Netflix and Actually Chilling this Summer

What are you looking forward to doing this summer? Maybe it’s heading off-island or enjoying a staycation. Regardless of your plans, we’re sure you have a certain series or movie that you’re looking forward to.

With highly anticipated summer premieres and notifications turned on to remind us when our favorite series' first episodes will be out, we spoke to a couple of University of Guam Tritons to see how their summer watchlists are shaping up.

The first streaming platform to head to was HBO as Kai Blas, a junior math major, has already been making plans to watch all of Makoto Shinkai’s movies once summer hits.

Not all of the director’s movies are available on HBO, but Blas suggests Weathering With You on the platform for anyone interested.

“I wanna go through the summer watching all of his films, just so I can have a little more context of the evolution of his movies,” Blas shares, intrigued by someone he considers to be a director that everyone should be watching.

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Keeping with the anime theme but heading to a different streaming service, Crunchyroll, Blas shares his intentions to watch an anime called Ranking of Kings. “I’ve been hearing a lot of good talk about it. I’ve yet to watch it,” Blas stated. “Everyone recommends it to me. A lot of people are saying it's in the top ten on their [best anime] lists.”

For those with a Disney+ subscription, you can join UOG student Jewel Morrison in preparing for the upcoming Marvel movies coming out. Morrison, a second year psychology out this summer. “I’m gonna have to bingewatch all the movies before I watch this one…I’ve been wanting to,” Morrison declared following that she wants to make sure she hasn’t accidentally missed any major plot points before going in to see the new film. the ians of the ies, which comes

Blas joined in on the Marvel conversation as he recalled that the sequel to Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is being released on June 2. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We gotta watch it! The first one was great,” Blas expressed, inviting his fellow Tritons to get excited for Miles Morales’ Spider-Man.

Despite the seemingly positive interest, Morrison shares what she believes looks like a bad choice. “The only thing I don’t like about the moviethat I’m not excited for - is the fact that Ryan Gosling is playing Ken. Personally, I don’t think he has the looks for it.” Regardless of this opinion, Morrison’s eagerness to see the film hasn’t faltered.

The liveliest responses came from Morrison’s enthusiasm for Barbie, which is expected to be released on July 21.

“I heard about it from one of my friends. I just watched the trailer a couple days ago,” Morrison explained.

Even Blas shared his intent to see the film post seeing the trailer. “I’m pretty excited watching the trailer…I’m not too familiar with [the toy] but I grew up with cousins that had Barbies.”

The duo implores their fellow Tritons to make sure they head to the theaters with them to show support for these upcoming releases. If you aren’t set on heading to the theaters just yet, make sure you are still signed up to your favorite streaming service - or borrow a friend’s Crunchyroll, Disney+ or HBO account.

Have fun sitting back and watching your favorite films without the worry of upcoming deadlines looming over you!

Biba for summer watching, Tritons!

Everyone knows the struggle of being a college student. You have to pay for tuition, books, school supplies, you name it.

Of course students need to take a little time to relieve some stress.

One way to relieve stress is going out. But how can one go out when they’re on a tight budget? Well I’m glad you asked because here are some ways you can have a good time without going broke. One way, arguably the easiest way to do this is by having friends who have a little financial freedom.

Not to necessarily say you need to have rich friends, but friends who will at least help you to cover the bill is nice.

These friends are the ones who usually beg you to go out with them but it’s hard because your wallet is empty. So take advantage (not in a bad way) of those types of friends who offer to pay for you.

Another way to have fun without spending so much is to network with people. You never know who you might