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The Impact

The Award Winning News Publication of Mercy College

The Impact

The Award Winning News Publication of Mercy College

The Impact

A Jacket's Curse

A Jacket’s Curse

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer February 20, 2017

How can something used for protection be troubling for some people? It’s not even supposed to physically torture you. Its presence is not supposed to make you cry or fall into a depression. I can’t...

You Purple Blob!

You Purple Blob!

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer November 18, 2016

Back in the day, Nickelodean was popular for its green slime. All of us from home would imagine ourselves getting slimed. Celebrities would get slimed from the Kid’s Choice Awards to Figure It Out. That...

Goat Fan

Goat Fan

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer November 11, 2016

Big ears, small ears, horns, no horns, small eyes, baby face, goatee, white, black, brown, skinny, short tail, long tail, hairy, patient, hyper. This animal has been known to give milk and say “baaaa,”...

Everyone Has a Twin

Everyone Has a Twin

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer November 4, 2016

I was born by myself on December 15, 1995. My cousin was born five days after me. Her mom was a teenager while my mom waited a very long time to have me. We knew what it was like for each of us to be an...

One of My Deep Songs

One of My Deep Songs

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer October 28, 2016

Your home girl, Tatiana Inez has different songs for different occasions. Like school, work, family, and times where she has flashbacks. She has male lover playlists dedicating one to each guy she crushed...

Meet Fashion Bug

Meet Fashion Bug

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer October 21, 2016

Black vest jacket with gray fur inside, dark gray sweater with straight perfect pockets and no hood, no jewelry, regular jeans with flowers on the side of each leg, pink kiddie belt that is almost too...

A Friend Named Magic

A Friend Named Magic

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer October 14, 2016

Magic is someone who thinks like you, feels like you, understands your feelings and likes similar things as you. Magic, or as I like to call him by the Spanish meaning, “Magia” was someone who I never...

Crush Frenzy

Crush Frenzy

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer October 7, 2016

I’ve had a difficult time finding love. In a good way. Sometimes I don’t even think about looking for a guy to be with. People always knew me as that girl who liked some guy. People had called me...

Best Friends With a Mother of Two

Best Friends With a Mother of Two

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer September 30, 2016

Last year, I decided to start going to church more often than I used to. I needed spiritual and emotional help in my life. I needed to do my Confirmation in order to prepare myself to start a family, even...

Americans Who Don’t Identify Themselves as Americans

Americans Who Don’t Identify Themselves as Americans

Sarai Acevedo-Charon, Staff Writer September 23, 2016

There are surprising things about my identity that you should know. I hate being called or referred as Sarai A. Charon. I also hate being called or referred to as Indian as in the country in Asia. I have...

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