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Where Did All of the Good Superbowl Commercials Go?

Where Did All of the Good Superbowl Commercials Go?

Elliott Weix February 27, 2023

Watching the Superbowl a couple weeks ago, I realized something: the commercials weren't as much fun as I remembered. I think the moment that did it for me was a ham-fisted commercial about NFTs demanding...

GPT-3: A Chatbot Unleashed

GPT-3: A Chatbot Unleashed

Elliott Weix January 21, 2023

I'll preface this by saying I don't like AI tools all that much. But after looking at OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, I can certainly say I'm interested in AI tools. Most of my problems with them come from...

The Problem With New Years Resolutions

The Problem With New Year’s Resolutions

Elliott Weix January 21, 2023

I didn't write any resolutions for this year. I used to try to come up with goals for the year or things to check off of my bucket list, but in the past few years I've stopped. Whatever their reasons,...

What a charming skeleton. Image by Disney.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is Absolutely a Christmas Movie

Elliott Weix December 12, 2022

It's that time of year again, which means I'm digging up the oldest debate in film: Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie? First, let's define what a Christmas movie is: a movie that takes...

Rating My Classes

Rating My Classes

Elliott Weix November 21, 2022

Alrighty, it's that time of year—I get to rate my classes, and you all have to listen to me! I'm giving everything a totally arbitrary rating on a scale that I decide ad-hoc. AP Chemistry is like...

Jargon: Obstacle to Understanding or Efficient Communication?

Jargon: Obstacle to Understanding or Efficient Communication?

Jonas Sime and Elliott Weix November 18, 2022

Jargon is Exclusive By Jonas Sime So, I live near a park, it’s probably like 30 seconds away from walking distance, and I spend a good chunk of my free time there. Most of the time, I’m with my...

A Review of Don’t Worry Darling: Too Good to Be Good

Ben Arnoldussen November 16, 2022

Olivia Wilde’s latest film, which she co-stars, as well as directs, was set for big anticipation, and after releasing in theatres on September 23rd, the 2022 film was both amazing and a plane crash to...

Swifty Rates Taylor Swift’s Midnights Album (+3 AM Tracks)

Swifty Rates Taylor Swift’s Midnights Album (+3 AM Tracks)

Sophia Jiang November 13, 2022

I've been a Taylor Swift fan for years and enjoy listening to all of the songs from her many albums, so you can imagine my excitement when her 10th album, Midnights, dropped. Here are my rankings of...

Deadlines are Necessary, but Dont Need To Be Rigid

Deadlines are Necessary, but Don’t Need To Be Rigid

Jonathan Buscher November 6, 2022

Deadlines and due dates have disappeared over the past few years, especially with the challenge the COVID-19 brought to schools. However, it is time to start bringing back deadlines, at least in part,...

Local Newspapers: A Foundation of Community

Local Newspapers: A Foundation of Community

Elliott Weix November 6, 2022

There's an old adage you might be familiar with: "knowledge is power." These words ring as true today as they did in 1597, when Francis Bacon is credited with writing them. We face a sea of misinformation—and...

Non-Swifty Rates Taylor Swift’s Midnights Songs

Non-Swifty Rates Taylor Swift’s Midnights Songs

Sophia Jiang October 27, 2022

We all know that devout Swifties are falling head over heels for Taylor Swift’s Midnights album. But what are the first impressions of a non-Swiftie? My friend, a non-Swiftie who doesn’t regularly...

Best Quotes from Taylor Swifts Midnights Album

Best Quotes from Taylor Swift’s Midnights Album

Sophia Jiang October 27, 2022

All her fans met her at midnight. With 3 songs trending on Youtube, 357 million on-demand official streams, and earning 1.3 millions US dollars in just 4 days, Taylor Swift's Midnights has taken the world...

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