BY KIMBERLY BENNETT _______________________________ Three years ago, I never thought I would be where I am today in my college experience. When I started college at McKendree University in the fall of 2011, I was considering accounting. However, there was just one large problem with that decision. I had never taken an accounting class in... Continue Reading →
BY EMILY LUCIA ____________________________ Every year on February 14th, lovers and friends rush to buy cards, chocolates, roses, and other commercial items to commemorate their love for one another. Many people know that Valentine’s Day is a Christian holiday, a day that would honor the life of St. Valentine. But do you know the history... Continue Reading →
BY KATIE DAVENPORT Those summers were the worst— August, with the shades up but the windows down to keep the cats from escaping. Me, hiding, stumbling upon a pile of my mother’s shoes, coagulated blood piling under the skin where a toe struck a heel. My mother’s reassurance that the... Continue Reading →
A Book Review BY EMILY LUCIA ____________________________________ “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die” (A Game of Thrones). Many of you have probably heard of or have seen the HBO television show Game of Thrones, but not many people know about the source material from which the show is derived.... Continue Reading →
BY TRENT ALLYN BOYER Solomon Northrup has had a rough night. After dining with supposed friends who allegedly wanted to utilize his talents as a violinist, he wakes up wrapped with chains inside of a slave holding pen. The film is “12 Years a Slave” and the time period is 1841. It is a savage... Continue Reading →
A Television Review BY EMILY LUCIA Two brothers travel a lonely road. It all began when the youngest brother, Sam, was a baby. He was just a few months old when his father found his mother dead and hanging from the ceiling. She burst into flames. His father, John grabbed baby Sam from his crib... Continue Reading →
BY CHRYSTINA PHILLIPS CBS's long-running crime drama, Criminal Minds, reached a milestone this week: 200 episodes. For all of the fans who have been here for every episode, it's hard to believe it's been nine years since the show began. It is a show about human behavior. In the 200th episode, airing Wednesday Feb. 5,... Continue Reading →
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