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Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Facebook has come under fire. It was recently discovered that during the 2016 presidential election, political research firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of 87 million of the site’s users. Multiple other allegations of privacy violations by the site have since surfaced. On April 10 and 11, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, March 20, 2018
I’ve been obsessed with finding the best slice of pizza in the country for as long as I can remember. I grew up on the Jersey Shore, just a short ferry ride from New York. Over the years, I’ve been to every famous pizza place — good and bad — across the City and North
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, February 27, 2018
On Feb. 14, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people were killed. It was the eighth school shooting this year to result in injury or death, an event that has become distressingly common in the United States. But unlike other shootings, this one has not faded from
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, February 13, 2018
I don’t particularly care for hockey. I have always thought skiing and snowboarding are a little overrated. The luge absolutely terrifies me. I don’t understand curling, and I have absolutely no idea what ice dancing is. But for the next two weeks, I’m going to watch every second of these sports — every second of
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, January 30, 2018
We’re just five days away from the biggest sporting event of the year. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. While most analysts expect the Patriots to win, they also believe it will be a close and exciting game. I’m an Eagles fan. I’ve loved this
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The 75th Annual Golden Globes, which aired on Jan. 7, were marked by a powerful display of support for the Time’s Up movement against sexual assault and harassment. Allegations of sexual abuse by producer Harvey Weinstein, which first surfaced in October of 2017, have since shed light on the epidemic of abuse in Hollywood, with
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, November 8, 2017
When I was younger and would learn something unfortunate about one of my heroes, such as when I found out someone I looked up to wasn’t as perfect as I believed them to be, my father would offer me some advice. He’d tell me that nobody, even someone we look up to, is perfect. He’d
Patrick McKelvey | Monday, October 9, 2017
For the first time since 2006, North American summer box-office revenue will not reach four billion dollars. Ticket sales will have fallen 16 percent since last year — the largest drop in the modern movie era. Franchise films like “The Mummy” and “Transformers 5”performed far below expectations. Though “Wonder Woman” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” both received
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, October 4, 2017
This week marks the beginning of the 2017 MLB postseason, and if it’s anything like the regular season, we’re in for some amazing baseball. For just the sixth time in the over 100-year history of the MLB, three teams had a 100-win season — the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, September 20, 2017
This September, hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated much of the Caribbean and southern United States. Irma’s violent winds leveled the islands of Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Martin. It left 15 million in Florida without power. Harvey destroyed 100,000 homes in and around Houston. All told, it’s estimated that damages from the two storms will exceed