The Pros Hit the Slopes
A recap of X Games Aspen 2024
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A&E
Victims of “The Imp of the Perverse”: Edgar Allan Poe’s psychological commentary on why we do what we ought not to do
“We have a task before us which must be speedily performed. We know that it will be ruinous to make delay.” This sounds familiar. Urges to curl up in bed and rot, catch up on some much-needed sleep, play a board game with some friends or doom scroll take over our need to do the
Opinion
V-Day Madness: The arbitrariness of Valentine’s Day is not for me
By: Marin Dremock I have always disliked Valentine’s Day. I know it sounds awful, but I never had a strong liking for all the sappy cards and quite frankly fake sentiments handed out by the hundreds in elementary/middle school. Don’t get me wrong: I had a lovely Valentine’s Day last year, and what my partner
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Sports
Making Golf Accessible: The USGA’s 2023 rules changes include an important one for disabled players
By: Marin Dremock According to the Golf Channel, in past editions of the USGA’s Rules of Golf, the “Modified Rules for Players with Disabilities” had always been separate from the official Rules of Golf. These rules were placed under the Local Rules section, leaving it up to the committee of a competition to adopt them
Sports
Weird Sport: A look into one of Gaelic Ireland’s most ancient sports: hurling
By: Marin Dremock While reading James Joyce’s Ulysses, I came across the mention of a sport that I’ve never heard of. It’s called hurling, and it’s Ireland’s oldest and fastest game. Hurling is a combination of field hockey, lacrosse and baseball, according to the website Experience Gaelic Games. It involves two opposing teams trying to
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A&E
Quoth The Raven: Edgar Allen Poe and the aesthetic of Halloween
By: Marin Dremock If one has ears to hear or eyes to see, let them hear or let them read, as I recite and write the spookiest opening stanza in American poetry. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore… /
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Sports
Welcome to Bananaland: Savannah Bananas: baseball: Harlem Globetrotters: basketball
By: Marin Dremock If you use Tik Tok for any reason, let that reason be to discover the Savannah Bananas. The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate baseball league in the Southeastern U.S. The Bananas, based in Savannah, Ga., make baseball fun. I first discovered the team
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Sports
Head Games (Opinion): A comment on the NFL’s concussion protocols
By: Marin Dremock On Sunday, Sept. 25, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took a hard hit by Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano. According to the NFL, the Dolphins announced it as a head injury, and Tagovaiola left the game. He was observed stumbling and struggling to regain his balance as he got up. Tagovaiola later
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Center Spread
A Day at the Fair
By: Marin Dremock One of my favorite fall activities takes place in the early months of autumn. It’s a local fair that everyone in my area of Pennsylvania flocks to attend. The Bloomsburg Fair is the biggest fall event of the year. From food vendors like the Benton Cider Mill, Vance’s Apple Dumplings (with Penn
A&E
The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen: A review of Marvel’s TV show, “Daredevil.:
By: Marin Dremock Don’t be mad. I’m reviewing two-thirds of a Marvel TV show. But this isn’t any basic Marvel TV show, and it most definitely isn’t a current multiverse installation. I’m reviewing and strongly recommending “Daredevil,” an unconventional Marvel show that ran from 2015–2018. The show follows Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with exceptional
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