EDITORIAL: The Ed Board Recommends…

Hosted by Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Lucy, this show is a canine version of the Amazing Race. Twelve contestants and their canine comrades compete in a variety of challenges, with one pair sent home each episode.  The twelve pairs are put into two “packs.” Each episode includes a head-to-head competition between one pair from each pack revealing a clue t...

If you enjoy gripping dramas that tackle complex themes, Euphoria is the show for you. Centered around a bipolar girl with an addiction to opioids named Rue (Zendaya), and a transgender teen, Jules (Hunter Schafer), who finds herself in dangerous situations when exploring her sexuality, the artistic visuals and acting take the viewer through an emotional experience of heartbreak, loss, betrayal, jea...

While taking a break from screens may not necessarily mean reading 1000 pages of Tolstoy, I highly recommend picking up Anna Karenina over this winter break. Although there are endless pages full of introspection and what seemingly feels like filler conversation, the plot is as sappy and dramatic as it gets, from devastating agony and sacrifice to love and romance and betrayal. If reading Tolstoy is...

Is it possible to justify murder? Most people are never confronted with being forced to or wanting to commit a crime. Dostoevsky’s psychological masterpiece Crime and Punishment explores the intangibility of moral law and what goes through the minds of the “depraved.” The story follows the character Raskonlikov who commits a crime that he believes is justified for humanity’s benefit, the ki...

5. Die Very Rough by Mario Judah Mario Judah is a newcomer to the rap game. Though many listeners find his music offensive as he often articulates curse words, his style and delivery is unique. His hit-single Die Very Rough simulates a dark-monotone image with Mario Judah portraying himself as a “rockstar”. It’s eccentric, to put it lightly. Judah has more in store and listeners can’t wait for wh...

Do you think the mind could be solved? The doctors of Neberdine Pharmaceutical Biotech seem to think they’ve found the answer in this ten-episode Netflix original. Emma Stone and Jonah Hill play two strangers, who are brought together during a pharmaceutical trial for a magical drug meant to fix anything wrong with the mind. All the participants have to do is take three pills over three days, an...

If you are lucky enough to have HBO, or if you’re like me and you’re lucky enough to have a free week of HBO from your TV provider, try watching the fascinating (and somewhat disturbing) Sharp Objects -- an Emmy-nominated, 8-episode miniseries based on a book with a different name. Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson star in this dark, but enthralling show about a journalist (Amy Adams) confronting a troub...