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05 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Arthur Lee’s Column

            I have no soul.
            The devil was simply too seductive. It presented itself in the irresistible forms of untalented pop musicians. These sexily unmusical figures like Rihanna were much more fascinating than unattractive men that were actually talented. That actually knew how to play instruments. That actually wrote their own [...]

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Nitya Sreevalsan’s Column

            As I was driving home from school one pleasant, sunny day, I happened to look out of a window into another car. At least five people were in the car, laughing their heads off, with the windows pulled down and the radio blaring. I peered closer. Two of the people [...]

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Eric Alcott’s Movie Review

The story of Johnny Cash’s life is sometimes considered sad and depressing but also full of happiness. Director James Mangold captures these moments in the must see movie, Walk The Line.
 
Staring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and he puts as much emotion into his character as his roll in Ladder 49. Reese Witherspoon steps away [...]

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Rachel Papendick’s Mike Morelli Story

     On August 3, 2009, Mike Morelli, runner up on The Biggest Loser, spoke to the MIPA summer journalism camp at Michigan State about his weight loss experience, both on and off the show.
     Before the show began Morelli weighed 388 pounds but dropped to 181, making him a finalist on the hit [...]

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Quinn Stifler’s Mike Morelli Brief

            Mike Morelli doesn’t feel like he was just “put on earth to take up space,” and he’s certainly doing something about minimizing the space he takes up.  At the age of 18, Mike went from 388 lbs. to 181 lbs. on the reality show, The Biggest Loser. 
            “I didn’t need [...]

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Nitya Sreevalsan’s Mike Morelli Story

     After going on the NBC reality show The Biggest Loser, 18-year-old Mike Morelli lost 207 lbs.—a show record—and changed his life.
     Weighing 260 lbs. by the eighth grade, Morelli had always been overweight.
     “I’ve been overweight since I was like five,” Morelli said. “But I didn’t realize it until it started [...]

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