Flowers in the Attic Still Rings True
March 1, 2010 • Jordan Campagna
Filed under A&E
For a book written in 1979, Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews has spent a considerable amount of time on various bestseller lists. In Flowers in the Attic, a picture perfect 1950’s family is suddenly torn apart in a terrible accident which kills the father, and the mother, Corrine, is forced... Read more »
The Road Shows Human Strength
February 12, 2010 • Sean Underwood
Filed under A&E, Opinion
Finally, after many attempts, Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road has been made into an independent feature film. This action thriller will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very last scene. With a constant moving story line and realistic visuals, the film keeps the crowd’s attention... Read more »
Netflix and Warner Bros Ink Movie Deal
January 20, 2010 • Dylan Hillard
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Netflix’s instant movie streaming feature, which allows the user to instantly stream newly released movies directly to your TV via WIFI has been taking a toll on Warner Bros movie sales. Why buy the movie when you can stream it instantly to your TV as many times as you want? In a groundbreaking... Read more »
Daybreakers Delivers Real Vampire Story
January 20, 2010 • Branden Robinson
Filed under A&E, Opinion
Daybreakers. Yes, yet another vampire movie. With the rampant vampire craze, Hollywood decided to fuel the fire by going back to traditional vampire mythology. These vampires do not sparkle, cannot sustain continuously on animal blood, and they burn to cinders in the sun. Instead of focusing on the... Read more »
2012 Deserves an Award: Worst Movie Ever.
January 11, 2010 • Byron Dowling
Filed under A&E, Opinion
Although there are many other movies that I could rant on that deserve no place within the Oscar’s list, there is one that failed to escape the clutches of this review. The most undeserving movie of the year would absolutely have to be “2012”. While watching the catastrophe of a film I couldn’t... Read more »
Music of The Decade Fun but Empty Minded
January 8, 2010 • Monica Mathieu
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For the bands trailing the age of the Spice Girls and Nirvana, this past decade was a challenge to plant their own roots and find their own sound. Some of the most original acts in recent memory popped up in the 2000s, many of them odd or controversial. In 2000, Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers... Read more »
Staffer Predicts Oscar Picks
January 8, 2010 • Nicole Mercadante
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This year the buzz is high on the Oscar nominees for 2010, especially since this is the first year that there will be 10 nominees instead of just five, making it harder to fill the slots. Picking out the top five movies for this year would be no problem, but picking out 10 great movies seems impossible.... Read more »
Picoult’s Plain Truth Worth Reading
January 8, 2010 • Jordan Campagna
Filed under A&E, Uncategorized
Famous for writing My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult has a whole array of other, fabulous books out there, each one usually covering a different controversial topic. In Plain Truth, an Amish girl gets pregnant and has a child. She’s unmarried though. In her world, that is one of the worst... Read more »
To wear or not to wear; a satire
December 14, 2009
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It is an issue that comes up with the school board every year, and every year, the verdict remains the same: Boys are not allowed to wear earrings. After seeing continued male earring use in the halls of Rider I have come up with a list of reasons as to why earrings on males are distracting and a down-right... Read more »
Modern Warfare 2 and the Connection to Grades
December 11, 2009
Filed under A&E, Top Stories
BOOM! Headshot! 6277 kills. 6106 deaths. Top kill streak of 20. 2 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes logged. Games; crushing the boredom of people around the world since the 1950’s. But are these games addicting, do they hurt grades, inhibit the student body, or control the lives of those who play them? In... Read more »
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