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Internet reacts negatively to Fine Bros.

In an announcement video for a new partnership deal, React World, which was meant to highlight how far the entertainment duo Benny and Rafi Fine, the Fine Bros, have come since their YouTube channel’s inception back in 2007, the brothers incurred the wrath of the thousands online. The uproar began shortly after the Fine Bros announced their plan to license out their REACT video series, which would allow aspiring content creators to use their brand and format for 50 percent of the monetization rights on YouTube.



EA creates new event outside of E3

In EA’s new campaign to "Put Players First," a new event is being held independent from E3. Titled EA Play, the occasion is on the calendar from July 12-14, running just before E3’s showing.


Peter Molyneux Twitter hacked, emphasizes he is not retiring

In what many thought was the finale in the spectacle that is Peter Molyneux’s career in the video game industry, the figure behind the Black & White and Fable franchises, he appeared to have announced his retirement from the gaming industry via Twitter as well as the removal of his latest game, Godus, on Steam. Shortly after thanking everyone attached to Godus and attributing his latest failures in the industry to Fable 3, Molyneux’s account made yet another tweet in which he claimed to have been hacked and proceeded to debunk everything posted by the alleged hacker.


Six unique boutiques in Muncie

We’ve all been there: our closet just needs some new unique pieces, but we don’t exactly have the money to cover a high-end shopping spree.



GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio, who made a brief stop in Minneapolis for a fundraiser at the Minneapolis Club, announces a "Minnesota Leadership Team," during a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Marco Rubio on issues

Sen. Marco Rubio (R) is the son of Cuban immigrants and a law school student who came to be Florida’s youngest-ever state House speaker. Here’s where Rubio stands on some of the big issues.



LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Seasonal Affective Disorder doesn't just occur in winter

I am writing in response to Hannah Schneider’s piece, entitled, “Truth behind seasonal affective disorder” (SAD). It is great to make people aware of SAD. I would like to expand a bit beyond her writing to bring awareness to another form of SAD, one which even less people have probably heard about or realize exists — Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder.