Question(s) of a Lifetime – Part One
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 18, 2018
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.
The Everafter Brings Pop-Punk and Personality to Mercy College
Kristin Millard, Impact Staff
February 14, 2018
In the back of a small bar in Brooklyn, a heavy pair of soundproof doors and curtains opens up to reveal a smoky venue, filled with the chatter and excitement of friends waiting to support their classmates in bands, fans of local music buying t-shirts and chatting about new releases, and regulars ther...
A Word That Rhymes With Pavement
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 8, 2018
When looking at the genre of indie rock, there is one band that has created an indisputable legacy; one which has put them as one of the best: Pavement.
How Fortnite: Battle Royale Has Risen Above All Expectations
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
January 27, 2018
With the gaming industry at a point where micro-transactions have taken over and companies are moving away from the players' voices, Fortnite: Battle Royale continues to be an outlier. So the question that needs to be asked is: how did we get here?
No Paramount, You Don’t “Gotta Go Fast”
Mark McCarthy, Staff Writer
October 4, 2017
A few days ago, Paramount decided to damn humanity to a fate worse than death. They’re going to try and make a “Sonic The Hedgehog” movie. And it’s going to be a live action/CGI hybrid movie like such great feats in cinema like the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie (that currently holds a rating...
I Missed You Will & Grace. Please Don’t Ever Change
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
September 30, 2017
The Will & Grace reboot is back... for better or worse!
The OA: A Glittering Masterpiece, or Smoke and Mirrors?
Nora-Grayce Orosz, Staff Writer
February 15, 2017
Netflix series "the OA" dazzles viewers with gorgeous production and out there plotlines.
Lets Get Ready To Rumble
Krystal Johnson, Impact Staff
January 1, 2014
The media has been going crazy these past few weeks with news speculating about George Zimmerman’s supposed scheduled boxing match between him and troubled rapper DMX. The story first broke wind, when owner of Celebrity Boxing Damon Feldman announced that George Zimmerman and Earl Simmons,...
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