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Listen with the Beacon: Usher’s “Coming Home”
SAMHI C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu Let’s start with two lists… List 1 – Songs I do not like: – Coming Home – Cold-Blooded – BIG – Luckiest Man – Margiela – Room In A Room List 2 – Songs I like and love: – A-Town Girl – Kissing Strangers – Keep On Dancin’ …
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Casting change: “Queer Eye” is getting a new face after Bobby Berk leaves
MADISON MEEKS Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu There is a new face to the hit Netflix reality lifestyle show! Season 9, which was announced in January, brings a new face to the cast after Bobby Berk announced that he was leaving last year. Berk opened up about leaving the show after filming season 8 of the show in…
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“Love is Blind” is epically cringe
SAMHI C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu I have not watched the latest season of “Love is Blind” and I refuse to. I watched the first season some time last year or the year before and it was the cringiest thing I had ever seen. I get it, we love the drama, we love the tension,…
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PSB Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Makes Program History
REBECCA KRENZER Contributing Writer rlk5568@psu.edu On Feb. 17, the women’s swimming and diving team won the Allegheny Empire Championship title in addition to the AMCC conference title. It was a tight race for first throughout all seven sessions of the meet. With two events left on the final day, the women’s team was in…
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More Bones to come
Matthew Niland Contributing Writer mjn5514@psu.edu In the hallowed halls of Penn State Behrend, there is a basketball legend quietly etching his name into the annals of sports history. His name is Tommy “Bones” DiRienzo, a Junior forward whose prowess on the court has not only earned him accolades but has also propelled the Behrend Lions…
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Everyone Watches Women’s Sports
REBECCA KRENZER Contributing Writer rlk5568@psu.edu Togethxr, a media company co-founded by prominent athletes Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, and Sue Bird, has become emblematic of a growing movement to elevate women’s athletics and has coined the phrase, “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports.” While the phrase itself originates from a particular initiative, its sentiment resonates deeply…
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My Opinions on Random Celebrity Couples
Charlie Garner Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu One of the aspects about pop culture I should not care about as much as I do is celebrity couples. But, I have strong feelings about some more than others. So, here is a list of some random celebrity couples I have these feelings about. Blake Lively & Ryan…
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Nostalgia Check: Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ Era
Charlie Garner Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu Many fans of pop music or 2010s pop culture, especially members of Gen Z, look back very fondly on Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” from over a decade ago. Personally, I see this era to be one of the best eras in pop music, producing so many great hit songs, memorable…
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