by Mitch Powers Usually when you travel to a foreign country, you have some time to prepare yourself for the culture shock which you are about to endure, but if you are staying in the states, you shouldn’t find yourself too lost. Oh, how I was soooo wrong. New York was more of a culture shock than anywhere I have ever been, and I have … Continue reading The 5 Things I Learned From New York
by Dru Hunsaker I suppose you could say that I’m a bit late to the party when it comes to Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. After all, the book was published more than a decade ago and a movie was made in 2009, but sometimes I wonder if we allow the messages explored in books from the past to fade away when we focus only … Continue reading Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper
by Dru Hunsaker In an age where some young adult literature has begun to branch away from the shallow, trite writing of ages past, and thus become more appealing to a wider audience, The Book Thief is a novel that will move all who devour its pages. Artfully crafted by Markus Zusak, the narrator, Death itself, first encounters young Liesel Meminger when her younger brother dies on a … Continue reading Book Review: The Book Thief
by Emily Caruso People say that coming across a true friend is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So when I was confronted with that prime opportunity, I stuck my hand through the metaphorical window right into a creek where I picked up my once-in-a-lifetime best friend. His name: Turnt the Turtle. With his scraggily neck stretched out towards the sky and his moist shell dripping onto my … Continue reading Turnt the Turtle: a Memoir
by Adele Hardwick Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Ultraviolence, was released at her performance at Coachella. Ultraviolence went public on April 14, 2014. The cover song is called “West Coast” and was written with Rick Nowels. The production was covered by Dan Auerbach who is the lead singer of the Black Keys. Del Rey will finally be coming to the United States this June to tour her previous … Continue reading Album Review: Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence
by Megan Haymond With the average high school student in Ohio spending at least 1001 hours in school per year (Vindy.com), it’s no mystery that school is often at the center of students’ stress. Changes in education has made school increasingly more result focused, shaping curriculums around Common Core tests, the OGT, AP examinations, and college entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT. On … Continue reading An Evaluation of the Causes and Effects of Teen Stress
by Shelby Powers Ever since the parental takeover of Facebook in 2010, Twitter has become the social network of choice for my generation. I am no exception to this mass of young tweeters, using the website almost daily to keep up with my peers and to project my own thoughts of less than 160 characters into the great unknown of the Internet. With my Twitter … Continue reading Opinion: Forty Days Without Twitter
by Abbey Knupp The hard work and dedication that goes into putting a play together is nearly unfathomable. The participants live in the theater for weeks as they learn lines and run scenes until the words haunt them in their sleep and they can’t go 3 minutes without being reminded of the show. When opening night finally arrives, the audience sees the finished product put … Continue reading The Importance of Stage Crew
by Mitch Powers March Madness has begun, and with it comes the chance to win a billion dollars from Warren Buffet, upsets, upsets of the people who didn’t win a billion dollars, and the improper use of the term bracket. According to Purdue OWL: “If the context of your quote might be unclear, you may add a few words to provide clarity. Enclose the added … Continue reading Uninformed Opinion: The Madness has Begun
By Abbey Knupp After four seasons of teasing, witty banter, and romantic tension, the main characters on ABC’s hit crime drama Castle shared a passionate kiss that moved their relationship from the early stages of flirting to a full-time commitment. At the end of the last season, famous mystery writer Richard Castle popped the question to his love interest, Detective Kate Beckett, and she agreed. … Continue reading Opinion: Did ABC’s Castle break the Moonlighting Curse?
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