The celebration of Oregon’s birthday. Photo by Bethy Fallgren| The Advocate While many people are out buying chocolates, professing their love for one another or instead simply not giving a hoot about Valentine’s Day, some of us are out celebrating something else. In the Pacific Northwest, people are surrounded by lush landscapes, amazing cities, and roads that lead to endless possibilities. What better day to spend enjoying these things than on this love-centered holiday – w

“The Witcher” is a current Netflix streaming series that has gone through many forms of media and has become a very popular series, no matter the medium. This was originally a book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. It grew very popular in Poland and made its way to America. Since then, a bunch of comics, television shows, video games, and tabletop RPGs have been based on his work. The Witcher follows Geralt of Rivia and his journeys around the continent that is simpl

Eli Rankin|The Advocate As the resident single guy of The Advocate newspaper and broadcast team, I’ve never really liked Valentine’s Day. A day for romance, love, and hanging out with your significant other doesn’t really provide a good environment for someone who doesn’t actually have a significant other. Fear not, ladies and gentlemen who are in the same boat as me: I have come up with a list for what to do on the loneliest day in the year for many of us 45.2% Americans in

Parrish Chang|The Advocate “A plague on both your houses!” At this point, the tragic love shared between two young adults from rival houses has been so thoroughly referenced and repeated throughout Western literary discourse that most of us know the general plot by osmosis alone. But while there is not very much left to discover anew regarding William Shakespeare’s original play, it does not mean there isn’t still value in the tale. While we understand now that Shakespeare h

While the Oscars have never been the most entertaining of awards ceremonies to behold, the 92nd Academy Awards show on Sunday will at least go down in history for its historical Best Picture nomination. For the first time in the Academy’s history, the award for Best Picture was given to a foreign language film. More specifically, director Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” was presented with the award. But the accolades don’t stop there: Parasite ended up taking home four Oscars, out

‘Spirit Cage’ by Nathan Orosco made of bronze, glass, and metal. Chloe Collins|The Advocate Selected works of Nathan Orosco, MHCC instructor of sculpture and drawing, are on display in the Visual Arts Gallery and highlight the romanticism and misrepresentation of Native Americans. Orosco’s works in “Fences in the Horizon” focus on the balance between the end of the western cowboy “free range” mentality and the “manifest destiny” push of settlers that impacted Native Americans

Troy Chittock rehearses for ‘Heathers: The Musical’ Maysee Thao|The Advocate The cast members of “Heathers: The Musical” agree that they’ve had a blast rehearsing and preparing for the show, which kicks off on the MHCC stage on Feb. 21. The show runs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22 and Feb. 28-29, and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 23 and March 1. Heathers outlines the story of Veronica Sawyer, who is a senior at Westerberg High School. The play tells her story as she attempts to fit in with the

The world’s most successful virtual band, Gorillaz, is back and moving into the new decade with a brand new single, “Momentary Bliss” – and the title seems appropriate. Finally returning to action in 2017 after a six-year hiatus, Gorillaz seem to be back in full force, having released an album roughly every year since. And now, as of Jan. 28, a new project titled “Song Machine” has been announced via the band’s social media, along with a short introductory track and an accomp

Web Photo I remember watching the trailer of the movie “Just Mercy” and instantly wanting to see it. At first glance, it looked like a really powerful and impactful movie. It’s a drama, based on a true story that outlines the life of lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who fights for the rights of innocent African Americans who are wrongly convicted of crimes and facing death row. The movie portrays Stevenson (played by Michael B. Jordan) as a noble and strong individual who doesn’t give

Two years after his death by overdose in 2018, acclaimed artist Mac Miller’s unreleased last project, “Circles,” has finally been released. To say the anticipation was great is quite the understatement. It has been understood for some time now that Circles would, at last, continue Miller’s project-spanning vision that began with the release of “Swimming,” his fifth studio album, which debuted just over a month before his untimely passing – the idea being a multiple-part music

It’s 2020, and everyone’s favorite Tarentino wannabe is back at it with yet another action-comedy, crime-thriller film. Presumably tired of working on live-action Disney remakes and questionable retellings of popular children’s stories, Guy Ritchie has returned to retread on his favorite stomping grounds with his latest movie, “The Gentlemen.” Of course, if Ritchie’s previous cockney crime films are anything to go by, you can be sure the men in this movie are anything but gen

Web Graphic Selena Gomez kicked off the new year right and has made her comeback in 2020 with her newest album, called, “Rare,” released on Jan. 10. She also got a new tattoo below her right ear that says, “Rare,” matching exactly of the font of the new album. I remember Gomez from years ago, watching her on “Barney and Friends,” and obviously I grew up with her on the Disney Channel. I’ve always loved her acting and music, and just her as a person. She seems so down to eart

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This month marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the League of Nations (LoN), predecessor to the current worldwide, intergovernmental organization, the United Nations. Founded on Jan. 10, 1920, after the Paris Peace Conference that ended the first world war, the LoN’s objective was to focus on disarmament and prevent future wars across the globe. Although the organization lasted only 26 years until the founding of the United Nations after World War II, the LoN set up

Along with the new decade comes not only a whole new generation of video game consoles, but the first real glimpses into the “future” of gaming. At the tail end of 2019, Google officially released to the world its premium video game streaming service, Google Stadia, which was swiftly met with mediocre reviews from audiences and users alike. While initial interest in the streaming platform was positive, due to the poorly handled release of the service and the apparent imperfec

A puzzling statement to read, and one just as puzzling to hear – to most Americans, an idea fairly abstract. For this is not a concept elaborated upon or even mentioned by practically any other Christian denomination. None, except one. Across the greater Portland area, and reported all across the country now, people yell and throw up the phrase on colored signs. The three words, printed on glossy pamphlets. The statement has even reached the MHCC campus. With several encount

Super Smash Bros. is a video game series that has been going for a little over 21 years. With five games in the installment, each new game added new characters for players to use. However, the most recent added character has sparked some huge backlash within the Smash community. On Jan. 16 there was a Super Smash Bros. announcement for the fifth and final character of the first DLC fighter’s pass. This character was the main player character from the “Fire Emblem Three Houses

Web comics have been gaining popularity in the public eye recently, and one of the biggest reasons for this is because of the mobile app Webtoon. Webtoon is an app accessible on both Android and Apple devices that is overflowing with amazing stories. There are currently over one million different stories on Webtoon, so there is sure to be something there for you to enjoy. The genres and art styles are so different that you can read dozens of stories and you wouldn’t find two

The Romance Authors of America seem to have decided to follow the plot of “Romeo and Juliet.” That is to say, self-destruction. Once upon a time, romance author Courtney Milan read a book. This book was called “Somewhere Lies the Moon” by Kathryn Lynn Davis. Milan, who is Chinese-American (and sat on the RAA board of directors), was not a fan. In fact, she was so upset by what she called “a racist mess” that she publicly called Davis out for it. Courtney Milan | Web Photo Dur

Some people consider chess to be the sport of intellectuals and as such there are only a few figures as famous as the legendary Bobby Fischer. Fischer is best known as one of history’s greatest chess players and America’s only world chess champion since FIDE (International Chess Federation) tournaments was established in 1948 as the ultimate measure of talent. Born in Chicago in 1943, Fischer was introduced to chess at 6 years old and was noted for having an intense interest