The Pen and its Wielder (By Alessia Collia)

 Sometimes poetry, feels like hyperactivity, through a pen.  Mental distraction, in an action, by the pen.  But sometimes there is structure,  the architecture,  engineered by the pen.   Sometimes just releasing,  forehead un-creasing,  thanks to the pen.  We try to decode it,  unload it,  the thinking of the pen. Though...

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The Close of the First Semester

The exam season has fallen over the Ridge. No more classes or lessons. Students are only going to school to demonstrate all the learning, study, and hard work they've done over the first semester of the 2013-2014 school year. Not only being the period of hard study and work, it is also a landmark moment for another reason. This is the penultimate week of the first semester and marks an end to the...

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Pixar's Monsters University Has Been Schooled

It seems Pixar Animation Studios is falling out of the glory they held for the past decade. Famous for modern classics such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Up, Pixar has been upstaging its owner, Walt Disney Animation Studios, in the film making business. They created childhood memories for the modern audience with stunning new technology and original storytelling, but that may be no more. When...

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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Sinks in Failure

Despite critical failure for their first film, 20th Century Fox has produced a sequel for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Also despite critical failure of the first movie, fans were more than willing to give this movie a chance, even getting genuinely excited. Did Sea of Monsters...

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Number Of Students Abusing Stimulants Is On The Rise

  Students have long found refuge in the energizing effects of coffee and other caffeine containing products. But it seems these products no longer deliver the boost that modern students crave. This has lead to an ever-growing number of students abusing potentially dangerous prescription stimulants. The most common of these stimulants are drugs, typically prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...

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Fans Marvel at Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Episodes 1-4 Review

Marvel has been enjoying much success due to its movie franchise. the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's efforts at the large screen have made Marvel more popular and famous then it ever was. Now, to capitalize and possibly expand on its movies' success, the studio has created a spinoff TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is this show a well made expansion of the cinematic universe, or should Marvel just...

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