The COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand for psychics and fortune-tellers, who are seeing more clients and making more money than ever before, according to an article published by the New York Post. People are more prone to seek help during times of uncertainty and despair. New York medium, Marion Hedger said they doubled their weekly earnings and saw a 35% increase in clients since the pandemic began.
Read MoreThis year’s annual drama competition took place on Saturday, Feb. 27 with the prompt to script and perform an original live-action drama of a Bible character(s)’s freshman year at King’s in modern-day New York City. The House of C.S. Lewis came in first place, followed by the House of Margaret Thatcher in second and the House of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in third.
Read MoreThe McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute hosted SkepTech, a virtual webinar, last Thursday with bestselling author and political commentator David French.
Read MoreKing’s announced the promised, formal process in which House members can choose to retire and change a house namesake if they choose. Dean Leedy made the long-awaited announcement in an email sent out to the King’s community on Monday, March 1.
Read MoreA new grant will provide up to $15 billion in financial relief to revive theater programs across New York City, although most college programs will not be significantly impacted, officials said.
Read MoreAfter two weeks of campaigning and debating, current SBP Colin Phillips announced at noon on Wednesday that next year’s SBP will be Brent Buterbaugh. Catherine Blanco and Victoria Fisher were Buterbaugh’s opponents for the position. Seventy-three percent of the student body voted in this year’s election and a run-off was not necessary as Buterbaugh claimed over fifty percent of the votes.
Read MoreOn Friday, the SBP race continued with the “Bananza.” The event served as a fun and casual way for the student body to get to know their candidates better.
Read MoreThe wild ride of the video game retailer GameStop’s stock has been the biggest financial story of early February. On Jan. 4, the stock was valued at $19 per share. 24 days later, the stock price hit $483 per share. From the start of 2021 to the stock’s highest point, the stock endured a 2442% percent increase. However, the reason for GameStop’s astronomical rise has little to do with the company’s performance.
Read MoreTKC Musicals hosted Crashing into Silence this past weekend, an original “Zoomsical”, where students were able to share vulnerable stories of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected them.
The musical was performed virtually over Zoom, hence the name ‘Zoomusical.’ The show included pre-taped as well as live segments of songs and monologues which centered around the cast member’s personal stories of what they experienced when the pandemic hit America in spring of 2020.
Read MoreTuesday’s Student Body Presidential debate featuring Catherine Blanco, Victoria Fisher and Brent Buterbaugh marked the first major campaign event in the presidential race. The topics of debate ranged from COVID-19 policy, diversity in the King’s community, the importance of athletics and incorporating remote students into more events.
Read MoreAs a part of King’s’ Black History Month Address, Dr. Lucas Morel, Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, held a virtual lecture on Feb. 11, highlighting the life of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The address was titled, “Frederick Douglass: The Making of an American.”
Read MoreBrent Buterbaugh, Catherine Blanco and Victoria Fisher have officially announced their campaigns for student body president via a King’s-wide email from current SBP Colin Phillips.
The candidates can begin campaigning and sharing their platforms by email to the student body this weekend.
Read MoreThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be making history this Sunday, Feb. 7, as they become the first team in the National Football League (NFL) to play in a Super Bowl on their home field.
Read MoreOn March 12, 2020, Broadway abruptly shut down, preventing 16 shows from opening and closing over 41 theaters. According to The New York Times, the initial shutdown was only supposed to last until April 12, but the opening date kept being pushed back. Now, Broadway is scheduled to keep its doors closed until May 2021.
According to Broadway League, more tickets were sold to Broadway shows in the 2018-2019 year than the 10 professional NYC metro-area sports teams combined, including the Mets, the Yankees and the Rangers. On top of the number of tickets Broadway sells, they contributed another additional $14.7 billion dollars to New York City’s economy.
Read MoreIt’s 70 degrees—almost too warm for midday November. A slight breeze whisks in from the East River but pedestrians barely need a sweater for a lunch outside in the sun.
With the cafeteria closed on the third floor of the 56 Broadway Building that The King’s College shares with the United Federation of Teachers, students, staff and faculty have to either pack a lunch when visiting campus or brave the outside world and navigate the Pandemic dynamics of closed businesses, social distancing and hyper sanitized environments as they locate lunch-time sustenance.
Read MoreI was a college freshman when I attended a concert. I saw the alternative rock group Vundabar perform with Indigo DeSouza and Sidney Gish. While others moshed and laughed, I spent most of the night blocking a man who groped me from behind. The memory stayed with me for months. When I scroll through my camera roll and see photos from that night, I can still feel the heat of his body.
Read MoreSeventeen American music awards, seven Guinness World Records and two singles at no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart all won by a group from South Korea. The K-pop group, BTS, has been breaking records globally, and are named the “most influential” by Time Magazine.
Read MoreAccording to the Rockefeller Center website, the Rockefeller Center is utilizing a “live tree cam” as well as “virtual queuing” to control crowd numbers. Visitors are expected to wear masks at all times and follow social distancing precautions, including standing within six-foot diameter circle decals. Specially trained staff and the NYPD are present to ensure a safe experience. Once they are in the viewing-zone, guests have five minutes to take photos and enjoy the beloved holiday tree-dition.
Read MoreOlivia Bolling stood under the golden lights on the cobbled streets of Via Por Santa Maria in the Italian city of Florence, glitter shining from the corners of her eyelids, and a small grin stuck to her face.
She was about halfway through filming her short film, Sticky, for a class project. It came as no surprise to her friends that this four-minute, 37-second film would go on to win the BIFF's—Brooklyn Independent Film Festival—Best Student Film Award for 2020, which had around 500 entries this year.
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