May 10, 2025

Have we all become nerds

BY SCOTT BLINKHORN There has never been a better time to be a nerd. Gone are the days when the label could mean bullying or harassment. Now it is a label of pride for millions and elements of geek culture have even become mainstream. Only a few decades ago it was normal for someone who preferred video games to sports, or science documentaries to cartoons, to be ruthlessly picked on … Continued

Divergent makes for an easy read

BY DEVON HAYES If you are a fan of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner, Divergent should be right up your alley. The biggest hype right now in fiction is Veronica Roth’s Divergent series. With the upcoming March release of the first book’s film adaptation, it seemed fitting to give the first of the young adult novels a shot. Roth was just in her early 20s when she wrote … Continued