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Penguin Book Nook with The Public Library

Opinion Web-exclusiveApril 25, 2024April 24, 2024 4 0

Nonfiction Review The Survivors of the Clotilda: the Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin | Although the slave trade was banned by...

Countdown hits zero

Editorial Goodbye LettersApril 25, 2024April 24, 2024 6 0

I came to The Jambar with an interest in going into reporting but a novice in creating print and broadcast journalism. Alongside that, I was a history major, whereas everyone...

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For the last time

Editorial Goodbye LettersApril 25, 2024April 24, 2024 7 0

This is the last piece I’ll publish in The Jambar as editor-in-chief. It may be my last as a staff writer. Regardless of what my future holds, I’m taking a...

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Goodbye Stranger

Editorial Goodbye LettersApril 25, 2024April 24, 2024 4 0

I can be a very sappy person, I think. I try to appreciate all things in my life, big and small. I often hold onto memories, even if they seem...

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Checking out

Column OpinionApril 18, 2024April 17, 2024 5 0

By Alison Butz / The Jambar Oftentimes, I am sitting in front of my laptop trying to write a paper, and I find myself stuck. With it being so close...

Penguin book nook with The Public Library

OpinionApril 18, 2024April 17, 2024 6 0

Nonfiction My Side of the River: A Memoir by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez | At the age of 15, U.S.-born Elizabeth witnessed her immigrant parents be deported to their home country...

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Editorial Opinion

Another live-action flop

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024

The Jambar In the past decade, there has been a rise of live-action recreations of animated TV shows and movies….

Column Opinion

Penguin Book Nook with The Public Library

April 11, 2024April 10, 2024

Nonfiction How to Be a Renaissance Woman: the Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity by Jill Burke | Reveals…

Editorial Opinion

Hidden ears in the auto industry

April 11, 2024April 10, 2024

Youngstown State University is a commuter college. According to Preliminary 14th Day Enrollment data from fall 2022, over 96% of…

Column Opinion

Let’s talk music

April 11, 2024April 10, 2024

By Matthew Sotlar / The Jambar Hopefully, the title gave away what this week’s column will be about. Without further…

Editorial Opinion

Greatest songs of the 1980s

April 4, 2024April 3, 2024

Over 44 years ago, the 1980s ushered in a new era of music with genres such as hip-hop, new wave,…

Column Opinion

Revenge of the sequels

April 4, 2024April 3, 2024

By Alison Butz / The Jambar I have recently been watching the 2021 spin off of the children’s sitcom “iCarly,”…