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The News Section in the October Issue

Lizzy Kilbride and Kelly Saiz
News Editors

Over the past month we have been busy putting together the news section. We are excited to welcome Lizzy Kilbride onto our editorial staff!

Because October is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness, we’ve dedicated space to covering these issues. We also have an article on the Polo Foundation, founded by senior Isa Carillo in support of horse slaughter prevention. Awareness is a key trend of the October issue and is echoed in the editorial.

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Needtobreathe

Whitney Gulden
We’re going from a hard metal band to a Christian rock band. Ever heard of Needtobreathe? While the song that most recently made them catch my eye was Something Beautiful, they are most well known for a couple of their older songs. Originally from Needtobreathe’s second album The Heat (released in 2007), the song More Time was featured in the 2007 movie P.S. I Love You.

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Stone Sour’s “Through Glass”

Whitney Gulden
Through Glass’ is really a very angry song. It’s me basically calling ‘bullshit’ on pretty much everyone involved with the ‘American Idol’-type shows. It has its place, but when you’re basically cornering the market and making it very hard for anyone who actually writes their own music to get ahead, then it’s wrong and that’s really why I wrote this song,”

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Iron Man 2

Charlie Dorf

Walking out of Iron Man 2, I realized I got exactly what I had expected going in. That’s not to say that my expectations were poor, they were just simple. Iron Man 2, like many big name sequels, such as James Bond’s Quantum of Solace, went the way of bigger action and explosion at the expense of storytelling and acting. However, this generalization was thankfully not entirely true. Though some of the plethora of supporting performances were weak and the story was far more decentralized and unfocused than the first, Robert Downey Jr. once again captured Tony Stark to the letter, while director Jon Favreau brought the film’s level of action up to a more entertaining if somewhat ridiculous level.

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Kick-Ass delivers exactly what it promises and more

Charlie Dorf

As far as comic book movies go, they are generally a mixed bunch, ranging from cinematic greatness (The Dark Night), to missed opportunities (Watchman), to absolute garbage (Spiderman 3, The Ghost Rider). Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, in this reviewer’s humble opinion, the best comic book movie ever made. With crass yet witty dialogue, great performances across the board, stylized and seamless cinematography, and some of the most brutal (and awesome) action of I ever seen, this movie kicks a whole lot of ass…

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