On Oct. 30, the Pokémon Company International released the mobile game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket globally.    As someone who has been collecting the Pokémon TCG since I was 5 years old,...

I’ll start by saying that I am completely aware that this film is not fully accurate. However, this film stands as one of the most entertainingly crafted and sharply made real-life biopics in the last...

Contrary to popular belief, free speech zones do not actually protect free speech everywhere. Funny enough, they were created to do just the opposite. In response to the 1960s Berkeley Free Speech Movement...

Any person can participate in and benefit from spiritual practices without belonging to a specific religion. The first and perhaps easiest spiritual act a person can perform is service and generosity...

Released in 2013, "American Hustle" tells the true story of Melvin Weinberg, an American con-artist who transitioned into a federal government informant. Irving Rosenfield (Christian Bale), based on...

When turning on this movie, I assumed it would be another action-packed war film with similar attributes to “Black Hawk Down” or “Pearl Harbor.”  What I got was a surprisingly thought-provoking...

When people think “gamer” they tend to think about Call of Duty or Fortnite. That is because those two franchises have a lot of foot traffic in the gaming community. Games that tend to have themes...

The beauty of formal emails lies in the encouragement of favorable discourse. We may be flawed as humans, but in our private discourse we can strive for something better. That being said, email is not...

Late at night, I decided to put off a handful of assignments and watch an old sci-fi/thriller film called “Cube” from 1997. Let’s just say, I’ve never been more regretful of not doing my homework. The...

So, I will be honest, I think the Super Bowl is over-hyped. I know, I know. “Kierstyn you are crazy, football is the best sport and the Super Bowl is the best event of the year.” I just do not...

Groundhog Day is a celebration celebrated on Feb. 2 every year. The celebration's main focus is on a wise, ancient groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil. Every year, they drag Phil out a of deep winter's...

As someone who aspires to be an author, the question of whether literature will be around in the future hangs heavy. In my grad classes, we have talked about the future of books and how people have...