Posts by Dillon Beckett

In less than one week, my favorite show ends its third season and then I must solemnly await its return for another 8 months. I first saw Archer while at a fellow swimmers house, and we made it through the entire first season amid outbursts of laughs at joke after politically incorrect joke. I returned to school to spread the word about this hysterical new show, only to find that many of my friends had beat me to it. As the year went on, I followed the second season, overjoyed and impressed that they kept the show so fresh and new while still keeping a very interesting.

After browsing the multiple databases, I have a good grasp on which to use and which to avoid when researching a specific topic such as the stress placed on 'enforcers' in the NFL. My first database, the Utah Digital Newspapers site, had a very slow search, and had ancient sources, some before the 1900s, all what appear to be amateur photos of the article, often illegible and confusing. I would never use this database on a serious research assignment. The second source, newsbank, was equally unhelpful.

Glaciers are rapidly receding, we are all told this over the course of our high school class be it by a classmate, teacher, or the media. However, we are only told, not shown. James Balog's poignant film Chasing Ice delivers a shudder through the audience as they truly grasp the severity of their situation. A documentary of the Extreme Ice Survey, Balog's project to study the ice sheets and the danger they face, Chasing Ice features typical film components such as score and dialogue, but what makes it unique is the amount of time lapse photography.

Senioritis is an epidemic spanning all of the United States, possibly the entire world. Described as "noun. A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic shorts, and sweatshirts. Also features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a generally dismissive attitude. The only known cure is a phenomenon known as Graduation." Senioritis takes hold of budding intellects, ready to blossom into the adult world, and crushes them underfoot.