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The Impact

Go Ahead, Ask Me Your Idiotic Question Again

Go Ahead, Ask Me Your Idiotic Question Again

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff March 20, 2025

Someone once asked me, “What’s a show that was ahead of its time?” For the longest time I didn’t have an answer to that question. However, that all changed once I watched a classic Aaron Sorkin...

One Foot In Front of the Other

One Foot In Front of the Other

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff March 12, 2025

It hurt. Every step I took on that last loop hurt. Yet, I kept putting one foot in front of the other, knowing the eventual end was near. When I was finished, I was consumed with a sense of satisfaction...

Just Hit Play

Just Hit Play

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff March 6, 2025

My escape from reality starts once I hit play.  Whatever is going on within my life, I can just forget about. Whether it is the assignment due tomorrow or how hell my Friday will be this week. I can...

How Do You Define This Feeling?

How Do You Define This Feeling?

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff February 26, 2025

Grief is a tricky thing. I first experienced it in the eighth grade with the passing of my grandfather. I was young, I had no real understanding of what losing a family member could do to someone. I was...

A New Chameleon on the Street

A New Chameleon on the Street

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff January 29, 2025

A chameleon is defined as a slow-moving Old lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change color. However, in...

Hey Hollywood....You Entertained?

Hey Hollywood….You Entertained?

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff December 5, 2024

Goodness gracious - where does one begin? You could take the cliche route and talk about the visuals, direction, the music. However, this film does so much right for me that I don’t want to take...

Turn the Page

Turn the Page

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff November 18, 2024

A lot of people considered March 2020 a bad time in their lives which to be fair it was for everyone. However, it let me open my eyes to many things such as if I was truly happy with my current situation...

Five Simple Rules

Five Simple Rules

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff November 14, 2024

The summer of 2023 was an odd yet important one for me. It was the first summer after my first year of college so hanging out with my friends pretty much every day took me back to when I was a teenager....

Live In The Now, Not the Future

Live In The Now, Not the Future

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff November 7, 2024

There are only a couple of movies I have seen within my lifetime that capture the importance of living in the moment. There are also a few movies I have seen that do it with a backdrop of a couple's entire...

More Than Miles

More Than Miles

Connor Abrahall, Impact Staff November 6, 2024

The run.  This was the hardest physical and mental experience I have gone through within my twenty years of age. I know what you may be thinking, why would you do this or what made you do this?...

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