Author: Gabe Carrio

Gabe is a senior at SNHU. He has a major in Creative Writing and a minor in Digital Media and Video Production. Both aid in his passion for both storytelling and filmmaking. An aspiring journalist and filmmaker, Gabe plans to make his final year on the Penmen Press his best, and to make a positive impact on the paper for years to come. When he’s not on campus or working as a cook, Gabe can be found at home planning and brainstorming, or practicing with his band Social Ghost.
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DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar is this Generation’s Tupac Shakur

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“DAMN.” is Kendrick Lamar’s first album in two years, the follow up to 2015’s “To Pimp a Butterfly.” Keeping consistent with Lamar’s tendency to not dig himself into a style rut, “DAMN.” is sonically unlike anything he’s released before. The four albums Lamar has released so far all differ from each other immensely, giving credit to his talent as an artist and the wide
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“Logan:” No More Guns In The Valley

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Released on March 3, James Mangold’s “Logan” brings the arc of Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of Wolverine to an astonishing close. Never before has a superhero movie elicited such a visceral and emotional reaction from moviegoers everywhere. It’s gritty, it’s grounded and it’s sad. Set in 2029, “Logan” starts off with a brutal introduction as to where our hero is at now. Over 200 years
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Modern Baseball’s “Holy Ghost”

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Modern Baseball, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a four-piece rock band with seriously heavy punk influences. I liken them to Interpol, Kings of Leon and early The Killers. Their fourth album, “Holy Ghost” is a half-hour long experience that switches back and forth between feeling somber and pining, and having a loud, good time. Really though, the somber feeling is underlying in every song.
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Netflick of the Week “Black Mirror”

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Originally a British show lasting two seasons on the network Channel 4 (2011-14), “Black Mirror” was picked up by Netflix in 2016 and given a third season. The series is heavily science-fiction based, while also taking place in a grounded reality (most of the time). The show gets its title from the themes it deals with. “Black Mirror” presents issues and ideas about technology
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“Battlefield 1” Brings the Franchise Back to Glory

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Set during the infamous first World War, also known as the Great War when it was ac­tually happening, “Battlefield 1” hopes to do the horror and sense of awe the time period gave justice. And it succeeds at doing just that. “Battlefield 1” is the best game in the franchise to date, topping excellent entries like “Battlefield 3” and possibly surpassing “Battlefield 1942” and
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“Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist” A Powerful Narrative with Seven Voices

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Sunil Yapa’s debut novel tells a fictionalized version of the events of the 1999 Seattle protests on the World Trade Organization. Told in alternat­ing limited third-person, the novel follows seven very differ­ent characters that all experi­ence the same day. Over the course of the novel, readers follow nineteen-year-old Victor (a black run­away), police chief Bishop (Vic­tor’s white stepfather), King (a female twenty-something pro­testor), Officers
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