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UMSL roller hockey prepares to sweep the rink in the coming year
The University of Missouri – St. Louis has a wide variety of athletic teams. From basketball to soccer, tennis to baseball and even volleyball, many of these teams get regular recognition. However, one of the lesser-recognized teams had their tryouts last week and they are looking forward to just [...]
To column, or not to column: are there any who can actually do so
Pop Culture with Poposky This whole columning thing really is not as simple as some would make it out to be. Oh sure, some weeks just clicking through Google is more than enough to bring up a topic worthy of complaining about. Frankly, however, there are times more oft than not that it just [...]
Life is full of experiences: get out there and push the boundaries
Pop Culture with Poposky Life is short, people. This is a fact of life: get over it. The problem with this is not so much that people refuse to accept that life is short, but rather that some seem to forget how to deal with a short life. There are many solutions to this scientific fact. Some [...]
Fresh thoughts radically improve films and books
Predictability in popular media is truly getting quite ridiculous. Be it a book, movie, theatrical production, a videogame, or otherwise, stories, characters, and overarching themes are simply becoming far too obvious. Rarely is a character seen who does not fall into a very specific archetype. [...]
‘Scream 4′ lives up to the franchise’s fame
"What's your favorite scary movie?" For fans of the "Scream" trilogy (and its parodies), this line is old hat, and it has become blatantly obvious that the killer asks it regularly. "Scream 4" hit theatres on April 15, 2011 and has received a wide range of reactions. From the intensely positive to [...]