Paul Kalis The 2011–2012 primetime network television season is well underway, boasting new breakout hits such as 2 Broke Girls, while dust bunnies, such as The Playboy Club, have been quietly swept away. The Nielsen ratings system, which reports audience size and composition, plays a big factor in renewals and…
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Olivia Wicik The Script is an Ireland-based band that has become an American sensation over the past year. The alternative rock band is compromised of three members: Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power, whose talents merge together beautifully. The band emulates how powerful music can be with just the…
Taylor Williams Attention all you Pretty Little Liars fans, it’s Wednesday, October 19 and if you’re anything like me, you’ve been awaiting this day since August 30, when the first half of season two came to an end. For the past year, the ABC Family show has kept us…
Olivia Wicik “Crumbs” 5 Glen Cove Road Greenvale, N.Y. Crumbs offers an extensive variety of perfectly-made, delectable cupcakes. They are not your ordinary cupcakes either – they are larger and tastier than any cupcake you’ve ever had. With flavors ranging from chocolate-covered strawberry, to red velvet, to caramel apple and…
Donte Hawkins J. Cole. J. Cole. “J Motha Lovin’ Cole.” This dude is something else. For those of you who don’t know who J. Cole is, he is Jay-Z’s prodigy artist, who signed to Roc-Nation back in 2009. He got a lot of recognition from his first two mix tapes…
Paul Kalis “Come fly with me; let’s fly, let’s fly away.” Pan Am, which was one of the world’s largest airlines, welcomes viewers to fly away to 1963 and join its crew as they travel across the world during the jet age. Kate Cameron (Kelli Garner), who ditched the ordinary…
Jaclyn Goldstein Finally, a great ice cream spot is within just a few miles of campus: D’Lites. Located on Glen Cove Road in Greenvale, D’lites serves a variety of rotating flavors, including the traditional chocolate and vanilla, as well as their unique flavors such as cinnamon crumb cake, chocolate sno-ball,…
Andrea Deignan With a storyline ripped from the headlines, “Room” is a compelling read from start to finish. The novel, by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue, was released one year ago but is still gaining huge acclaim. Room is the story of five-year-old Jack and his Ma. They live in Room,…
Olivia Wicik This book is a perfect college girl read. This book brings up a lot of questions that we’ve all faced at one point in our adult lives – questions about trust, loyalty, and, of course, love. Rachel is a goody-two-shoes, who happens to be best friends with her…
Freddie Schwartz If there is one thing I can say about the movie The Help, it’s that it is “amazingly powerful”. The plot revolves around three women Aibileen, Minny and “Skeeter,” as she’s called, who all live in Mississippi during the 1960s. Aibileen and Minny are African American women who work as…