Nerd Factor – Page 9

05 Apr

Nerd Factor: Compartments of the Disneyverse

Nerd Factor, Opinion

Dr. Mike Robinson, LC Communication Studies Professor~

Captain America, Elsa and Darth Vader are standing in a big box retail store. It sounds like the beginning to a joke, but it’s actually a promotional poster from the end of an aisle in Target. The image was designed to draw customers over to the kids’ t-shirt section, where many potential purchases awaited them. (more…)

22 Mar

Science With Hannah: 5 Ways to Improve Studying

Nerd Factor, Opinion

Hannah Narvaez ~ Staff Blogger

As students we know it all too well—that hell that is about to rain down during the final two weeks of the semester. But don’t lose hope!

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22 Feb

Nerd Factor: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Nerd Factor, Opinion

Dr. Mike Robinson ~ LC Communication Studies Professor

The proof that we are in a new golden age of superhero television is best demonstrated by the weekly block of programming on the CW.

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28 Sep

Nerd Factor: S.H.I.E.L.D Goes Ghost

Nerd Factor, Opinion

Dr Mike Robinson ~ LC Communication Studies Professor

Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returned for its fourth season last week by highlighting one of the weirder characters out there, Ghost Rider. By focusing on the Spirit of Vengeance, the show may finally be living up to its potential as a gateway to the various corners of the Marvel Universe (MU).

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07 Sep

Nerd Factor: To Boldly Go Where No Show Has Gone Before

Nerd Factor, Opinion

Dr. Clifton W Potter ~ LC History Professor

When Dr. Hopwood left Virginia Christian College in 1910, his place was taken by Dr. S.T. Willis who resigned in 1912. The third president of the college, Dr. G.O. Davis had served as vice president and financial agent before he assumed the chief leadership position in an administration haunted by the less than orthodox monetary policies of Josephus Hopwood. He resigned in June 1915.

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16 Nov

Nerd Factor: Should The World End

College Life, Nerd Factor, Opinion, Uncategorized

Dr , Clifton W. Potter ~ LC History Professor

You don’t have to spend much time on social media today to see that some people figure the end of civilization is nigh. Don’t despair, Hornets. If everything ends, you’ve got your liberal arts education to back you up in the Mad Max-style world of the post-apocalypse. Let’s put it in terms you’ll find familiar.

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