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An Atmospheric and Nostalgic Experience: The Transit Road Drive-In
By: Sarah Baase “…we still have patrons of all ages, including young adults, and I firmly believe that it is atmosphere and nostalgia that bring people back as they get older,” explains Jordan Clement, General Manager of the Transit Road Drive-In. I was so curious to know what it truly is about the Drive-In that…
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What to Know about SUNY Niagara Professor Matthew Chandler
By Taryn Kelly If you’re a communication studies student or a digital media student, there is a good chance you will have Matthew Chandler as a professor. He has taught classes such as Public Relations, Writing for the Media, and Intro to Media Communications. So, here are a few things to know about him before…
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Watching Foreign Movies While I Still Can
By: Grace Troidl On May 4th, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he wants to put a 100% tariff on all movies that are produced outside the United States and imported into America. His reasoning for doing so, in his own words, was that the “movie industry in America is dying a very fast…
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Theater vs. Home Viewing; Revenge of the Sith 20th Anniversary Edition
By Olivia Papendick On May 19th, 2005, the grand finale of the Star Wars prequel trilogy was released in theaters for all to see. The release date for Revenge of the Sith intentionally lined up with the release date of the first prequel movie, The Phantom Menace, six years prior, a callback to the first…
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The Fall of Sitcoms
by Todd Robinson What’s your favorite sitcom? Most of you would probably say Friends, Seinfeld, The Office, Cheers or Parks and Recreation. These shows have impacted many people’s lives because they allowed those individuals to escape reality for a brief moment. Sometimes a sitcom was all a person needed after a long day from work.…
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Berries Are On The Way!
By Olivia Papendick In honor of May being National Strawberry Month, this will be a starting point for those of us who might want to enjoy the berry of the month, or the others that will be coming to our local farms soon enough! The biggest sticking points are that fruits and vegetables, and berries,…
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Fifty Years of an Iconic Comedy
By Marissa Lafferty In 1975, the British comedy troupe Monty Python (also called Python) produced the iconic film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. The bizarre and wacky film based on Arthurian quickly formed a cult following and is still a staple work of comedy to this day. Despite how popular it is now they…
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Tariff’s Effects:
How Will Students Face Tariffs By Julieanna LaDuca Trump’s recent tariffs on most imports has everyone worried about the future of our economy. People worry about how prices will be affected especially when it comes to students who are full time in college and may not have the means already to support themselves. Tariffs are…
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Is Twitch a Culture?
By Tori Mayes Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to make friends and have a social life, due to the fact that most social interaction takes place online. There is potential to make friends on the other side of the world and even more potential to reach out to friends who you know locally in an…
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Photojournalism in Alex Garland’s Civil War
By Kylie Franklin When you see a picture for a news article or an image of soldiers on the battlefield, you usually don’t wonder who took the picture, but instead think about what’s the story behind the photo. This is what photojournalism is all about, telling the story of a moment frozen in time through…
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