Must-watch movies for the holidays
Cozy up this Winter with some classic holiday films

What’s better than staying in on a cold Winter night and watching the classics?  Here are some of the most popular holiday movies and hopefully some new ones too. The […]

“A Christmas Carol” is the perfect holiday escape
Kick off the holiday season by attending a live performance

Beginning this Friday, Dec. 3, the University of Idaho Theater department will put on  “A Christmas Carol”, a free theater performance for all students to attend and enjoy. This show will play this weekend December 3 – 5 with matinee performances Dec. 11 and […]

OPINION: Creating new holiday traditions
The simple joy of cutting down your own Christmas tree

With COVID-19 persisting through the winter, health officials have told us to prepare for a dark cold season. This means many families are going to experience a very different Christmas compared to what they have done in past years.

Christmas tree with presents
Christmas decorating: dorm edition
Cheap options to bring the holiday spirit to your living space

The Christmas season doesn’t feel truly present until you put up festive decorations. If you’re a student living on campus in the weeks before Winter Break and are missing a pine tree adorned with tinsel, lights and flashy […]

Bah humbug!
“A Christmas Carol” live from the stage to the screen

University of Idaho’s Department of Theatre Arts will present a virtual adaptation performance of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” to bring a touch of theater to the holiday season. The play, directed by Craig A. Miller and adapted for the stage by Kendra Phillips will be streamed online over Zoom for seven different performances in early December.

OPINION: The holiday season isn’t worth the endless Christmas music
Allow me to wage a war on Christmas, please

Let’s talk about Christmas. I’m here to tell you why it is the worst holiday ever created. Let’s move right on past the Christian exclusiveness, the mass marketing, the freedom of religion arguments and just get down to the brass tacks of it all. Christmas is the worst because of how obnoxious it is.