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Author: Sam MacKay

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Sam MacKay the UConn student is not cool enough for a Google headline

  • Posted on November 20, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

  My Dis­mal Foot­print… When I input Samuel MacK­ay into Google, there is lit­tle to dis­tin­guish me from the appar­ent­ly numer­ous oth­er Samuel MacK­ays that exist on the World Wide Web. I share my name with an actor who has…

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From 2003–2013 the number of undecided students has decreased by over 700

  • Posted on October 30, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

    Why has the num­ber of stu­dents in the ACES Explorato­ry pro­gram dropped so much in the last ten years?

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  • Data Visualization

Strong Love: An exploration of “Simple Song” and The Shins

  • Posted on October 21, 2014October 21, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

  The Song “Sim­ple Song” by The Shins is, sim­ply put by vocal­ist and founder James Mer­cer, a love song. In an inter­view with Mag­net Mag­a­zine Mer­cer laid it out plain: ‘Sim­ple Song’ is the love song. I mean, it’s that…

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For a UConn chemistry major, the future lies close to home in Connecticut

  • Posted on October 16, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

For many col­lege stu­dents who are also Con­necti­cut res­i­dents, the lofty tax­es and top‑5 cost of liv­ing and doing busi­ness in state are dri­ving them to look else­where for their futures. In fact, Con­necti­cut ranks sec­ond only to Illi­nois, with…

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Colin Cowherd gives you his two cents on ESPN’s The Thundering Herd

  • Posted on October 1, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

As some­one who rarely lis­tens to the grainy radio out­put on my dai­ly com­mute to and fro, I like the crisp and clean qual­i­ty of a pod­cast ready to play when­ev­er I want. As my main inter­est in life is…

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  • Photography

Photos: Escape to the William Benton Museum of Art and a kitchen artist at work

  • Posted on September 25, 2014October 22, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

The William Ben­ton Muse­um of Art is an often unno­ticed build­ing on the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut’s cam­pus, hous­ing an ever chang­ing exhi­bi­tion of art from around the coun­try. Locat­ed direct­ly across the green from the UConn Stu­dent Union, The Benton…

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  • Photo Gallery

Injuries plague fantasy owners over the first three weeks of the NFL season

  • Posted on September 25, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

If you are one of the esti­mat­ed 41 mil­lion peo­ple in the U.S. or Cana­da who are par­tic­i­pat­ing in fan­ta­sy sports in 2014, you are no doubt heav­i­ly invest­ed in the health and per­for­mance of the ros­ter of play­ers on…

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The College Reel: A Casual Snapshot of Movies From Theaters Past, Present and Future

  • Posted on September 18, 2014September 18, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

Guys, enough wad­ing through count­less web­sites full of starchy, high-brow reviews to choose a movie. It’s time that your next view­ing expe­ri­ence — whether it be On-Demand or in the­aters — gets dropped right in your face. I don’t want to…

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  • Evaluating an Online Story

The Verge provides down-to-earth live coverage of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iWatch event in Cupertino, CA

  • Posted on September 11, 2014September 11, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

Is Apple on the verge of com­plete tech­no­log­i­cal dom­i­nance? It seems so, with CEO Tim Cook reveal­ing the expanse of new devel­op­ments to Apple prod­ucts com­ing to stores near you in no time. Now it’s obvi­ous that the aver­age Amer­i­can cit­i­zen was…

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  • Formatting Practice

Disaster riddled Japan has a new hot commodity: Toilet Paper!

  • Posted on September 4, 2014
  • by Sam MacKay

Sept. 3, 2014 10:39 PM EDT TOKYO — A mes­sage Japan began deliv­er­ing Mon­day is a bit unusu­al, but true enough: Don’t wait until it’s too late to think about toi­let paper. The gov­ern­ment and paper com­pa­nies kicked off a “Let’s stockpile…

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