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Interstellar: Head-to-Head

Bahnt Frieberger Going galactic seems to be on everybody’s minds lately. Between “Gravity,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the recent comet landing, space travel is coming back in a big way. It only feels right that acclaimed director Chris Nolan’s latest film “Interstellar” explores that…

International students taste American culture

While many cultures around the world give thanks in various unique ways, the traditions seen during the American celebrating of Thanksgiving may be a new experience for international students who are hundreds of miles away from home. As a way to ease the culture shock…

Internet Arcade brings retro fun to modern players

Video game lovers rejoice; the Internet Archive, an online collection of movies, TV shows and music, has recently introduced the Internet Arcade to the masses. The Arcade is a compilation of 900 classic arcade games made free-to-play for anyone with a mouse and Wi-Fi connection.…

Assault shouldn’t be the butt of jokes

I don’t know about you, but I am a huge fan of social media. I say this for many reasons, but mainly it’s for the fact that it gives all of us an opportunity to express ourselves and connect with others in many different ways.…

“Age of Ultron”: The Marvel era continues

In case you missed it, the first trailer to the highly anticipated blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron” made its unexpected internet debut last Wednesday. I believe that the best way for me to effectively describe the trailer and the emotions I felt after viewing it…

Taylor shakes it up with ‘1989’

The hearts of Taylor Swift fans everywhere leapt in synchronization Oct. 27 as her fifth album “1989,” was released. I don’t know about you (and no, I am not trying to make a “22” reference), but I’m a bit unclear on how I feel about…

Bradley alumna’s got game

Aspiring video game designers had the opportunity to receive valuable insight from Bradley alumna and industry professional Emily Berger, who returned to the Hilltop for a presentation to students Oct. 24. Berger is currently a technical artist for the Santa Monica Studio branch of Sony…

Nightmare fuel: five scary movies to watch this Halloween

Costume? Check. Decorations? Check. Ridiculous amount of candy for you and your friends to chow down on? Triple-check. But what about the movie? No Halloween night is complete without feeling at least a tiny bit spooked by the end of it, and watching a good…

Let’s talk about feelings

A dictionary definition of “emotion” describes the word as “a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others.” So in other words, it’s normal for us as humans to experience a wide range of emotions throughout our lives. But…

The problem(s) with Gamergate

It’s time to face the facts: the Gamergate situation is getting way out of hand. For those of you who aren’t exactly aware of what Gamergate is, we’ll set the Wayback machine to August 2014, when the issues were first raised. The controversy arose out…

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