Mechanized WWE
October 18, 2017
You know the one thing that doesn’t need a script? A giant robot death match. Nobody needs a backstory just to see two mech's punch each other for a couple of hours. If you look at some of the shows that dealt with robotic combat, “Robot Wars” and “BattleBots” they understand what people...
Mercy College Walks and Talks with Japan
Liv Meier, Staff Writer
October 11, 2017
A four-person panel from the program, Walk in the U.S., Talk on Japan, visited Mercy College to discuss Japanese perspectives on the workforce, society, promoting national products, and surviving in male-dominated industries on Oct. 6 in the college’s Lecture Hall. Founded in 2014 by Japanese Prime Mi...
Duty v. Inclination and Fatalism v. Optimism: Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954)
Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff
July 6, 2015
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...
“The Wolverine” Slashes Into Theatres Summer 2013
Sasha Majette, Online Editor
March 3, 2013
Marvel continues to cash in with even more action movies based on their beloved comic books. One of their next big releases will be a sequel to their already popular movie franchise X-Men. This movie is not considered a sequel to Wolverine’s solo movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” seeing as how that...
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Chevaughn Hurst is a senior majoring in media studies with a concentration in journalism. He grew up in Jamaica and migrated to the United States at the age of 6 years old. His friends and family call...
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