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Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” lifted the curtain, but was her writing left off stage?

October 9, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer Taylor Swift just released her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which officially dropped at 12:01 a.m. EDT Oct. 3. The record features 12 tracks and runs for [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: “Getting Killed” by Geese

September 30, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/Assistant Multimedia Editor Duke Reviews: “Getting Killed” by Geese Hello, and welcome back to Duke Reviews! After a short hiatus from my reviews since the summer, I’m reviewing the band Geese’s new album [Read More…]

REVIEW: Lorde Illuminates On Opening Night of “The Ultrasound Tour”

September 23, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer The dim blue lights flooding the Moody Center arena slowly faded to black, and a single beam cuts through the layer of darkness, landing at the center of the stage as the [Read More…]

Standouts of Tyler Film Festival 2025

September 21, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By DEBI OKEKE/Staff Writer Festival season is in full swing. While Venice and Toronto are making headlines, they’re far from the only ones. The Tyler Film Festival 2025 was held this past weekend, transforming Liberty [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: “DON’T TAP THE GLASS” by Tyler, The Creator

July 29, 2025 Orion Baker

By Orion Baker/Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: “DON’T TAP THE GLASS” by Tyler, The Creator Tyler, the Creator has been on a roll following the success of “CHROMAKOPIA”, While still being on his world tour, [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: Superman (2025)

July 22, 2025 Orion Baker

By Orion Baker/ Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: Superman Note: This review contains spoilers. If you haven’t watched the film, I implore you to. Easily one of the most anticipated movies of this year, Superman [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025)

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/ Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025) As we all know by now, live-action remakes these days often fall short of the original. This is often the case [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: Ballerina

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Since the beginning of this column, I have consistently mentioned reviewing films, and today is the first one. Set in the [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: “Isotope” by Wasia Project

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/Assistant Video Editor Duke Reviews: “Isotope” EP by Wasia Project Hello! I’m Orion, and welcome back to Duke Reviews. Today’s submission was from the former Marketing Editor of Talon Student Media, Breanna Bolle. She [Read More…]

D&D 2024: Monster Manual Review

March 24, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By JAMES RASBERRY/Staff Writer Foreword: This is a personal review. This article will not cover issues with the parent companies of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. This article will focus on the content of [Read More…]