It was snowy outside, the chill coming in through my mittens and up my wrists, and all I want was a good hot chocolate. And I knew if I crawled down a flight of stairs leading from Kellogg Street and entered...

  Smartwatches and fitness trackers seem to be all the rage these days, with new ones popping up seemingly every single week from companies like Fitbit, Jawbone, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and Apple. Typically,...

In case you’ve forgotten, I choose what books to read based on the cover art and how steampunk the title font is.  I was skeptical of The Iron Thorn, by Caitlin Kittredge, because though it had a sufficiently...

The Ames High drama department has done it again with their witty and light-hearted play that recently debuted in the Ames High auditorium. The 9 different vignettes in Almost, Maine each captured diverse...

Being one to give in to the mainstream media, there was no denying I would be hopping on the Gone Girl bandwagon. As if Ben Affleck starring in the movie didn’t already seal the deal, who can resist...

My dad is a very picky reader.  He absolutely refuses to read any book that is part of an unfinished series, and thus I have made it my goal to trick him into reading as many unfinished series as possible....

Taylor Swift is known for dating Harry Styles, her horrible dancing, and songs about exes. But with her new album, “1989” she brings out a new side that no one saw coming. No more name calling anymore...

As any resourceful student would, I began my extended weekend with a trip south of the border.  Deep in the land of cacti and chihuahua lies a quaint Mexican canteen known for their succulent, buttpee-inducing...

I realize I’ve said this a lot, but I’m gonna say it again; Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger is the best book ever.  In honor of the third book in the series coming out November, 2014 I have...