHOT

Captain Chris Surprises Students and Staff With Candy On Halloween

All photos taken by Savannah Dunn