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Sound Bite Volume 10

Brandon Mattesich, Columnist
October 3, 2024

Summer Recap Welcome back to Sound Bite! After a long summer full of music and drama, I am excited to be bringing back Sound Bite bigger and better than ever before. This special extended...

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ at 50: As scary as ever

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
October 3, 2024

Happy October! It’s the beginning of my favorite three-month stretch of the year. So many holidays. So many memories to be made. And so many movies to watch. Specifically in October. I find a real cozy...

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...