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Reading with the Beacon – ‘The Hunger Games’
Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu “The Hunger Games” is a dystopian drama filled with rebellion tied into a love story. First released in 2008, the novel is told in the first-person following the main character, Katniss Everdeen. “The Hunger Games” is just one of four books in the series. The first three books are…
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Coronavirus impacts today
Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic came with many startling and sudden changes. Buildings and Businesses closed, stores ran out of essentials, and many people lost their sources of income. The lasting ramifications of this pandemic are still very much being felt, with hundreds of people still regularly contracting the disease. Many…
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Why ‘Catching Fire’ is the best “The Hunger Games’ film
Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu Oh where to start with this fantastic dystopian film. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the second film in the Hunger Games film franchise. The film is based on the 2009 novel ‘Catching Fire’. The film’s main cast relatively stays the same from the first film with new additions…
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Best 2023 movie released so far: ‘Scream VI’
Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu Scream VI is a film that is a continuation of the Scream film series. The film was released on March 10, 2023. It is a direct sequel to the 2022 film Scream V. The film stars Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Mason Gooding, Roger L.…
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Trilogies should go out of style
Madison Kwicinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu From books to movies, the stylistic choice to wrap up a full story’s conclusion into three segments regardless of the depth of the content is something I truly believe we should work towards moving away from once again. That is not to say that fantastic trilogies do not exist, but…
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David Wolter vs Tom Segura to defend Erie
Joel Wilson – Staff Writer jnw5443@psu.edu It started with a disparaging comment by comedian Tom Segura. On his podcast Two Bears One Cave, Segura voiced his alleged hatred for Erie, Pennsylvania. While most people let the comment roll off their backs, Erie News Now took Segura’s words and made a news story out of them.…
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Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork
Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment. Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…
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President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks
Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…
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