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I Lied

I Lied

Alyssa Politi, Impact Staff February 22, 2023

The air became colder as the Halloween spirit died down and candy morphed into empty wrappers. “Hi honey!”— my mom welcomed me home, embracing me in her arms, to the excruciating sound of my dad’s...

Solo Traveling: How To Be Alone 101

Solo Traveling: How To Be Alone 101

Stephanie Lankhorst, Impact Staff February 16, 2023

Last winter break, I went to Costa Rica by myself for two weeks. I booked a ticket during Christmas, packed all I needed in my volleyball travel backpack, and went to San Jose, Costa Rica five days later.  Some...

What Are Reasonable Expectations as an Ohio State Buckeyes Football Fan?

What Are Reasonable Expectations as an Ohio State Buckeyes Football Fan?

TJ Heyder February 11, 2023

If you were to ask an Ohio State football fan their yearly expectations for the team, I think most would repeat the same message to you: To win the National Championship. But it’s been a tough stretch...

The Day Before Just Keeps Getting Worse

‘The Day Before’ Just Keeps Getting Worse

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff February 9, 2023

If you’ve been following the most wish listed and anticipated video game on Steam, The Day Before, you’d know that it’s been thrown into the ringer this past week. Given the game’s recent delay...

Scream Shows We’re Stunted

Scream Shows We’re Stunted

Edwin Gonzalez, Impact Staff February 7, 2023

Realizations hit me as I prepared for a rewatch before the next Scream installment. It’s an example of more brilliant satire that was lost on me. At least until the fear and fatigue that was lost...

Exhausted Asian business woman hurt eye while using laptop computer. Young girl office worker sit on sofa feel visual fatigue and eye strain tired from overwork and massage dry irritable eye at home.

Separating the Performance from Perpetrator

Edwin Gonzalez, Impact Staff February 7, 2023

What's worse than someone ruining the ending of something for you? Someone is ruining a work in its entirety. To be a fan of something and  someone only to have the memories tainted.  You...

Life without a Dad

Life without a Dad

Alyssa Politi, Impact Staff February 3, 2023

Every day I search for something I once had.  A father. Dad.   Whether it be through compensating in my relationships or over-expecting my mother to be two parents in one, I can never seem...

Alicent Hightower: The Queen of Self-Hatred

Alicent Hightower: The Queen of Self-Hatred

Maleek Munroe, Senior Editor February 2, 2023

The Lady Alicent of House Hightower, the Green Queen of Westeros, the mother of Aegon II Targaryen, the childhood companion of Princess Rhaenyra, and the unfortunate Queen of true, unhinged self-hatred. It...

The Dead Space Remake Is Utterly Terrifying

The ‘Dead Space Remake’ Is Utterly Terrifying

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff February 1, 2023

WARNING: Spoilers Below The 'Dead Space Remake' throws you right into a atmospherically horrifying hellscape that reveals more of it's sinister self by the minute. From the very beginning the player...

Cody: Undesirable to Undeniable

Cody: Undesirable to Undeniable

Nate Singleton, Staff Writer February 1, 2023

Cody Rhodes announced that he is going to challenge the Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the main event of Wrestlemania 39 in Hollywood. There are some issues yet to play out en route to this...

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