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Review: ‘This Is Why’ I missed Paramore
Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu On Feb. 10, alternative rock pioneers Paramore returned with “This Is Why.” Coming back almost six years after “After Laughter,” the band left behind the new wave and dance aesthetics of their previous record and restored closer to their pop-punk origins. While this is a return to form, Hayley…
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Feb. Nintendo Direct recap
Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu On Wednesday, Feb. 8, gaming giant Nintendo laid out its lineup of games slated for the first half of 2023 through one of their famous Directs. The company touched on previously-announced titles like “Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe,” “Bayonetta Origins,” and “Pikmin 4” along with the highly anticipated…
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‘The Last of Us’ recap
Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Thrilling, intense, and suspenseful, HBO’s “The Last of Us” has been all of this and more throughout the five episodes that have been released so far. “The Last of Us” is being created as an adaptation to the original PS4 game which came first, which largely explains the extreme…
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Reading with the Beacon: ‘A Study in Scarlet’
Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief mvk5945@psu.edu Photo Credit: Stephan Bäckman Do you enjoy unique and suspenseful mystery stories? Is the feeling of being inches from the solution as the reader but never quite being able to reach it enthralling to you? Then I have a recommendation for you. “A Study in Scarlet” is the first piece…
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Climate is changing in Erie
Maria DiToppa – Staff Writer mnd5300@psu.edu Climate change is the main driver of evolution and eventually mass extinction. The current rate of climate change is being accelerated by humans in many ways, affecting all forms of life in different ways. Greenhouse gasses are becoming more and more concentrated in the atmosphere each day, increasing the…
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Favorite Disney conspiracy theories
Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu Disney movies are fun to watch for people of all ages. Fans of the films have created conspiracy theories about many of the different movies. Here are some of my favorite Disney conspiracy theories. Mulan and Raya live in the same universe and timeline This conspiracy theory makes…
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Things that would create my villain origin story
Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu Owen Strand planning T. K’s and Carlos’s wedding on 9-1-1: Lone Star Rob Lowe’s character Owen Strand does not need to be planning his son’s wedding. He has done so much to hurt T.K. and Carlos over the past four seasons that he does not need to be involved…
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The deepfake dilemma
Julia Holody – Staff Writer juh644@psu.edu The rise of second-wave feminism in the 1970s generated a conversation amongst American women that continues to this day on the ethics of pornography. Some women are vehemently against it, arguing that the porn industry exploits and commodifies women, objectifies their bodies, and even enables human trafficking. Other women…
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