Mercy College Doesn’t Care about Vegans or Vegetarians
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
September 20, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
Typically, when you think of a private college, you think of prestige, quality, high standards, and dedication to the student base, but as Mercy has shown time and time again, these traits do not seem to apply to their own school. But for the vegans and vegetarians of the college, Mercy has continuously shown that they do not care about us.
Question(s) of a Lifetime – Part One
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 18, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Is a hot dog a sandwich? These are all some of the greatest questions humanity has faced; here are some more.
USL D3: Could Promotion & Relegation Come To American Soccer?
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 3, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
With the new third division of American Soccer, United Soccer League D3, set to start play in 2019, I want to look at what this could mean for the future of promotion and relegation in the United States.
Duty v. Inclination and Fatalism v. Optimism: Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954)
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
July 6, 2015
Filed under True Story
Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, Seven Samurai, is a film in which many of the different dichotomies entrenched within Japanese society are critically and effectively addressed. Through intense character analysis and observation of plot, one can approach these various dichotomies from many d...
Mildred Pierce, She Done Him Wrong, and their Representations of Women in Film
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
May 2, 2015
Filed under True Story
Throughout this history of mankind, our oral, written, and more recently, visual stories, have assisted with the identifying of oneself in correlation with personal development as well as understanding one's place in society. 1933's She Done Him Wrong and 1945's Mildred Pierce, offer very different not...
8 Films Every Humanitarian Should View
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
April 23, 2015
Filed under TILT- The Impact List Takeover
Around the globe film has been instrumental in bringing awareness to certain issues and even bringing about change. Here is a list of films, both recent and past, that every person who cares about issues surround human rights should take the time to see. All of these films are based off of real life...
Cultural Fears, Unruly Children, and the Recurring Themes in Horror Films: A Comparison of Child’s Play (1988) and Orphan (2009)
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
April 16, 2015
Filed under Movies and Television, True Story
According to the Holy Bible’s story in Genesis, Chapter 4, which depicts the brutal slaying of Abel by his brother Cain, the concept of violence, in particular, murder is as old as creation. The story suggests that because of sin, the inability to control one’s emotions can lead various per...
George Melies’ Le Voyage Dans La Lune: Innovations in Film Technology, Contributions to Early Science Fiction Film, and a Reading of Dominant Culture
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
April 14, 2015
Filed under True Story
Throughout the duration of civilization many great cultural movements have taken place that have assisted in shaping and molding the world into the ever evolving product that can be seen today. For instance, during the classical era great thinkers such as Plato Aristotle, and Socrates thrived. During...
Oppositional, Dominant, and Negotiated readings Within Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rashaan Pace, Impact staff
April 9, 2015
Filed under True Story
Dialogue, plot/story, and action are key elements which have a profound effect on an audience's cinematic experience, and ultimately sway the manner in which they may interpret and read into a film. Based on the true accounts of Solomon Northup life, and set in the 1841, pre-civil war, antebellum south,...
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Pj Gueye ( Pj Da Prodigy) is a senior Tv/ Radio Production major and minor in Music Industry and technology at Mercy College.In the summer of 2016, Pj founded the Band P.L.U.G. P.L.U.G stands...
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Adriana Saad is from Ecuador. Her grandmother brought her over when she was 15 years-old for a better future. She jokes that her plan did not go as she wished because she became pregnant two years later....
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Brian Pineiro is a senior... finally. After a brief hiatus, Brian is back and more determined than ever to pursue his degree in Media Studies. This does not mean that Brian has not been keeping busy...
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Caroline is a senior at Mercy College. Her major is Radio & Television Production. She is from the picturesque valleys of Medford, Oregon. She is a member of the production team and helps film our...
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Valerie Lopez is a small town Hispanic girl from upstate New York who has big dreams and endless potential. She is a journalism major going into her sophomore year, hoping to one day write for Time magazine....
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Hope Androsko is a senior who is majoring in English at Mercy College. Hope’s goal is to become a journalist, editor, and English professor. She was born and raised in a small town in northern Westchester....