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When indie-pop band Saint Motel’s fourth album, “Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky,” was released earlier this year on Valentine’s Day, it was met with a mixed reception. At the time of its release, the album was just one part of an ongoing project for the band, and its companion album “Afterglow” picked up right where “Symphony in the Sky” left off, if not more effectively. The 10-track, 35-minute album released on Oct. 10 builds upon the groundwork laid by the sister album, but moves away...

When Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announced her newest album on August 12 during an episode of “New Heights,” a podcast co-hosted by her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, with his brother Jason Kelce, the internet erupted.

Predictions for Swift’s 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” were largely positive, with 2.7 million copies of the album selling the day of its release, Oct. 3.

A little over a year and a half after Swift’s dual-sided “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024), instead of listeners receiving a powerfully composed and well-thought-out album, listeners received some of Swift’s most disappointing lyricism in recent years. Although the self-labeled poet is well known for cleverly written lyrics transposed over pop beats, “The Life of a Showgirl” seems to have left these elements hidden behind the curtain.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a response from Rep. Andy Hopper and to update our timeline of events.A week after university student Mary-Catherine Hallmark posted a video to TikTok showing a confrontation that occurred before her qualitative methods class, the university received a letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton questioning the university for potentially violating Texas law. The letter, addressed to University President Harrison Keller and Dean of Student...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to include a statement from the university.The university released an official statement Thursday afternoon following the “recent actions of a few of our community members” after the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 during a “Prove Me Wrong” debate at Utah Valley University.The “recent actions” that prompted the university’s statement were not specified. The North Texas Daily reached out to the university for clar...

Nearly a year to the date from Sabrina Carpenter’s last show-stopping album “Short n’ Sweet,” the pop singer surprised fans with the announcement of her seventh studio album, “Man’s Best Friend,” on Instagram and other platforms on June 11. Fans had to wait two and a half months for the Aug. 29 release, with the album’s only proper single, “Manchild,” dropping on June 5, nearly a week before the album's announcement. The two other singles released earlier this year on Feb. 13, “15 Minutes” and “...

On Aug. 27, the university sent a letter to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas stating that it would be lifting its ban on drag performances on campus.According to the letter, obtained in an email by the North Texas Daily, the decision was made in response to a letter signed on Aug. 14 by FIRE and the ACLU, asking the university to reconsider its decision, citing a ruling decreed by the U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.The Aug....

Ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted to be a storyteller, surrounding myself with the written word in any way I could. At first, I wanted to be a fiction writer, creating worlds and characters that would come to life on the page, and providing young readers with the same sense of wonder I had experienced while reading. Journalism caught my attention in high school in an introductory media class. I got a glimpse of what it would be like to tell people’s real stories. Eagle Nation Online’...

Chris Foster, the university’s associate vice president of the Division of Enrollment, sent a notice on Aug. 2 to students the university identified as not meeting residency status. The notice informed them they have until Aug. 8 to confirm their citizenship, if they believe the designation was made in error.  The notice states that the change is in response to the June 4, 2025, ruling that overturned House Bill 1403, the Texas Dream Act, which extended in-state tuition and granted eligibility t...

University alumna and founder of Hood Sensory, Katina Stone-Butler, was among the Black Lives Matter protesters amid a humid Texas summer day in 2020, where daytime temperatures can soar beyond 95 degrees. During the heat, she wondered, “Why are my kids wearing hoodies in the summertime?” The results she found were a flurry of information that prompted her to explore further, searching for sensory needs clothing, where she found options, but none that she felt fit her kids or their sense of styl...

After nearly six years of dreaming, university alumna and Denton resident Shelly Diaz found the perfect spot for her small business. At 934 N. Locust St., less than a mile from Denton’s Downtown Square, Denton Yarnworks sits between a State Farm insurance building and residential housing. The store announces its presence with a banner and a chalk sign, welcoming customers in.The yarn store hosted its grand opening on June 14. Diaz said the turnout “blew my mind,” and exceeded her expectations. S...

On the morning of June 28, the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center was transformed. Rows upon rows of records lined the main exhibiting space, posters were displayed on the wall and items from T-shirts to tote bags were visible to peruse as vendors from across Texas gathered to sell their wares. KUZU 92.9 FM, in partnership with Recycled Books, Records & CDs, hosted its third annual Revolution Record Convention. The convention, often shortened to REVCON, was a seven-hour affair. Early bird access beg...

“Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil,” the latest addition to New York Times Bestselling author V.E. Schwab's list of titles, is a masterclass in uncovering new angles in the shadows of an old genre. The novel, around 560 pages long, is a daring step into a new kind of vampiric novel, one interwoven with historical intricacies, love and heartbreak. It is a nearly perfect novel, faltering only with its rushed and cliff-hanger ending, which, as a standalone work, leaves the reader feeling dangled...