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Theres Something Out of This World in the Hudson Valley

There’s Something Out of This World in the Hudson Valley

Francesca Simone, Copy Editor May 11, 2020

In a world full of skepticism, there are just some concepts too outlandish to discount — or at least that’s what one believer thinks.  It was a chilly evening sometime in the late '70s or early...

The Life of a Klutz

The Life of a Klutz

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff May 11, 2020

It all started when I was three years old and wanted to be Santa Claus. I was in the living room of my old home. I got a Shop-Rite bag and filled it with all of my mother's books, but unfortunately the...

OP/ED: Screen Time Is What You Make Of It

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff May 7, 2020

Technology has become an everyday use in almost every household, from televisions, phones, laptops and gaming systems it is sometimes hard to get away from the screen. It is especially hard to get the...

Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life

Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff May 5, 2020

“If I could, I would” has been a sentence that everyone has said more than once in their lifetime.  For me.  If I could, I would have my dream job with a big music or television company....

Walking Into The Nightmare

Walking Into The Nightmare

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff April 26, 2020

Every morning, as she walks through the Emergency Room doors, she's fearful of what she is about to walk into. The patients. Herself. Her family. The act of risking it all stays on her mind while walking...

At War With No Ammo

‘At War With No Ammo’

Francesca Simone, Copy Editor April 13, 2020
In no time, masks have become entirely unobtainable, yet they’ve remained crucial for all people to have access to.
10 Things To Do During Quarantine

10 Things To Do During Quarantine

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff April 7, 2020

10 things you can do to keep yourself at peace during the coronavirus pandemic.   The circumstances that we have been forced to live in are very trying and hard. It's easy for people to fall...

I Dug Up an Old Debate Essay for This One

I Dug Up an Old Debate Essay for This One

Francesca Simone, Copy Editor April 6, 2020
How old should one be to legally drink alcohol, join the military, and vote?
College Is What You Make It

College Is What You Make It

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff April 3, 2020

“Congratulations! You have been accepted!” The five words I have been waiting to hear since junior year of high school. I was actually good enough to get accepted into a college. While one chapter...

Passion or Prison? Mercy College Celebrates Music Freedom Day

Passion or Prison? Mercy College Celebrates Music Freedom Day

Julianna Ilise, Impact Staff April 1, 2020

The reward for some music artists in certain countries is not always money or fame. Sometimes it can be a prison cell.  In Malaysia, heavy metal bands are accused of Satanism. In China. Tibetan...

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