Only Revolutions Book Review

When one approaches any novel by Danielewski, they usually expect innovative typography mixed with the author’s surprising prose. This was shown in his first book, House of Leaves, where he manipulated the text on the page to express ideas, thoughts, metaphors, and plot. Yet as one picks up Only Revolutions, the typography offers less of an art form and more of a daunting task the reader must traverse. This mixed with Danielewski playing with prose till it becomes metaphoric clatter makes Only Revolutions a disappointing and even tiring book.

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“End Piracy Not Liberty”

Yesterday, January 18^th, websites were “blacked out.” Why? Two words: SOPA and PIPA.

SOPA and PIPA: the two words or acronyms that have been taking over on newsfeeds and dashboards. Two words which represent two bills that could very well change the nation and impact the world.
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Ohio man sets his rare animals free

An exotic animal owner, Mr. Thompson  sets his animals free after he finds out he is deep in debt, and he knew there was no way he could pay it off. The man was just out of prison and from the past he had been accused animal abuse. What makes animal lovers around the world upset is why and how could a man with such a bad background, especially with animals, be allowed to keep exotic wild animals. Deputies killed 48 animals, including: 18 rare Bengal tigers, 17 lions, and eight bears. Katie Rees, a sophomore, had a strong opinion about this.

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He said She said: Just another rumor

This is a way of life that can’t be changed. Once someone hears a rumor, they can’t take it back. Even as time goes on in high school and students know many more people and have more reputations and opinions, it doesn’t seem to matter; people still like to spread rumors. Look at the people who spread rumors in school today. What really makes them want to spread a rumor? A new freshman here at University who wants to remain anonymous gave me the

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Geslin’s Farewell

OI! You whippersnappers listen up! As many of you know (or should know by now) my name is Alex D. Geslin (Or Alexander Daniel Geslin). After five years in this god-awful depressing little hole, or as we’ve come to know it… “University High School”, I’ll finally be leaving and taking my place in the “Real World.” I’ve been asked to write a farewell article to the student body, so here goes. … Continue Reading

How Star Wars Changed my Life

“Space, the final frontier….” Wait, wrong franchise… “Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doctor Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished…” No, that’s not it either… “This is an SOS distress call from the mining ship Red Dwarf…” hmm, what about “It was the dawn of the third age of mankind…” Oh, come on, I should know this…. “In the not-too-distant future way down in Deep 13, Dr. Forrester and TV’s Frank were hatching an Evil Scheme.” Funny, but no. “The Cylons were created by Man. They rebelled. They evolved. They look and feel human. Some are programmed to think they are human. There are many copies. And they have a plan.” Not that one either…. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” THAT’S THE CORRECT ONE! When you’ve been around as long as I have, and seen enough Science Fiction, it does start to run together, but that’s not why I’m writing this…

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Geslin’s Review Angle #2 (Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi)

Geslin’s Review Angle (Like a Corner, But BETTER!) #2

YouTube/DVD Video: Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi – A Fan Commentary/Documentary Series

Greetings and Salutations! Geslin here, with my review of what I affectionately like to call “The Original Star Wars Trilogy Audio/Visual Commentary/Documentary… Trilogy, comprised of ‘Star Wars Begins (Episode IV – A New Hope) ‘Building Empire’ (Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) and ‘Returning to Jedi’ (Episode VI – Return of the Jedi/Revenge of the Jedi) In July of 2005 Jamie Benning, also known as Jambe Davdar on youtube, began working on ‘BUILDING EMPIRE’; the A/V commentary for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. And eight months and far too many resources to count later, he released “Building Empire on youtube, and various BitTorrent Sites. This was followed by Returning to Jedi in January of 2007, and Star Wars Begins in February of 2011. (A long wait for the fans of the first two documentaries, myself included)

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One Nerd’s Opinion… #2 Limewire – Thankfully gone, but unfortunately not forgotten.

We’ve all heard about Limewire, and let’s be totally honest, many of us have used it (Even though it’s a crappy, poorly developed program filled with more virus’s then a top secret military testing facility in southern Nevada.) And those of us who are either Pro or Anti Limewire have both been saddened, and overjoyed at the news of Limewire’s shutdown. On September 30, 2010, a notice was posted on the Limewire site, stating that Limewire was under a court order to stop distributing the Limewire software. Now, this is both a major victory and a major defeat for those who are involved in the file-sharing world.

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Attention students!!! you teachers are not who they appear to be

Students pay attention! We have been going to class for years, but no one has ever bothered to investigate just who it is that we are being taught by. Thankfully the Pawprint reporters have been busy uncovering just who our teachers really are. This knowledge will empower the reader to make smart decisions in their classes.

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Literary battle

Every year the elementary and part of the middle school hosts a competition, an individual signs up, and they get assigned a team. They compete against other teams from the school, and if they win they get to compete against teams from other schools. The competition encourages reading and the retaining of information. It has become a huge competition that schools all over Greely participate in. As a result of this competition, the younger generations have become more literate and more willing to read. The same cannot be said of high school students who do not read by choice, or even when assigned to them. When asked if co … Continue Reading