APPealing- Alphabear By: Stephanie Hoover

One of the best/worst things to happen to me while working full-time and going to grad school full-time was the app Alphabear. (I blame my boyfriend; thanks baby!) This was a refreshing change from Words with Friends. Not that I don’t love WWF, but so few people will play me, especially after I beat them 87,000 times. While Alphabear is primarily a one-player app as … Continue reading APPealing- Alphabear By: Stephanie Hoover

The Witch Review By: Sean Harrison

“The Witch,” directed by first-time director Robert Eggers, is a rarity among theatrically-released horror films. It stars mostly unknown actors; though two of them play minor characters on “Game of Thrones.” Likewise, it has hardly any gore and doesn’t rely on jump scares either. Instead, it relies more on the atmospheric and psychological sides of horror—though not to the point of overwhelming the story. For … Continue reading The Witch Review By: Sean Harrison

Tales of a Black Panther By: Daniel Holst

Part I: Strage del Cermis March 1999 and my first deployment with the 494th Fighter Squadron – The Black Panthers – sent us to Aviano air base in Italy to support Operation Allied Force, the months long airstrikes into Kosovo. Already highly unpopular within European populace, it also coincided with the acquittal of the US Marine pilots who sliced a gondola cable in the Italian … Continue reading Tales of a Black Panther By: Daniel Holst