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RENAISSANCE is Beyoncé's seventh studio album. Photo courtesy of Parkwood Entertainment.

“RENAISSANCE”: A testament to the genius of Beyoncé

Joey Arthur, Reporter September 9, 2022

In the past, Beyoncé has given her fans phenomenal and award-winning singles, albums and music videos, and after a three-year hiatus, she is back with another groundbreaking hit album, “RENAISSANCE.”...

"Laurel Hell" is Mitski's sixth album, released in the beginning of Febuary, this year, 2022. Courtesy of Dead Oceans.

“Laurel Hell” plays it safe in the best way possible

Samuel Koone, Managing Editor February 11, 2022

Mitski has come a long way from releasing her 2012 debut album as a student at the Purchase College music school in New York. Ten years, and four full length albums later, Mitski Miyawaki is a bona fide...

Album review: circles is the perfect unintended posthumous closing curtain

Christian Evans, Reporter February 2, 2020

Circles is the 49-minute posthumous new album by deceased Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native Malcolm McCormick AKA Mac Miller. Mac Miller tragically passed away two years ago at the age of 26 of an accidental...

Kenda North, Juanita Harvey Art Gallery guest artist, speaks about her work and the process for individual peices in her gallery during the opening reception, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Photographer engages with students about photography and art

Justin Marquart, Visuals Editor February 5, 2018

Photographer Kenda North discussed her artwork with students in and outside of the classroom before the opening reception for her Retrospective Exhibition: “Seeing is a Nervous Habit.” Her reception...

Eva Kor, holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, speaks to the audiance about her experience of being a holocaust survivor during the first Artist Lecture Series in Akin Auditorium on Sept. 21. Photo by Justin Marquart

Forgiveness trumps hate in eyes of Holocaust survivor

Cortney Wood September 22, 2017

She has every right to burn with anger. At age 10, Nazis stripped her from the only home, the only family she knew. Ripped away from her mother, father and two older sisters, Eva Mozes Kor was left...

Contemporary Music Center program visits campus

Rutth Mercado April 14, 2016

College students from around the country can go to Nashville for one semester of their undergraduate career to work on music for four months. Students may participate in one of three tracks- artist, business...

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku tells a joke to the audience at Akin Auditorium for the last Artist-Lecture Series speaker April 12. Photo by Kayla White.

Artist-Lecture Series concludes with Kaku

Dylan Pembroke April 13, 2016

The Artist-Lecture Series concluded for this semester with Michio Kaku, who is best known for his numerous television programs such as Through the Wormhole and How the Universe Works. He is also widely...

Ann Hunter, continued education MSU student, and Cynthia Procknow, continued education MSU student, congratulate Dornith Doherty on her works from "The Seeds of Art" at the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery Opening Reception. The gallery features Doherty's "The Seeds of Art" from January 23- February 27, British Studies January 23-Febrauary 6, and the Ceramics Studio pieces January 23- February 6. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Visiting artist documents seed banks

Ethan Metcalf February 3, 2015

Visiting artist documents seed saving from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. About 50 attendees, from students to community members, came to the opening reception of Dornith Doherty's "Seeds of Art" exhibit...

The art of Hironari Kobuta turns heads

Brooke Long November 6, 2013

For the past two months the art department has played host to Hironari Kobuta, a Japanese artist who travels around the globe giving performances by spinning a car on an A-frame. To accomplish this...

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