Landon Williams @TheEtCetera You can hear the sounds of last minute preparations behind the giant curtain separating the stage from the audience. People push past each other to get as close as they can to the front. In a few minutes the curtains will open and the Oakland based SWMRS will begin their...

By CAITLIN PIPER Copy Editor @TheEtCetera There’s something inherently hypocritical about a developer trying to paint their game with a “war is hell” message while still setting aside room for a spirited multiplayer death match somewhere in the code. Civilians are being slaughtered, entire...

By DAVID SILVA Editor in Chief @DavidSilvaETC Just as “Iron Man” and Robert Downey Jr. broke open the gates for the “first generation” of Marvel Cinematic Universe glory, “Doctor Strange” and Benedict Cumberbatch look to keep the golden age of superhero movies alive and strong by bridging...

By CAT DYSON Reporter @TheEtCetera “Keeping Up With The Joneses” doesn’t start out like any other comedy involving spies, but a house exploding in the first scene might give that away. Director Greg Mottola fabricates an uplifting comedy with hilariously awkward moments and action scenes...

By JON AGUIRRE Staff Writer @TheEtCetera When you listen to the very first track of “Atrocity Exhibition,” you become aware that this isn’t your average hip-hop album. You realize you’re about to embark on a journey, a ride full of terror, pain and hilarity through the mind of Danny Brown. Brown...

By JON AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera When you think of experimental music, you may think it has to be weird, inaccessible or unpleasant. But experimental hip-hop trio clipping shows that innovation in music can be enjoyable and accessible. Clipping. has mostly been categorized as “noise rap,” a genre...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Editor’s Note: Includes season one spoilers. How do you kill Pablo Escobar? Don’t ask anyone in season one of the critically acclaimed Netflix original series “Narcos.” They’ve all tried and failed. Local police officers, drug enforcement agents and other...

By KEVIN ORELLANA Reporter @TheEtCetera It’s been some time since I’ve watched, much less enjoyed, a Tim Burton film. Faced with the task of keeping my eyes in their respective sockets during a screening of Burton’s latest vision of spirals, white make up and sunken eyes in “Miss...

By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Pittsburgh native Mac Miller has had a lot of hit songs including “Donald Trump” and his 2013 duet “That Way” with his now-girlfriend Ariana Grande. Miller’s last few albums have not done very well commercially or critically, but I think that when the couple...

By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Rebecca Skloot’s debut nonfiction book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” is this year’s common book, a literary work integrated into classes and activities throughout the academic year. The common book experience is designed to encourage the college...

By Macks Prewitt @TheEtCetera John Krasinski stars in and directs “The Hollars,” a humorous family drama that follows struggling cartoonist John Hollar (Krasinski) living in New York City with his pregnant girlfriend Rebecca (Anna Kendrick). When his mother (Margo Martindale) suffers a stroke,...