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Beauty as Criterion for Art

Beauty as Criterion for Art

A sunrise. The end of a disney movie. The mountains. A towering chrome building. A painting. The face of your lover. A poem. Often, these sorts of things would be considered “beautiful,” possessing some sort of aesthetic pleasurability that almost implies or touches upon The Divine. Beauty, colloquially, is often considered a positive quality, desirable, […]

Stoker’s Vision On Two Screens: Nosferatu and Dracula

Stoker’s Vision On Two Screens: Nosferatu and Dracula

Good Evening, stay for the night as both the 1929 silent Nosferatu is examined side by side with Bela Lugosi’s audible 1931 Dracula. Who can forget the classic horror movies forever emulated by modern-day hopefuls? These two classics films have the same origin: Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. They share a story to the detail, […]

Images From “An Evening of Song”

Images From “An Evening of Song”

New Classes at Talawanda Offer a Digital Experience

New Classes at Talawanda Offer a Digital Experience

With today moving quickly towards a new era with advanced technology, THS wants to engage students in what is happening in today’s society and is moving away from what many find as a normal school system. Two new classes are being added to next year’s scheduling, both technology-based and taught by Andy Zimmerman. “This is […]

Play at the Plate

Play at the Plate

One of the most exciting plays in America’s national pastime is the close play collisions at home plate. Baseball has always been one of the more slow and steady games. Rarely ever is there action like that of football and basketball. Home plate collisions give fans a little bit of action relief to sometimes get […]

New Television Show Bates Motel Premieres

New Television Show Bates Motel Premieres

The T.V. station that brought Duck Dynasty and Storage Wars has come up with another series. However this one is not reality. Bates Motel is a physiological thriller series that will premiere on A&E. The show is a prequel to the events of Robert Bloch’s novel, “Psycho”, which was famously portrayed in Alfred Hitchcock’s film […]

Duck Dynasty Makes its Way into America’s Hearts in Their Third Season

Duck Dynasty Makes its Way into America’s Hearts in Their Third Season

The third season of “Duck Dynasty” premiered on February 27, 2013. This was A&E’s number one telecast ever and racked up 8.6 million viewers. Topping all other TV broadcasts for the night, “Duck Dynasty” is the most popular unscripted show on television. The Robertsons, who live in the bayous of Louisiana, became wealthy from their […]

MLB Spring Training Ends

MLB Spring Training Ends

The crack of bats, fans cheering loudly for their favorite team, and the umpire yelling, “Strike one!” can only mean one thing:  America’s favorite pastime is back and ready for spring training. With weeks remaining until opening day, coaches are rushing to make their team the best for the 2013 season of Major League Baseball. […]

Popular 90’s Show Comes Back With a Spinoff

Popular 90’s Show Comes Back With a Spinoff

Calling all 90s T.V. fans! A new spin-off is coming soon. “Boy Meets World” was a popular family show that lasted from 1993 to 2000. The show’s main character was Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage. Savage grew up and had to deal with the trials and tribulations from middle school all the way to […]

Chris Conese Reviews: The Warrior Heir

Chris Conese Reviews: The Warrior Heir

The Warrior Heir, a novel by Cinda Williams Chima, is a fantastic read in more ways than one.  I couldn’t put it down–I literally read the book in one sitting.  The character interactions and emotions are so realistic that they draw you right into the story. There is however, one thing throughout this book filled […]