The Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis suffered a shooting this past week on Aug. 27. The armed assailant opened fire during an active Mass attended by students of the Annunciation Catholic School, and was later found dead at the back of the church, with a gunshot wound to the head, according to NBS news.
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“Warfare” was written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, with the film being based on Mendoza's experience as a United States Navy Seal deployed during the Iraq War. In this sense, the film is a passion project, with its plot being an attempt at a faithful reenactment of an encounter he and his platoon experienced on Nov. 19, 2006, in the wake of the Battle of Ramadi.
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President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 26 that he plans to implement a new gold card program for foreign-born immigrants looking for a route to citizenship, according to AP News. Unlike previous programs, such as the green card, the gold card will be distributed via a commercial system and is set to be sold for $5 million.
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Rage bait, posts designed to anger a user with intentionally negative opinions, is common on all social media platforms. It’s a fixture of the algorithm no matter what, as engagement farming is inherently the point from a creator’s perspective. I don’t mind those kinds of posts usually, and I tend to scroll past whatever insane take that graces my screen. That was until recently when I made the apparently fatal mistake of lingering on one such post.
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While the immediate image of DEI that comes to mind is hiring people of different minority groups simply to meet a quota — in theory leading to underqualified hires simply for the sake of meeting said quota — DEI in actuality is far more nuanced than that.
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The College recently launched Visit TCNJ, a new app that allows families to virtually tour the campus themselves. The app features a virtual map of the campus in which different buildings show descriptions and videos when interacted with.
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Halsey has always been a confusing artist to me. With her 2015 debut “Badlands,” she captured my attention by creating pop music with overt themes of mental health. However, as her career progressed, she seemed to accidentally fall into making unaffecting pop hits like “Closer” and “Without Me.”
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This is all to say that, in recent years, I’ve noticed a cultural shift happening when it comes to how we listen to and engage with music. The act of casual listening, and by proxy, being a fan of said artist, is fundamentally dead — or at least severely reduced from what it used to be.
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FINNEAS, best known for his work with his sister, Billie Eilish, released his third studio album, “For Cryin’ Out Loud!” on Oct. 4. The record, coming three years after his last, is a very clear attempt to evolve his songwriting and musical inclinations to fit a more adult and contemporary style — which works to mixed effect.
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All Things Go, a music festival held in New York City and Washington DC, received the late news last week that pop star Chappell Roan would not be gracing the stage.
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