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Online Publication Resumes Next Month

December 17, 2009 Matt Akins Leave a comment

The South Side Story will resume online publication at the beginning of second semester. All students will be able to comment on and discuss articles. We will begin taking news article and column submissions from South students and posting them for all to see. More details will be available soon.

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The Overachiever

December 15, 2008 Matt Akins 1 comment

The noise level in the room was deafening. It seemed like everyone in this sea of upperclassmen was talking instead of learning. Only one student seemed to be working. Her pencil moved in time with her thoughts. She seemed oblivious to the chaos around her. Papers flew as assignments were finished, only a small demonstration of junior Bryce O’Tierney’s drive for academic success.

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Solace Goes Sour

December 10, 2008 Matt Akins 3 comments
Daniel Craig is a younger, hipper Bond.

Daniel Craig is a younger, hipper Bond.

Like most film franchise reboots, 2006’s “Casino Royale” took James Bond down a darker path and started at the beginning of the character’s history, a tactic very similar to “Batman Begins.” Royale was met with great success, as was “Batman Begins.” Each respective film provided new actors for the Starbucks generation.

Previous Bond films were plagued with a tongue-in-cheek cheesiness, rendering viewers like myself to take it seriously. They seemed to be a serious of ridiculous action sequences that contributed nothing to the hazy idea producers called a plot.

Royale used action only when it was necessary, following true to the original Bond novel penned by Ian Flemming. Character development was beautiful, and James became a living and breathing person, not a superhero.

Quantum of Solace takes strides backwards for the series. The producer, Michael G. Wilson, arbitrarily decided to go with a plot he came up with by himself during the filming of Royale. The title of the movie also seemed to be an incredibly stupid decision. It was the title of a short story created by Flemming, but the plot of this excuse for a movie had nothing to do with it. Read more…