Sunday, December 22, 2024

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In an ever-evolving world of major and influential technological advancements, schools, especially Jesuit, have evolved to adapt such technologies through implementation of services like Moodle. However, many students are largely unaware of another helpful service called Dropbox, which eliminates the need to manage and maintain previously used methods like jump drives and e-mail. These methods of transferring files between two...
Over the past few months, the uprising in Libya has attracted media involvement from across the globe. Videos and reports of tragic events have surfaced, revealing the horrible violence that has ensued in North Africa, instigated as a result of the tyrannical rule of Moammar Gadhafi. The story surrounding the Libyan struggle is almost cliché, an oppressed people, fighting for...
IGN calls it “Amazing,” and Joystiq.com says that the game’s Unova region is “the best-looking setting of the Pokémon series so far,” but what is all the fuss about for Pokémon Black and White? On March 6, 2011, Pokémon trainers across the United States got their hands on the franchise’s latest installment, Black and White Versions. Nintendolife.com reports that 1.08...
On the 18th of February 2011, Radiohead released its eighth studio album, The King of Limbs. One of the definitive rock groups of our time, Radiohead is known for its innovative approach to music, and this latest release certainly perpetuates that reputation. The King of Limbs was produced with longtime band friend Nigel Godrich. A close companion since 1994, he has produced...
In 1906, young socialist Upton Sinclair rose from obscurity with the novel The Jungle, his expose of American meat packing. Sinclair’s version of the “Great American Novel” shocked the world with its gut-wrenching description of unsafe, unsanitary, and generally sickening practices of the meat packing industry (e.g., rat droppings and diseased meat jammed into sausage grinders, disgusting floor filth and...
Every day, students notice the construction of the new locker rooms as they walk to athletics or classes in the Terry Center. We all know what's being constructed; however, most people aren't aware of the important details.                In an interview with Assistant Principal Mr. Fred Donahue, I had the opportunity to find out a lot of the details of...
Controversy continues in the Texas State Legislature, the assembly burdened with a decision that will allow both professors and students to carry firearms on college campuses in Texas. The issue is a legislative response to campus attacks, most memorably the Virginia Tech massacre of 2007. But many question the practicality of the bill, and ask if arming college students is...
Two weeks ago, the American sports world held its biggest event of the year, the one and only Super Bowl; now, it’s time to shift our focus to the American entertainment world, as they get ready to hold their biggest event of the year: the Oscars. This Sunday, February 27th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be...

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