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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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Something that Makes Us All Unique

Recently, I've revisited one of my all-time favorite hobbies: studying genealogy. Genealogy is something that I've been passion­ate about since I was a little kid. It all started because of my grandma, whom we all affectionately knew as "Grammy." She was such a great person, and was truly one-of-a-kind. Whenever ...


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This Week: Castle Versus a British Detective

This week's episode started off with what appeared to be a robbery, but was later re­vealed to be a murder (cue dramatic music and pose). In the opening scene, a woman walks into a room only to see a man storm out, and then finds the body. Screams are later heard as the scene pans out to a glass of ...



Once Upon a Time: So Mothers, Be Good to Your Daughters
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Once Upon a Time: So Mothers, Be Good to Your Daughters

One of the most important running themes on 'Once Upon a Time' is the relationship between parents and their children. However, most of these relationships on the show so far have featured the relationship between fathers and their children: Re­gina and her father Henry, Rumpelstiltskin and his son ...



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Zero-Sixty Steals the Stage for the 6th Year in a Row

This past weekend, Longwood's Theater Department put on their sixth annual Zero-Sixty Playwriting Competition, in which six plays were performed by a number of different Longwood Students. Most of the plays have very little in terms of set and props and are mostly designed based off of lighting, strong ...



'The Hunger Games' Satisfies Fans' Cravings Opening Week
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'The Hunger Games' Satisfies Fans' Cravings Opening Week

  "Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into production ...


'The Hunger Games' Satisfies Fans' Cravings Opening Week
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'The Hunger Games' Satisfies Fans' Cravings Opening Week

    "Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into ...


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'Rocky Horror' Thrills, Chills and Fulfills Audiences

It was definitely a strange journey for anyone who stopped by Longwood Theatre's production of Richard O'Brien's "The Rocky Horror Show" over the past two weeks. The horror-comedy-musical, under the hand of Director Gene Muto, professor of theatre, featured a fantastic use of the Main Stage floor accompanied ...


What Makes Up a Celebrity Comeback
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What Makes Up a Celebrity Comeback

How is it that a person in the public eye can transform their image to make everybody like them again? It is actually more difficult than one might think. It is not as simple as having the person stop a particular behavior. Publicists and other members of the Hollywood machine work overtime doing damage ...


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A 'Rocky Horror' Q&A with Show Narrator Jaclyn Siewert

What was your favorite part of the show and why? Jaclyn: I would have to say my favorite part was learning all the choreography. I have a dance back ground, and so finally getting to be a part of a show where dancing is an integral part of the production was amazing! We had a really fantastic choreogra pher, ...


Once Upon a Time:
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Once Upon a Time:

This week's episode of "Once Upon a Time" revealed the tragic love story of Grumpy, one of the Seven Dwarves, that was hinted at in a previous episode. Grumpy's (Lee Arenberg) lost lady love turns out to be clumsy fairy-in-training Nova (guest star Amy Acker), who dreams of one day being a fairy-godmother. ...


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'Castle' Meets 'Riding Hood' this Week

This episode opens with a full moon and a blonde little Red Riding Hood being chased in the woods. She screams as the screen fades to black. As the lighting is renewed, the viewers see Castle's mother writing her one-woman play. Castle is called to the scene of the crime shown at the beginning of the ...


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Life. Camera. Action!

Going to the movies means many different things to many different people. It's the midnight premier that's the highlight of your summer. It's a good way to kill time. Sometimes, it's the perfect first date. All the hard work the actors and actresses put into their movies matters now. The touching moments ...



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Poetry Corner: All Too Much

A young, troubled individual who lacks proper residuals Makes subliminal statements out of raw hatred. He cannot seem to face it, this realm called reality. It just happens to be his least favorite domain. Living alone in a Careless World, Even the air he breathes cannot save him. Heavily polluted with ...


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Longwood's Jazz Ensemble Wows Packed Crowd

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences' Department of Music put on their annual winter concert in Jarman Theater, featuring the department's two jazz ensembles — ensembles A and B. The concert was divided into two acts — the first being for ensemble B, followed by ensemble ...


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Edward Bloor Author Profile

Q : When did you start writing? A : "I was writing at least when I was nine years old, and I got my big break in the seventh grade when my teacher, who knew I liked to write little commercials and things like that … challenged me to put them on in front of the whole school at an assembly we were having ...



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Dierks Bentley Finds His Way 'Home'

Country music artist Dierks Bentley released "Home," his sixth album, on Feb. 7. In this album, Bentley mixes a number of love songs and party songs. He starts the CD off with his single "Am I the Only One." This song is an up-tempo tune about a guy who is ready to go out and party, but all of his buddies ...