Pop Culture

By Laura West The long-awaited Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks made its return on August 22, marking what many view as the unofficial beginning of the fall season. In fact, Starbucks ushered in its fall menu a whole month before the first official day of fall—September 22. Starbucks introduced their Pumpkin Spice Latte over twenty years ago, and it still remains the favorite seasonal beverage from this company. It is estimated that Starbucks will bring in somewhere in the ballpark of $500 million dollars just from selling Pumpkin Spice Lattes this season. Although we have much cooler temperatures now than we did a month ago, the heat lingers and yet many are making a Pumpkin Spice Latte stop at their favorite coffee shops every day. What’s the hype? Other Fall F...

By Hannah Gebhardt It was 2006 and I sat in a packed stadium full of fans donning their Rascal Flatts t-shirts and cowboy hats. Growing up a backwoods southern girl rocking to Flatts best hits on the radio, I had begged my parents to take me to the Me and My Gang Tour in Charlotte, NC. But what my little 5 year old self did not expect was what came next. Stepping out in blonde curls and a sparkling white dress, I could have been sure she was as beautiful as the Disney princesses I watched on TV. I had come for Rascal Flatts, but left wearing a purple Taylor Swift t-shirt and singing “Should’ve Said No” at the top of my lungs. I played her first CD until it was completely scratched up, watched Hannah Montana The Movie just to see her, and brushed the hair of my Taylor Swift B...