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  • Reality television, cultural obsession

    Reality television, cultural obsession0

    Every day, people spend an estimated seven hours watching television, and what is seen in that seven hours is changing rapidly. The days of family-friendly sitcoms are becoming a thing of the past. Reality TV is becoming increasingly popular and viewers are tuning into the unscripted and dramatic as opposed to spending their time watching

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  • PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: AWOLNATION

    PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: AWOLNATION0

    On the Turntable: AWOLNATION Genre: Indie Pop/Electronic Rock My Rating: Witty lyrics and catchy beats unite to rock your world “I downloaded new music,” my brother announced as we were driving home for fall break. He plugged his iPhone into our car’s audio jack and put on “Sail” by AWOLNATION. The song started out softly,

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  • ‘Beautifully executed’ portrait of adolesence a must-see for all

    ‘Beautifully executed’ portrait of adolesence a must-see for all0

    After having never read the original print version of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” I walked into the theater with zero background, presumptions or expectations. Apparently the book has been in print since 1999, but I’d only ever heard it mentioned in casual conversation, and I’d never thought to pick up a copy of

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  • Dean of Faculty weighs in on presidential debate, upcoming election0

    If Pennsylvania has suddenly become a presidential battleground state, we can say that Elizabethtown College was the place where change began. With President Obama’s lead over Governor Mitt Romney in the state dwindling from double-digits in September to less than five points in the latest polls, Republicans sense an opportunity to capture a state which

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