• Etown Simplified: Less is more in the town of Tiny Estates

    Etown Simplified: Less is more in the town of Tiny Estates

    Written by: Cassidy Dunn, Matt Gress, Abby Goodman, Zosia Proch, Hanna Ward, Tim Zeiber When our Simple Living class arrived at Tiny Estates, we passed by houses that were about the size of some of our dorm rooms. We stared in amazement as we imagined life living in a house that small. Farther into the

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  • Movie Review: Hugo: A golden film that deserves to become classic

    Movie Review: Hugo: A golden film that deserves to become classic

    IT’S BEEN A WHILE!” Those are the only words of that song that I know. Thankfully that song exists on another plane where it’s normal not to know all the words and weird if you do. If you do know all words, I don’t think you’re weird. I consider you positively unique. In my opinion,

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  • Music Review: Hozier: Long-dormant musician delivers hits

    Music Review: Hozier: Long-dormant musician delivers hits

    The music world has been waiting for Andrew Hozier-Byrne, more commonly known as simply “Hozier,” to release music for quite a while, to the point that fans on Twitter have been “at”-ing the artist directly to encourage the release of music. Recently, Hozier delivered a bit of a teaser, an extended play (EP) of four

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  • The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What does the Trump administration’s redefinition of gender mean?

    The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What does the Trump administration’s redefinition of gender mean?

    The Trump administration proposed a new memo to narrow the definition of gender to say that it is a biological condition prescribed at birth and related to genitalia Oct. 21. This decision has the potential to roll back what the Obama administration did to loosen the definition of gender to recognize it as a person’s

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  • 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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