Brandi Abrams Community college tends to be much more accessible for many students who would otherwise struggle to pay for a quality post-secondary education. 65% of the student body at […]
Why Can’t We? Institute a Free or Reduced College Breakfast & Lunch
Election 2016: Inside the Candidate’s Education Platform
Brandi Abrams Nothing elicits a visceral response like a conversation about politics. This election season, more time is being spent covering who said what horrible thing, or who sent what type […]
Mackenzie Bowker Surviving as a Self-Taught Jeweler
Noah Williams In December of 2012, University of Vermont sophomore, Mackenzie Bowker, walked into a craft store on her winter break and bought a spool of wire. Three and a half […]
Live, Love, Create: “Tbird “
Jessica Spoto Sadness rained over her 3 years of pure sadness Nothing, she was nothing With one moment with one word She is taken back Tbird! Tbird! One smile […]
Sweater Love
Jessica Spoto Imagine a young woman in her early to mid 20s walking through the streets of downtown Portland. She is wearing a light green, blue, purple, and black sparkly, floral […]
Marshaling Cinema: Don’t Breathe A Movie Review
Ryan Marshall In 2013, Fede Alvarez made his initial foray into feature-length filmmaking with an update/reboot of Sam Raimi’s classic EVIL DEAD franchise – undoubtedly one of the more watchable […]
Marshaling Cinema: Yorgos Lanthimos, Profiles in Directing
Ryan Marshall Greek writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos, born May 27th 1973, got his start in television and theatre production throughout the 1990’s before trying his hand at feature filmmaking, co-directing MY BEST […]
The Mystical Magical Walkman
Brendan Kellogg Released in 1980 in the United States the technological marvel the Walkman wasn’t so much invented by Sony as it was crafted by their divine hands. Little did we know […]
Watch Out Hipsters in Portland!
Jessica Spoto Hipsters in Portland who are they? What are they? What clothing do they wear to emulate their magical anti conforming powers? Hipster are these anti everything mainstream little creatures […]
We All Need A Loudmouth
Gio DiFazio Rory Mcllroy and Team Europe found themselves a bit beaten up by a twelve foot putt on the sixth hole of the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota during […]
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