By Bethany Kelly* Finals week is always hard – with the impact of test scores on student grade point averages, and the realization that friends will soon part ways for the summer. Looking to provide momentary relief from the stress, the congregation of New Concord United Methodist Church (Southern Hills District) invited Muskingum University students [...]
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“Enough is enough!” Students Protest to Change Gun Control Laws
By Rick Wolcott* “Alyssa Alhadeff, student, age14 Scott Beigel, teacher, age 35 Martin Duque Anguiano, student, age 14” Outside Berea-Midpark High School, one by one the names were read of the 17 people killed during the Valentine’s Day shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Berea-Midpark students joined thousands of others from [...]
Annihilation is so close to being a good film …
Photo by Paramount Pictures Movie Review by Rev. Bruce Batchelor-Glader Annihilation, based loosely on the Nebula Award winning first book in The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, is writer-director Alex Garland’s second attempt at deep thinking science fiction, following 2014’s Ex Machina. As the film begins, a ball of fire that appears to be [...]