Rupert Murdoch
Alex Mendoza
November 10, 2011
Over the summer, the world witnessed the collapse of one of the greatest news titans in our history; Rupert Murdoch, businessman and owner of News Corp, was caught in the whirlwind of a scandal that swallowed his reputation and the future of his company. The major focus of this scandal was an... Read more »
Apple says goodbye to Jobs
Nathan Smith
October 14, 2011
Steve Jobs, a titan of the computer industry and one of the most creative inventors to ever hit the industrialized world, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56 – Apple announced its patron’s death on the same day. The next day, a Thursday, much of the world came together to mourn... Read more »
Celebrities spring show
Hannah Jane DeCiutiis
May 19, 2011
The Celebrities dance team is well known among students for its crowd-pleasing halftime routines and pep rally performances in the fall, but each spring brings with it a new spotlight for the talented group of young dancers. It is the time when stadium lights are replaced by stage lights, and... Read more »
Album Review: Cage The Elephant
Holly Chisholm
March 11, 2011
Held together by Matthew Shultz’s biting, shaking vocals, Kentucky-based band Cage the Elephant is a fast-paced in-your-face mesh of southern rock that leaves a crowd roiled up and ready for more. Their new album, Thank You Happy Birthday, comes right at you with the track “Always Something”.... Read more »
Album Review: Cold War Kids
James Kracht
March 11, 2011
The Cold War Kids’ new album Mine Is Yours came out January 25 as the band’s third full length album. It continues the Kids’ hard minor progressions from their previous album Loyalty to Loyalty while still managing to branch into new territories. Lyrically this album lacks a definitive... Read more »
VEVO invades video sharing
Holly Chisholm
March 11, 2011
Frequent visitors of YouTube may have acknowledged the increasingly noticeable presence of advertising banners adorning favorite music videos. These omnipresent logos and ads are the product of the video advertising company VEVO which launched in December 2009. The VEVO website had an astonishing... Read more »
NaNoWriMo returns
Nathan Smith
October 21, 2010
For any aspiring novelist, chronic storyteller or someone just looking for something creative to do, the 2010 round of National Novel Writing Month this November is for them. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an annual online challenge that encourages writers of all ages and backgrounds... Read more »
Mixed views on 3D film
Jared Maddox
October 21, 2010
The thrill of a third dimension: a dinosaur charging at the screen and the shrapnel of a great explosion racing toward the eyes of an enraptured audience. No other form of entertainment has proven to have quite the same electrifying effect, and yet some refuse to go along with this new medium... Read more »
iPhone 4 overview
Nathan Smith
October 21, 2010
Life’s extraterrestrial origins
Nathan Smith
May 20, 2010
It’s a common concept amongst both scientists and storytellers, and it may be summed up best by a quote from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica: “There are those who believe that life here began out there.” Numerous theories of the creation of life on Earth – mystical, scientific, divine... Read more »