I spent Saint Patrick’s Day in Belfast, Ireland. A good friend of mine, Reilly Tennis, a VTSU student, is studying in Northern Ireland at Ulster University in a town called Coleraine. Sya Barnes, another VTSU student and good friend, is studying at Essex University in Colchester, England, so we decided to meet Reilly in Belfast […]
As you read this article, there might be a destructive species of worm crawling silently underneath your feet. The Green Mountain state’s soil is being severely threatened by a species of worm that sounds like it should be in a children’s cartoon. The reason why they are called Jumping Worms is because they have a […]
I’m never growing up. I’m now a poser in a punk rock sense. When, or if, I go to a show, I stand in the back by the bathrooms. I leave the pit to the younger, more virile people. My back hurts too much for that shit. Honestly, I never trusted anyone over 30. When […]
We all know how news in mainstream media tends to be biased in how it is delivered to the public. But, are enough of us aware of just how much information is lost on the citizens, especially in rural areas. Many people tend to live in their own bubbles and ignore the rest of the […]
The goal of professor David Blow’s Media Ethics course is to have greater understanding of the various ethical dilemmas that media workers deal with on a daily basis and the implications of their decisions. One assignment in this class was to watch a documentary titled “The Bridge,” produced by Eric Steel, and react to what […]
Spite is a powerful tool. The majority of the time, if I do anything, it is out of spite. Tell me I cannot do something and bam, I will do it just to watch you suffer. I got into standup comedy after someone once told me I wasn’t funny. I then performed a show with […]