My alarm clock rings at 9:30 AM, sometimes I’m awake before that, other times I’m not. I call my boyfriend to wake up, right after my alarm goes off. It gives us some time to talk, since we haven’t been able to see each other due to COVID-19. After I call him, I set off…
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Peyton Tried It (At Home): The Good and The Bad of Classics As Quarantine Food
The odd times in 2020 continue. Remember in October, when students were demanding to be sent home from school due to a power outage? So now, it’s online school everyday, at home, due to Covid-19. Whether at home or at school, food is a very important part of the day. So, what are the best…
So we are now all home schoolers. But how is quarantine school different from true homeschooling?
There are many challenges surrounding us during this pandemic. Social distancing, lock-downs, and lack of human interaction are just three. But the issue that has become one of most important to students is the new state of our learning experience. As we are now all officially “homeschoolers” for the time being, it presents the question…
Covid-19 Continues The Move Away From Movie Theatres
Covid-19 has been at the center of every aspect of human life, such as politics, education, and employment. Perhaps one of the most surprising effects of the reach of Covid-19 is the toll it has taken on the movie theater and cinema industry. Since 2002, studies have shown that the movie theater attendance on average…
Game Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Worth Your Stay-At-Home Time – Guest Review from Rachel Schaffner
What makes FFVII Remake a great Remake? And is it a game to play? For starters, Final Fantasy VII Remake is exclusively for PlayStation 4 players for one year before it’s supposed release to PC players. So unfortunately to people who only have a Nintendo Switch or Xbox, they are unable to play the Remake,…
Game Review: Is A Remake of Persona 5 Worth Your Shelter-In-Place Time?
Persona 5 is the sixth installment to the JRPG series named persona. It was released in September of 2016 to Japan and released worldwide on April 4th of 2017 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Persona 5 follows your protagonist (canonically named Akira Kurusu for the manga and Ren Amamiya for the anime adaptation),…
Girls Softball Among Many Spring Sports Adjusting To COVID Life
Sports are something that many people look forward to playing, but life doesn’t always go as planned for many. This spring season of sports has been taken away just like that for everyone due to this pandemic we are facing. Many people have very different opinions based on what has impacted them personally. There are…
Running During COVID-19
During these odd times, many people are looking for things to do without the human contact. An idea I, and many others, have had is going on runs. It seems that even going on runs has changed. There is always that constant paranoia that those people you happen to pass may have contracted the coronavirus…
Camping During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On the first weekend of May, Pennsylvania legally allowed citizens to get out and go camping. After a full six weeks of shelter-in-place orders, private campgrounds were now an acceptable destination, one of only a few places people can go. I went camping with my dad, little sister, uncle, and younger cousin, a destination that…
Musical Postponed Due to COVID-19 School Closings
Not only was Friday, March 13th already a superstitious day, but school also was cancelled for two weeks. That night, the cast and crew for this year’s musical Young Frankenstein gathered for the last time before this break. To start off the night, Frau gave a speech about what may or may not happen in…