In the days following Black Friday, my dreams were haunted by the sound of printing receipts. I gained a seasonal job in retail this holiday season, and although the store was typically busy, there...
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Commercial Christmas
The bumps and bruises of Black Friday reveal an extremely material-focused culture in pursuit of Christmas celebrations. Many now believe Christmas itself has shifted to a Hallmark holiday due to unnecessary emphasis on the...
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Shrek The Musical Review
People of all ages drank swamp juice; their excited faces crowded the MCFTA lobby. Equipped with ogre ears and a sense of humor, the audience was touched by “Shrek the Musical”, an impressive adaptation...
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Hunting is an experience of a lifetime
It’s Oct. 1, 2014, opening day of bow season in Midland, Mich., and here I sit in the library writing this. You may be confused why, but you have to understand. In a town...
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Lord of the Flies Review
Imagine a dead child. His eyes are huge in his small face, his hair disarrayed. He is still bleeding. He lies on a beach, waves skimming his cold feet. Depressed? Creeped out yet? You...
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Shrek the Musical: A Review
It’s all Ogre now, Shrek the Musical has went and left the Center for the Arts, but the swamp and the ogre’s who live there shall forever be in our hearts and our minds...
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Doctors Really Do Change Lives
Doctors Really Do Change Lives By: Jordan Mack “Jesse Lee Mack, I pronounce you to be diagnosed with Autism by, I, Dr. Saloman.” The words of knowing for a fact that Jesse has something...
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A Review of Shrek the Musical performed at the Midland Center for the Arts
At the Midland Center for the Arts on Friday, there were many people with strange green ears on their head. I brought my own pair of ogre ears and I was looking pretty fresh....
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Hannibal Review
I really hope that one of my good friends isn’t a secret serial killer that eats people. When I watched the first season of Hannibal it left me with a feeling of needing to scream...
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Do You Have What it Takes?
You think you have what it takes to be on a volleyball team? Volleyball is a physically intense game. It’s more than just serving and spiking. Those two aspects are just the beginning of...
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