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Disney Announcing Movies Multiple Years in Advance Ruins the Magic of Announcement Trailers
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Disney Announcing Movies Multiple Years in Advance Ruins the Magic of Announcement Trailers

By Zach Viera
- Friday, September 18, 2026

It’s commonplace for a movie to get announced for a feature release around a year or two in advance; that way people know what the studio behind it is working on. Typically, this is accompanied by a title drop or some form of announcement trailer. However, in modern times, it’s...

Sports

Team USA Defeated France 97-79 To Win Gold

By KorDale Jackson-Powell
- Friday, September 18, 2026

The 2026 Women’s FIBA World Cup in Berlin, Germany, started on September 4th and finished this past Monday on September 13th. This was the 20th edition of the FIBA Women’s World Cup, and sixteen nations took part in the tournament this year. Including Germany, the United States, France, Australia, China,...

Books

The Books That Made ’90s Kids Want to Read

By Kelsey Iffert
- Friday, September 18, 2026

Since I learned how to read at probably around the age 4 or 5, I always loved reading. There were some books that helped that love for reading to reach adulthood. At age 5 I always loved authors like Eric Carle who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar, or Chika Chika...

Food

Forget Souvenirs—I Want to Bring Home Snacks

By Kelsey Iffert
- Friday, September 18, 2026

I go on vacations in the summer with my mom and grandma, and in the past when heading to Branson MO, we stopped at a place called the world’s biggest candy store. Now this store had everything candywise and candy that you can’t find anywhere else such as sugar daddies...

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Trenton Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Delay AI Data Center Approvals in New Jersey

By Zach Viera
- Friday, September 18, 2026

This week Assemblywoman Annette Quijano introduced a bill in Trenton, New Jersey, that would delay the approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for oversized AI data centers. The bill would create a 12-person commission to study the potential impact of AI data centers on New Jersey, reporting its findings...

Politics

Trump and Kennedy Center of Performing Arts Conflict

By KorDale Jackson-Powell
- Friday, September 18, 2026

Recently, President Donald Trump has made headlines once again, somehow; this time? Wanting to tear down the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His reason? Because the courts rejected him from placing his name on the building. President Trump was in an attempt to add his name to...

Theater

The Curious Case For Horror Musical Adaptations

By Caitlyn Taylor
- Thursday, September 17, 2026

Musical productions have a set of genres that most mainstream audiences expect, including romance, comedy, drama, and tragedy. However, horror seems to be an outlier within that industry. That isn’t to say that horror-related musical productions don’t exist within theater. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a great example of...