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  • It’s raining. Of course it is. It had been forecasted for a while now.   It should have been obvious, The wisps of white that mimed Paul’s Revere, The temperature reaching a fever pitch, The air itself seemed to sweat so that the Earth Must wipe it all away, leaving a gray streak in its…

    Silver and Gold- Joshua Droll

  • I am pressing this pen to paper  Forcing ink to spill and smudge  Constant pressure in one spot  Tears through several pages    I want to translate my thoughts into words  But I have exhausted the alphabet  Racing sentences too fast to be rational  I am speechless  

    Speechless by Jasmine Sylvia James

  • When I was 7, I feared the dark  The monsters under the bed and skeletons in the closet  So I slept with a night light   When I was 14, I feared losing my sight  The flowers I would never see and faces I would never meet So I spent every possible moment under the…

    New Fears by Jasmine Sylvia James

  • By Alyssa Riley When David Gomez was four years old, his kindergarten teacher, exasperated with his inability to sit still in class, gave him watercolors to occupy his overactive mind and body. Surpassing its original purpose, this act unfolded the future of young Gomez’s promising artistic ability, one saturated by paintings, competitions and art shows. …

    The Art of Creating Peace of Heart

  • By Natalie Murphy When Mt. Joy went to social media to ask their fans to wear Halloween costumes to their concert, their very dedicated Fayetteville fans listened and delivered. The crowd didn’t miss a beat, going all out in full hair and makeup corresponding with their costumes. One group of guys even wore matching banana…

    Mt. Joy Brings Halloween Spirit to Fayetteville

  • By Marin McGrath From the first drum beat in “Lavender Haze” to the last note in “Dear Reader,” I knew this was going to be something I’d have on repeat for the foreseeable future. After a long awaited arrival, the release of “Midnights” by Taylor Swift occurred on Oct. 21 at midnight, as one would…

    Album Review: “Midnights” by Taylor Swift

  • By Alyssa Crutcher The 1975’s newest album release “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” takes solemn saxophone and piano instrumentals, groovy, upbeat drum solos, and other funky melancholic beats to compile a list of songs that move the listener with both heartache and humor.  The band’s fifth studio album is reminiscent of their older style…

    Album Review: The 1975’s “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” moves listeners with heartache and humor

  • Story by Lydia Fletcher It’s a crowded Wednesday night at Gear Gaming Store. Tables and chairs have been pushed together to accommodate around 30 people. The bright fluorescents above illuminate a game map nine players are gathered around. In hushed tones, the players attempt to agree on what to do next. Do they fight the…

    The Resurgence of DND

  • By Alyssa Riley If you are a fan of the fantastic “Daisy Jones & The Six” or “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,”  you will not be disappointed to hear that author, Taylor Jenkins Reid, has released another novel that is impossible to put down. Reid, The Number One New York Times Bestselling Author, released…

    “Carrie Soto Is Back” Book Review

  • By Alyssa Riley The three men sit relaxed at the table, a battered race car in the process of being fixed up behind them and 10 rusted shovels, a gasoline can and welding helmets at their feet. The man on the left has a cigarette nestled in his mouth. The man in the middle is…

    Kat Wilson: The Artist, The Photographer, The ‘Habitats’ Creator

  • Silver and Gold- Joshua Droll

    It’s raining. Of course it is. It had been forecasted for a while now.   It should have been obvious, The wisps of white that mimed Paul’s Revere, The temperature reaching a fever pitch, The air itself seemed to sweat so that the Earth Must wipe it all away, leaving a gray streak in its…

  • Speechless by Jasmine Sylvia James

    I am pressing this pen to paper  Forcing ink to spill and smudge  Constant pressure in one spot  Tears through several pages    I want to translate my thoughts into words  But I have exhausted the alphabet  Racing sentences too fast to be rational  I am speechless  

  • New Fears by Jasmine Sylvia James

    When I was 7, I feared the dark  The monsters under the bed and skeletons in the closet  So I slept with a night light   When I was 14, I feared losing my sight  The flowers I would never see and faces I would never meet So I spent every possible moment under the…

  • The Art of Creating Peace of Heart

    By Alyssa Riley When David Gomez was four years old, his kindergarten teacher, exasperated with his inability to sit still in class, gave him watercolors to occupy his overactive mind and body. Surpassing its original purpose, this act unfolded the future of young Gomez’s promising artistic ability, one saturated by paintings, competitions and art shows. …

  • Mt. Joy Brings Halloween Spirit to Fayetteville

    By Natalie Murphy When Mt. Joy went to social media to ask their fans to wear Halloween costumes to their concert, their very dedicated Fayetteville fans listened and delivered. The crowd didn’t miss a beat, going all out in full hair and makeup corresponding with their costumes. One group of guys even wore matching banana…

  • Album Review: “Midnights” by Taylor Swift

    By Marin McGrath From the first drum beat in “Lavender Haze” to the last note in “Dear Reader,” I knew this was going to be something I’d have on repeat for the foreseeable future. After a long awaited arrival, the release of “Midnights” by Taylor Swift occurred on Oct. 21 at midnight, as one would…

  • Album Review: The 1975’s “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” moves listeners with heartache and humor

    By Alyssa Crutcher The 1975’s newest album release “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” takes solemn saxophone and piano instrumentals, groovy, upbeat drum solos, and other funky melancholic beats to compile a list of songs that move the listener with both heartache and humor.  The band’s fifth studio album is reminiscent of their older style…

  • The Resurgence of DND

    Story by Lydia Fletcher It’s a crowded Wednesday night at Gear Gaming Store. Tables and chairs have been pushed together to accommodate around 30 people. The bright fluorescents above illuminate a game map nine players are gathered around. In hushed tones, the players attempt to agree on what to do next. Do they fight the…

  • “Carrie Soto Is Back” Book Review

    By Alyssa Riley If you are a fan of the fantastic “Daisy Jones & The Six” or “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,”  you will not be disappointed to hear that author, Taylor Jenkins Reid, has released another novel that is impossible to put down. Reid, The Number One New York Times Bestselling Author, released…

  • Kat Wilson: The Artist, The Photographer, The ‘Habitats’ Creator

    By Alyssa Riley The three men sit relaxed at the table, a battered race car in the process of being fixed up behind them and 10 rusted shovels, a gasoline can and welding helmets at their feet. The man on the left has a cigarette nestled in his mouth. The man in the middle is…