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Journey of a Pop Culture Prodigal
If you’re here, you’re probably somewhat familiar with pop culture. Odds are good that you’ve also heard the story of the Prodigal Son. You may have

Screaming About ‘Queens’
Roughly two decades ago, when I was asked by an out-of-town group to speak on popular entertainment, I’d fill half of my suitcase with VHS

A Playmate’s Second Thoughts
Holly Madison rose to fame first as a model for Playboy and later as one of the main stars of the E! reality series The

Getting Goosebumps at the Box Office
Fall is in the air. In many parts of the country, people are kicking aside their shorts and sliding into their wool sweaters, dumping their

Are Christian Films the New Roman Road? Woodlawn’s Jon Erwin Thinks So.
The Plugged In team has literally screened thousands of movies—and sometimes a moviemaker brings a film right to our very own campus. But when filmmaker

The Clock Ticks, The Tech Pile Grows
One pleasant advantage of having a few years under my belt, is the ability to drone on endlessly about my phenomenal, life-changing adventures in the

The Martian Sears Pan
In his review of Pan, Mashable’s Josh Dickey said that Pan was “so bad, so resoundingly rotten in every way, that you should absolutely leave
Emojis Leave Me Feeling (Insert Confused Face Here)
In an effort to give users a little more flexibility with how they respond to their friends’ missives, Facebook is testing a small set of

Selfies Jump the Shark
What’s more dangerous: sharks or taking pictures of yourself? Now, you might think that those seemingly ferocious feeding machines Discovery Channel spends a week chronicling

Learning about Learning from a Girl Who Was Told She Shouldn’t
I hate to admit this, but I was not a great student in high school. Not that I didn’t get good grades, but while my
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