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Sound Bite Issue 9

Isaac Dobmeier and Brandon Mattesich
May 30, 2024

This Week in Music Welcome to this quarter's final issue of Sound Bite! With summer just around the corner, I’ll be using this issue to highlight some upcoming releases that we won't be able to...

Rules for a Reason

Astor Powell-Pedersen, Columnist
May 30, 2024

They say that behind every rule, there is a story. Every young mind that tours CWU’s Ellensburg campus knows one thing by the end of the tour: you do not swim in the Ganges. The sweet smile of your tour...

Remembering Bill Walton

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
May 30, 2024

Across my whole life, I have always been able to walk into my Dad’s bedroom and look at a plethora of Portland Trail Blazers memorabilia. From a small child to the young adult I am now. Jerseys, posters...

Whiny White Boy Music

Gabriela Gonzalez, Columnist
May 30, 2024

Today’s music scene, littered with everything from ballads to boy bands and Bad Bunny to Boygenius, seems to have attractions for all types of people. A select group, the whiny white boys, have even...

Sports teams’ jerseys suck

Megan Foster, Columnist
May 23, 2024

I would not, in any way, say that I am a major sports fan. I enjoy sporting events here and there, but more often for the atmosphere and the snacks than for the sports themselves. With that being said,...

Sound Bite 8

Isaac Dobmeier, Columnist
May 23, 2024

If you’re not paying attention to Chief Keef it’s a problem. Since the early 2010’s he’s been undeniably one of the most influential figures on the modern music scene — and I would go so far...

The Observer @ SIFF day one: ‘I Saw The TV Glow’

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
May 19, 2024

I was lucky enough to attend the Seattle International Film Festival — a hub for filmmakers all around the world to show off their movies big and small — for five days last week. It was one of the...

“A time where Apes rule the world…” A Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review

Nic Palaia, Columnist
May 16, 2024

“What a Wonderful Day!” as the main antagonist Proximo Cesar once put it in this latest installment in the Planet of the Apes franchise. “Planet of the Apes” has been an extremely long running...

Sound Bite Issue 7

Brandon Mattesich and Isaac Dobmeier
May 16, 2024

This Week in Music Welcome to this week's issue of Sound Bite! This week Donald Glover dropped his latest album under his persona Childish Gambino. The album, titled “Atavista,” is a finished...

Sound Bite Special Edition

Brandon Mattesich, Columnist
May 9, 2024

This week's issue of Sound Bite is going to be a little different than normal. I'm solely focusing on the Kendrick and Drake situation, and I will be giving my opinions on the matter. Since our last...

‘The Fall Guy’ falls flat

Nic Palaia, Columnist
May 9, 2024

Directed by David Leitch, “The Fall Guy'' is a new action comedy starring the beautiful Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. The movie that provides a fair amount of laughs and good action sequences, but ultimately...

‘Star Wars’ hot takes from The Observer staff

April 30, 2024

Isaac H: This is a repeat from my hot take from spring 2021, but “The Last Jedi” is so easily the best “Star Wars” movie since the original trilogy and it’s not particularly close, and the fan...