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CCleaner: Making your computer run faster
By Ryan Plouffe Is your computer working slower than it should? Try using a free program called CCleaner also known as Crap Cleaner. There are two editions that an individual can choose, one being the edition that can be costly, and the other edition being free which tends to work just as well as the… Read more
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20 years of Shawshank Redemption
By Garrick Hoffman Take a look at the IMDb Top 250 list on its eponymous website – a list dictated by users, not just critics or hierarchal IMDb staff – and at the #1 position is not The Godfather, Citizen Kane, or Titanic. Situated at this spot is, instead, The Shawshank Redemption. Twenty years have… Read more
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Marin on Movies: Fury
By Rebeka Marin Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, and Michael Pena… could David Ayer have chosen a better leading cast for his newest drama “Fury”? I was certainly more than thrilled to watch this killer foursome interact on the big screen. It’s April 1945, the allies are pushing through the last bit of the… Read more
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Dining out on a Student’s Budget: Back Cove BBQ and Pizzeria
By Dierdree Glassford Have your midterms got you in a slump? Do you just wish it were summer again, so you could kick back and relax? Do you wish it were Super Bowl Sunday already? Me too! Recently I have found myself feeling bored, stuck in the routine of school and seeking a bit of… Read more
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Poetic License
By Garrick Hoffman Poetry doesn’t come easily for me. Analyzing it, understanding it, writing it – I’ve always endured a lot of difficulty with it, even despite my title as an enthusiastic writer with an affinity for the craft. Every time I produce a poem, at the end I feel like what I really wrote… Read more
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America’s Feeble Infrastructure
By Garrick Hoffman August 1, 2007, remains a date of haunting memories for many. During the evening rush hour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the nearly 2,000 foot-long Mississippi River Bridge, carrying scores of commuters, shuddered and collapsed into the river. The collapse killed 13 people and wounded 145 others. In the wake of the destruction, the… Read more
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