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Commuting creates undesired distance

The college scene is typically glorified as a wild, sex-crazed beerfest thanks to media depictions like “Road Trip” and “American Pie 2.” During my time in college, I have been able to find credit in a few of these portrayals, but overall I am finding that higher education, like life, will essentially be whatever you [...]

There’s more to gaming than 3-D graphics

Video games have quickly become a hobby that many youth and adults obsess over. “Next-generation” consoles such as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 market themselves as being the most realistic on the market, attempting to blur the lines between reality and game. Each consecutive game is trying to outperform its predecessor in terms of [...]

Pick up the remote and tune in to the World Cup

Football is a sport that refers to two very different things depending on if you are in the North America or the entire rest of the world. In the U.S., football is a sport that Americans gather around the television  to watch during Thanksgiving. It is ingrained into our culture and commonly associated with our [...]

Expanding shouldn’t mean conforming

Music has always been a treasured and important part of my life. It’s the one thing that is always there, no matter how I feel or where life brings drags me. It can heal wounds, lift spirits, bring people together and put others at ease. It seems to me, however, that music has slowly evolved [...]

Ordained minister with a single click

There has always been countless conflicts and bloodshed over religious matters. These conflicts, or ‘Holy Wars,’ are a thing that I have always found both odd and sad. For the most part, religions almost always promote love, understanding, peace, unity, and salvation on some level. However, there have been more deaths as a result of [...]

New fad bands kids together, leaving wallets stretched thin

Every few years, a new fad arrives on the ‘consumer scene’ to capture the hearts of America’s youth and the wallets of their unsuspecting parents. While my childhood was equally filled with these come-and-go fads (Beanie Babies, Tomagatchi, Pokemon), I can’t help but feel that our trends had some point – an end goal or [...]