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REVIEW: A Tortured Popstar: Taylor Swift’s Most Vulnerable Album Yet Releases

April 25, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Social Media Editor Even with a broken heart, Taylor Swift has just released her biggest album yet, both in terms of tracks and of sales. Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” [Read More…]

Gen-X Jim Presents: How To Be A Rattlesnake Wrangler – American Edition

April 18, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer I was reading a story online earlier today. It was one of those “clickbait” pieces of entertainment fluff, designed not so much to inform as to shock. The story took place [Read More…]

Gen-X Jim presents: Social Justice vs. Two Taquitos and a Diet Dr. Pepper

March 11, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/ Staff Writer Editor’s Note: This piece is the first in a new Patriot Talon column called “Gen-X Jim Presents.” We hope you like it! Let us know in the comments below. Okay, [Read More…]

Hangry Joe’s Review: Hit or Miss?

March 7, 2024 Porter

By PORTER STAGGS/ Staff Writer As a college student, finding food can be a tricky task. Aspects of our lives such as balancing budgets, working through classwork, and any other college-isms take up so much [Read More…]

REVIEW: New Wonka Movie A Success, In Its Own Way

January 29, 2024 Nathan Witt

By JOHN ENABOIFO / Staff Contributor Curious about the new Wonka Movie? Well, quiet up and listen down. No, scratch that — reverse it. Paul King, director of the well-beloved (and rightly so) Paddington movies, took [Read More…]

Times Square Grand Slam: Review from a Broke College Student

January 29, 2024 Porter

By PORTER STAGGERS/Staff Writer I have always loved going to the movie theater. The popcorn, the seats — everything has always felt like magic. When the lights go down and the movie begins to play, I [Read More…]

Horror Games Storm 2024 with Promise

January 25, 2024 Santiago Nunez

By SANTIAGO NUÑEZ/ Multimedia Editor There’s nothing better than starting a new year and finding new ways to cope with your life as an impoverished college student. One of those ways can be through media — more [Read More…]

The Tallies: The Talon Staff’s Favorite Music of 2023

December 7, 2023 Larry Bonilla

By TALON STAFF/ Organized by LARRY BONILLA Friends and Fellow Patriots, welcome to “the Tallies!” This is a special Talon Staff review to tally up the music that made us cry, had us enchanted, and shaped our [Read More…]

REVIEW: ‘Songbirds and Snakes’ Adds New Chapter to ‘Hunger Games’ Story

November 30, 2023 Danny Mogle

By NAYELI CARRILLO/Staff Writer Eleven years have passed since Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson graced the silver screen as Katniss and Peeta, District 12 tributes of the 74th Hunger Games. The long-awaited prequel to “The [Read More…]

Thrifting For a Cause in Tyler

September 21, 2023 Porter

By PORTER STAGGERS/Staff Writer In an era of anti-corporatism and wanting to maintain an ethical shopping lifestyle, many are searching for stores and organizations that operate in an ethical manner. Search no further, as the organization [Read More…]