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.
Spring Break Forever, Beaches
Sandra Romero, Staff Writer
February 8, 2018
College is basically an excuse to get drunk without your parents around. Traditionally, we have the house parties, go to bars, and most importantly, spring break with the squad. The hot spots are usually Cancun and Fort Lauderdale, and it's approaching that time where police are bracing themselves for...
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?
What to do – What to do?
Erminia Errante, Staff Writer
April 11, 2013
Mercy College is located in a very small town called Dobbs Ferry, which is close to Ardsley, Irvington, Tarrytown and Sleepy Hallow. It is very clear that none of these towns are college towns, which makes it very difficult for us Mercy students to do anything over the weekend. A lot of people just...
Spring Break Stay-cation
Erminia Errante, Staff Writer
March 6, 2013
I was looking online for what to do for spring break and the cost of plane tickets, train tickets, hotel room, and car rentals are off the roof during March and April because everyone knows that college students have spring break during those months. Since we are all getting kicked out of the dorms and...
“We are Young” Song by the Group FUN. Won the Grammy for 2012 Song of the Year !!
Kelly Sisco, Staff Writer, Entertainment Editor
February 12, 2013
The first time I heard fun. on the radio I knew they were going to be huge, and that they would end up being the next greatest group in music. At the 2013 Grammy Awards they won two awards. One for Best New Artist of 2013 and another award for Song of the Year for the song "We are Young" that my revi...
Lytro the Camera of the Future?
Sasha Majette, Staff Writer
September 20, 2012
The evolution of the camera has finally progressed to a technology that is being called revolutionary. It comes in the form of the Lytro camera, a camera that boasts the ability to be able to take “living photographs.” The Lytro camera combines physics and photography by capturing pictures in megarays...
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