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FTL: Faster Than Light

Freddie Schwartz Staff Writer In the giant world of video games, there are large corporate developers like EA and Capcom who have vast amounts of money to promote and develop games. Then you have small development teams who work for months on a limited budget to create a game that…

Movies In Theaters This Semester

Compiled by Paul Kalis Reviews Editor October 3rd – One Day Only! E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 30th Anniversary Re-Release A lost alien (known as E.T.) befriends Elliot, a 10-year-old boy, as they come together to help E.T. find his way back home. October 5th Frankenweenie in Disney Digital 3D In Tim…

HOVA in the House

Olivia Wicik Editor-in-Chief This Sunday night, I, a Long Island girl, was officially from Brooklyn. Well, according to Jay-Z that is. “Everybody’s from Brooklyn tonight!” the rapper proclaimed as he stood on stage on Sunday night, September 30, during day three of his concert series at the new Barclays Center,…

Grey’s Anatomy

Alex Parker Editor-in-Chief I have watched Grey’s Anatomy for nine seasons now and this is the first time I can honestly say that I absolutely hated the season premiere. It was so morose and depressing that at one point it was actually hard to watch. Last seasons finale was tragic…

Movie Review: The Master

Peter Barell Staff Writer Paul Thomas Anderson belongs to a select group of American filmmakers who have a pronounced and controlled authority in their work. He writes characters that are down on their luck, who are gray and mischievous, and who are addicts, morally unsound and chaotic. Protagonists are virtually…

Skyrim Dawn Guard Expansion

Freddie Schwartz Staff Writer After the release of Skyrim by Bethesda in November of 2011, the first expansion for the game was released for X-Box 360 and for PC in August. Dawnguard introduces a lot of new items such as armor and weapons as well as new areas to explore,…

Phuket, Thailand

Adina Oditt Staff Writer Located off the pristine Andaman Sea, Phuket is Thai¬land’s largest island and one of the world’s most popular beach destinations that offers a rainbow spectrum of spectacular vacation sights from blue lagoons and pink sunsets to orange-robed monks. The country’s main source of income is tourism,…

Being Frank With Fred: Lollipop Chainsaw

Freddie Schwartz Staff Writer Do you like going on a chainsaw rampage against hordes of the undead while listening to a soundtrack including “Oh Mickey Your So Fine” by Toni Basil? Would you like your main character to be a popular cheerleader that was raised by a family of zombie…

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adina Oditt Staff Writer Situated along the banks of the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires is South America’s most complex, energetic, and seductive port city. Buenos Aires was born with its eyes looking to-ward Europe, as it is sometimes referred to as the “Paris of South America.” Porteños, as…

TV Review: Last Resort

Paul Kalis Reviews Editor 500 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado receives its orders. Over a radio channel designed only to be used if their homeland has been wiped out, they’re told to fire nuclear weapons and destroy Pakistan. When Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher)…