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Six Artists You Should Be Listening To: March 2025

Jaden Espinueva, Staff Writer
March 4, 2025

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“Donkey Kong Country Returns HD” is the definitive way to experience the amazing platforming of Donkey Kong Country Returns. Rating: A Photo Credit: Nintendo
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“Flip it, Kick it!” encapsulates the feeling that teens are experiencing as they grow up, an interesting flip on the usual debuts seen from other K-pop groups. Rating: A Photo Credit: © 2025 JYP Entertainment
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Dav Pilkey’s spin-off series hits the big screen in a vibrantly stylized look. Rating: B Photo Credit: DreamWorks Animation
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“900 Days Without Anabel” allows both casual and dedicated true crime fans to experience a case they’ve likely never heard of before. Rating: B- Photo Credit: Netflix © 2024
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 takes flight with breathtaking visuals, immersive gameplay, and a bold mix of realism and adventure, redefining the sky-high experience for aviation enthusiasts. Rating: B- Photo Credit: © 2024 Xbox
'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024' A Soaring Experience Worth the Ride
Beach Bums’ "IRL" album had a lot of adventurous audio combination ideas that do not execute well in real life. Grade: C. Photo Credit: Beach Bums © 2024
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Receiving real-time feedback and suggestions for improvement, junior Li Lei uses DeepSeek. Lei has used DeepSeek a couple of times before. “There are so many different AI apps nowadays that it's so difficult to keep up with them,” Lei said. “If I was being honest, DeepSeek has helped me with finding synonyms for words or transitions for different stuff.”
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Speaking about the organization, “Pre-dental Society” at UNLV, college senior Lilian Dinh discusses the organizations mission and purpose. She had been apart of the organization for a few years now. “My goal is to help future dental students get the exposure they need,” Dinh said. “This will help them as they proceed further in their career.”
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Practicing her educational philosophies, Teaching and Training II student sophomore Luna Rivera writes down her answers to the questions. The upcoming field trip involves the basics of these philosophies to which it aims to help elementary students learn how to read. “I'm excited to get to go into classrooms and work with elementary students,” Rivera said. “It was something I was looking forward to ever since Ms. Penrod mentioned it.”
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Introducing the meeting with a game, senior Haris Gibirila hosts a pop culture icebreaker to Amnesty Club attendees before discussing future projects. This week, the club will focus their meeting on forms of freedom and expression.
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Dribbling the basketball away from the defender, sophomore guard Alyssa Atkins-Dowd looks for an open teammate to pass to. The game was between the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks and the Faith Lutheran Crusaders. “My family supports me playing basketball,” Atkins-Dowd said. “My dad is a basketball coach, and he, my mom, and my oldest sister, Nadia, always show up to my games. In every game that I have, there's at least one family member there supporting me from the bleachers, which I’m very grateful for.” (Credit: @dbacks_wbb)
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Mili masterfully constructs an 8-song album, with different astoundingly deep themes and messages between each track. Rating: A- Photo Credit: Mili
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A fantastic demonstration of mature vocals, enhanced production, and catchy lyrics. Grade: A+Photo Credit: ©2024 Insanity Records
Roam The World Of Indie With Fresh Eyes Listening To ‘Always Like This'
82MAJOR is a great contender for best rappers within fifth generation K-pop with their whole group’s rap abilities, but X-82’s tracks forgo elements that ultimately leave the album feeling bland. Rating: C Photo Credit: © 2024 Great M Entertainment
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Makeout Reef’s newest album “Star Power” brings consistently amazing tracks to the surf rock community. Grade: A
Run On A Cold Beach With ‘Star Power’