Volleyball win streak continues even as pressure amounts

Share: The pressure is building up as the season progresses for the PCC volleyball team. With a (10-1) record, and a 7 game win streak, everyone is out to get the team to break that streak.  “I feel like every team that plays against us,” Outside Hitter Verenice Gonzalez said. “They just want to compete against us.”  Every team in the division is out to get the Lancers, with an increased average number of kills and rallys, teams are playing harder than ever to be …

Netflix’s Squid Game is the show of the decade

Share: The new series “Squid Game” on Netflix isn’t a cinematic masterpiece, but no show is. Given each episode comes in at nearly an hour long, mastering every scene would be nearly impossible. But the show does, on occasion, have amazing cinematic sequences, with amazing camera pans, side-to-side point of view, use of color, composition, and framing. It is easily a decade worth of work.  Squid Game might be the best show in the world.  In the 4th episode, there is a scene where an …

Video games and porn is crippling a generation of young men

Share: Video games have been around for a long time and they are bigger than ever. With the popularity in esports, streaming, and social media, gaming is a new market in the economy.  In 2011, psychologist Philip Zimbardo led the case that excessive gaming is bad for social interaction and can be used as a form of escapism. Kids lose interest in sports, music and academics to focus on gaming. While some are successful, many are pitted into this extreme 14- hour day of video …

Momentum carries women’s soccer into comeback victory

Share: Momentum is an overused term in sports. A team either believes in it or they believe that good players make great plays to change the focus on the game. A touchdown from a deficit, a hot-hand in poker, a first set win in tennis. These are all examples of the “Momentum Effect”. A concept in sports that has no evidence but is undyingly understood. With a goal 30 minutes into the second quarter after trailing the opponent all game, the tide changed.  Follow: