By Lauren Hoey I want to run away to Massachusetts To live with my aunt and uncle. I want to convert to Catholicism So I have an excuse to sit in pretty churches and do all the little rituals. I want to drive into Boston on the weekends And cry in the art museum. I … Continue reading Five Year Plan
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By Terry Callaway Daddy killed a bad man He sent him far away Told us he was selling drugs So that he could not stay We cheered for Daddy Praised him true, just as we were told to do For Daddy’d never lie to us His good and faithful crew Then Daddy killed a bad … Continue reading Daddy Killed a Bad Man
By Terry Callaway There was a town, not far away Where Clovers were the trade Four leaf Clovers for your wares It’s always been this way There were no fights, there were no squalor Down on Clover Hill Just children laughing, playing And the luck they wished to share Then the Bully came to town … Continue reading Clover Hill
By Morgan Bratch I’ll never forget the day I walked in the door, Elvis playing and family’s tears falling on the floor My dad walks over the saddest he has ever been I have a feeling I will never see Papa again Dad pulls me in with a hug that stays He takes a deep … Continue reading Can’t Help Falling in Love
By Taylor James Cornerstone Editor A college student who’s far away from home drives from Union to Washington to get on a train ride back home. They park their car between Missouri Meerschaum and the Axe Depot in Washington. They grab their bags and walk over to the train station and go inside and then … Continue reading The Deal with Amtrak and Springfield, Missouri
By Kristen Cook Earlier this year, I found myself getting into audiobooks. As a lifelong avid reader, this was a new chapter in my own reading journey, and I was thrilled at how much audiobooks expanded my reading world. Not only did I find myself reading more quickly, but I was able to do so … Continue reading Learning Through Listening: Exploring the Legitimacy of Audiobooks in Education
By Reis In the early days of Christianity, when it was still fighting to establish itself as the mega-religion we know it as today, there was a certain offshoot branch within which was almost unanimously hated by the entire tree. Gnostics were perhaps one of the first groups to be oppressed by Christians, deemed heretics … Continue reading The Luminescent Soul
By Kendall Krause “The revolution about to be televised,” was the line Kendrick Lamar opened his Superbowl halftime performance with and it clearly set the stage for what was to come. Kendrick Lamar is a 22 grammy awards winning rap artist with a Compton, California background. Compton, California is known for gang violence and is … Continue reading The Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl LIX Halftime Show
By Katie Oreskovic Staff Writer The pounding of horse hooves deep into fresh, United States soil has been the rhythmic heartbeat of the country for centuries. The bouldering, unyielding animals provided the earliest of Americans with transport through the thick of the land, enabling the exploration of new territories and the relocation of nomadic dwellings. … Continue reading The Problems Between the Racing Industry and Horse Slaughter
By Chase Godfrey Staff Writer Long before Dorothy dropped in from Kansas, two unlikely friends changed the world of Oz forever... now, they are back to cast a spell on the big screen. Wicked takes center stage, directed by John M. Chu, taking a deep dive into the origins of two of the most popular … Continue reading Wicked Movie Review
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