Tattoo of the week
Tattoos are not just body ink for Tylik Epps, a VTSU Castleton student and leader of the wrestling team. For Epps, the tattoo on his...
Student tattoo artist: Rainey Skye
Imagine if you were drunk at a college party on a random Saturday night, and the party was packed to the brim, so you went...
Connecting with him through songs
My siblings and I had an eventful childhood to say the least and through tough times, we navigated our emotions through music making together. Music...
Suprises and snubs at the Oscars
On Sunday night, March 2, those interested pop culture and movies popped their popcorn, poured their glasses of wine and geared up to watch the...
New Wellness branding unites VTSU campuses
Last semester, the VTSU Wellness Center came to my Branding and Packaging class, asking for a new logo and identity. I took this as an...
Grammy Awards leaves some happy, others (like the writer) not so much
The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Feb. 2, with Trevor Noah hosting for the fifth year. The event left many viewers with a...
Butterfly connection
For VTSU Castleton student Lou Padilla, tattoo art means more than just body embellishments. They serve as stories etched into skin. His most recent addition,...
The FAC’s silver throne
Becoming a famous artist and making money doing art wasn’t on the radar when James Hampton rented a carriage house for his special project. In...
‘A Complete Unknown’ is worth a watch
I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan, but I’ll admit, when I first heard about “A Complete Unknown,” a Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, I...
A colorful memory of childhood
In my Painting 101 class, I was instructed to paint a scene (from memory) that somehow relates to a memory of childhood. Then, I covered...