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By: Jake Bennett and Tavi Sanders. Published: March 14, 2011 My boyfriend is thinking about joining the army. I’m not going to lie: I think the army is a great thing to join, and I think he is up to the challenge. The problem is I don’t want to find out one day that he was killed or something. I want to be supportive, but I’m scared to death that I’m going to lose him. What should I do? (more…)

By Kyle Hintz. Published March 14, 2011. Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, is a juxtaposition of the past and present in the marriage of Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams). Aside from The Social Network, this is the best film of the year. It calls to mind the raw and powerful films of John Cassavetes with frequent use of claustrophobic camera work putting us right in the thick of things along with, and especially, an astonishingly honest script which captures the addled state wherein we all live. (more…)

By: Kyle Hintz. Published: March 14, 2011. The Dilemma is the latest comedy from director Ron Howard, starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James. Basically, the premise is Kevin James and Vince Vaughn are best friends and James’ wife, played by Winona Ryder, is having an affair with Channing Tatum. Vaughn discovers this and struggles with how to tell James while hilarity ensues. Or does it? (more…)

By: Kyle Hintz. Published: March 14, 2011 Why did I see this movie? I don’t know. This movie is graffiti on the soul of Shakespeare. Did I spoil the ending for you already? If I didn’t, now I’m going to. (more…)

By: Hannah Johnson. Published: March 14, 2011 There are so many things that I could say about this book. This book takes place in the Appalachians, primarily on a mountain, Bloodroot Mountain to be exact. The dialect in the book makes you feel like you are sitting on a porch at the top of this beautiful mountain. With the character’s personalities and voices, one can become quickly dazzled by this rural area. I thought the book was extremely interesting and dark. (more…)

By: Kyle Hintz. Published: March 14, 2011 February 16 was Condom Awareness Day. In case you didn’t know there are these things called condoms, they’re pretty good at keeping bumps off your privates and babies from growing in your belly. And that’s what Condom Awareness Day is all about: making you aware that you can have sex without the side effects of babies and diseases. Pretty cool, right? Hopefully, you know that already. What you may not know is this: you can get free condoms from Nurse Mary Francis Daylor anytime you need them. That leaves you no excuse to not use them. As Junior Brad Gebben says, “having a baby in college is not an easy thing to do.” So practice safe sex, folks. And even if you didn’t attend Condom Awareness Day, don’t fret, because you can make every day Condom Awa...

By: Matthew Conley. Published: March 14, 2011. I hear them. They don’t try to hide it. Those foul beasts, with their strange echoing moans, howls, and hisses, gather outside of my makeshift layer in the ground. Darkness consumes me, but no longer! I place a glowing torch upon the dirt walls of my hastily dug-into grotto, illuminating the six square by eight square space that I now call home. Nighttime still reigns outside, as if a malevolent king refused to give up his scepter whenever his time came. What can I do? Where can I go? My eyes glanced towards the ground as I held my 16-bit pickaxe in my hand. How could I not have seen it before? The answer lay before me. (more…)

By: Kevin Schaefer. Published Online: February 11, 2011 Follow-up article to Closing the Digital Divide, published December, 2010. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter at McKendree University will be selling wristbands next week to help raise money to donate to One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). OLPC is a non-profit organization that aims to help children in developing countries who are under privileged with technology resources. Their mission is to send a laptop to every child in order to close the digital divide. (more…)

By: Annie Bierman.Published: February 11, 2011. A first-generation college student, according to McKendree’s definition, is any student whose parents have not graduated from a four-year college or university. Across the United States in 2009, 30 percent were first-gen students. McKendree’s statistic is even higher than the national average at 44 percent of undergraduate students on the Lebanon campus in 2009. (more…)