• Etown Simplified:  Simplify your life with DIY

    Etown Simplified: Simplify your life with DIY

    Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor The acronym DIY, which means “do it yourself,” may spur images of colorful crafts and sad Pinterest fails, but a modern wave of the DIY initiative is influencing bloggers and social media. Modern DIYers coined the name “Makers” to describe themselves and

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  • Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins

    Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins

    Photo: Megan White Those cheap, festive, farm-fresh pumpkins are too irresistible to pass up during the spooky season. Halloween has come and gone, though, and now you are left with an excessive amount of carved pumpkins and Halloween candy. Before you throw your masterpiece away, here are eight do-it-yourself ways to extend your pumpkin’s life

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  • Movie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens

    Movie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens

    A rather meager budget of $300,000. Making summer in southern California look like autumn in the Midwest. A simple music score involving the repetition of a few notes. An opening sequence which would make brilliant use of a new kind of camera. Most importantly, an altered William Shatner “Star Trek” mask, conveying the blank stare

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