As I have begun the journey into my last year of school, I realized that this week marks the last time I will be registering for classes in my undergraduate career. As I began to tally up my credits and scramble for courses outside my major, I discovered that I do not know much about
READ MOREI am not physically disabled. A few weeks ago, however, I got a glimpse into the challenges that individuals with disabilities face. During a disability simulation in my special education class, I took a short walk (or, in this case, ride) in someone else’s shoes. Not only did this experience expand my worldview, but it
READ MOREBetween classes, tests, studying, finding time to eat and socializing, students in today’s world are finding it difficult to stay “plugged in” to current events. While many college students’ mornings begin with rolling over in bed and immediately using their phones to check social media, this does not mean that the content they are engaging
READ MOREWailing drums with a guitar crunch of this generation usually evades this reviewer’s ears, but sometimes a delve into contemporary metal is soul-enriching. The average face-melting fire-squad erodes the conventional rock sound to its core while cracking up the tempo a few hundred clicks. Some find the genre as the baby boomers saw punk: a
READ MOREWarning: This is not a review of the Theater Department’s recent production of “Spring Awakening.” First, I have friends in the show, and it would feel weird to critique them, and secondly, I’m extremely biased. When I was 13, my best friend at the time told me about a musical in which actors jumped about
READ MORERacist slurs. Sexist attacks. Hateful rhetoric. What do these things have in common? They can all be found at a Donald Trump rally. It frankly doesn’t matter who you support, whether you lean left or right, whether you like Trump or not—if you have a moderate bone in your body, you can agree that the
READ MORENumerous colleges and universities across the country closed on Election Day this past Tuesday. Elizabethtown College was not one of them. Instead, as voters rushed to the polls, the students of Etown followed the schedule of a regular school day. Should the College have taken the day off to help its students fulfill their civic
READ MOREIn today’s reboot-filled entertainment world, it is surprising that one legendary show has not received a “dark and gritty” reboot: “The Twilight Zone.” With its individual stories and recognizable brand name, it would be a sure-fire hit with audiences. Maybe it has not happened yet because CBS does not want to tarnish its former legacy,
READ MOREWith creepy clowns popping up all over the world in the last few months, at least 40 states in the US have been affected in one way or another. Public schools are receiving threats left and right from supposed clowns. Police stations across the US and abroad are overwhelmed by reports of sinister clown sightings.
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