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DOWNSHIFT: Hitler, Porsche and Southern California play role in production of Beetle Dune

September 22, 2016

Hitler, Porsche and Southern California. This may sound like a list of random nouns, but in actuality each one is directly responsible for the existence of the 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Dune. In 1934, Adolf Hitler commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to build a people’s car or “Volkswagen” in German. While the design was finalized in 1938, production didn’t really take off until after World War Two. 

Absolunacy (ABSO), a student improvisation group, will perform in two 25th reunion shows on Sept. 17 in Pruis Hall featuring current members and roughly 30 alumni. The group performs all forms of improv comedy, including short form, long form, sketch comedy and improv games. Brian Gentrup // Photo Provided
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NICK AND TIRED: Improv your life

By Nick Siano / September 19, 2016

Memories of watching “Whose Line is it Anyway?” lingered on my mind, and I knew I wanted to try out. I performed a bit in high school by way of speech and debate, but I imagined the spontaneity of improvisational comedy as this Wild West of performing.

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GENERALLY SPEAKING: Tailgate do's and don'ts

September 16, 2016

Football season is now in full swing, and before the Cardinals take the gridiron on Sept. 17, there are hundreds upon thousands of fans outside of Scheumann Stadium doing one thing — tailgating. There are certain guidelines to follow during the pregame festivities.

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TAMING OF THE SHREW: Relatable high school story gone wrong

By Bailey Shrewsbury / September 15, 2016

"The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker" by Kat Spears is the story of Luke, who gets moved from a prime DC school to live with his dad in a small town in Tennessee. The God-centered town doesn’t welcome him with open arms and he’s quite literally a fish out of water. But after a run-in with the town’s golden boy, Grant Parker, Luke is shoved to the top of the social food chain.

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NICK AND TIRED: Apple's new headache

By Nick Siano / September 14, 2016

Apple removed the traditional headphone jack from the iPhone 7, citing one word for their action: “Courage.” Truly a brave move on Apple’s part. It does take courage to flip the bird to your source of revenue.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Correcting the record

September 9, 2016

In 2012, the year I graduated high school, my mother had just moved to Indiana. When we began discussing which college I would enroll in, the goal was to spend my freshman year at a university close to where she lived and then transfer to any university I wanted to attend.

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