BY JOHN BILLINGER Happy New Year. Christmas has passed, and with it also passes the only days of winter that I actually enjoy. Winter, in…
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Category: Opinion
Retro Review: Tokyo Godfathers
BY JOHN CARTER JR On Christmas Eve in Tokyo, three misfit homeless people (Hana, Gin, and Miyuki) attend a nativity play as they attempt to…
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Retro Review: Olive the Other Reindeer
BY JOHN CARTER JR Released by Fox on December 17, 1999, Olive the Other Reindeer is a musical television film directed by Oscar Moore and…
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Heart of a Tiger: Retrospective – My first five years as president
Dec. 18, 2017, was my first day as president of Fort Hays State University. Five years. Wow. As the fifth-year anniversary date approached, I took time to reflect on this wonderful…
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Have you seen… Jack Frost (1998)
BY JOHN BILLINGER We’re now at the point where Christmas is just a few days away, but at this current time, we’ve yet to have…
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Retro Review: Rise of the Guardians
BY JOHN CARTER JR Released October 10th, 2012, Dreamworks animation’s Rise of the Guardians features characters often found in the imaginings of children. With some…
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Retro Review: Erased
BY JOHN CARTER JR Spoiler Alert for the Erased anime (based on the English Dub) Sachiko Fujinuma, 52, is found dead by her son Satoru,…
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Have you seen… Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas (2014)
BY JOHN BILLINGER If only this movie were as good as the poster. Christmas is not only a time of snow and gift-giving. It is…
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Retro Review: The Year Without A Santa Claus
BY JOHN CARTER JR Based on the 1957 children’s book by Phyllis McGinley of the same name, The Year Without A Santa Claus, starring Shirley…
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Heart of a Tiger: Brendan Chapman
I am always inspired by our students’ stories. Listening to Brendan Chapman at a recent donor reception did not disappoint. I found his story filled…
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