It’s weird to think that we’ve reached the final issue of The Brock Press for this academic year and we managed to deliver it completely online for the first time ever. If you told me when I was reassigned to my role as News Editor in early 2020 that I would have to...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry Niagara Region Public Health (NRPH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in student residences at Brock University. After learning the number of individuals tested positive for COVID-19 went from one person last Wednesday to 10 on...
Photo Credit: Civiconnect The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on life for us all. Young people have been hit especially hard by the pandemic, but little is known about just how this unprecedented year has affected them specifically. Civiconnect is...
Photo Credit: Khara Woods via Unsplash Several deadlines are approaching for applications to various funding streams of the St. Catharines Cultural Investment Program (SCCIP). The program offers annual funding through several program streams, serving diverse...
Staff Superlatives: The Brock Press 2020-2021 Most likely to sneak an Oxford comma into their articles: Jonah Dayton Most likely to become Prime Minister one day: Noah Nickel Most likely to become a professional athlete: Jonah Dayton Most likely to conjure a 2,000...
Find out what each member of the staff wanted to be when they grew up, and whether they’ve stuck to it or no. Emma Kirwin - What You Wanted to be When You Grew Up:Composer What You Want to be Now:Lawyer/Entrepreneur Noah Nickel - What You Wanted to be When You...
Photo Credit: Mackenzie Gerry Despite winning an OUA championship and making it all the way to the national championship game just over a year ago, the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team will look dramatically different whenever they next take the court. ...
Photo Credit: Craig Whitehead via Unsplash Staff Contribution Emma Kirwin - Pre-pandemic life kind of grosses me out, in more ways than one. I definitely think I’ll be a mask-wearer even after the vaccine. I have gone all year without so much as a...
I still remember the first time that I realized that COVID-19 might end up being a little bit of a big deal. I was in a friend’s basement and we were having a Grammy’s watch party, we were eating junk food and complaining about how few actual awards had been handed...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com While it was fairly big news in the online circles I run in (**cough** **cough**, Twitter) many of you probably aren’t aware of the recent passing of Jessica Walter. Walter was an actress who, having just recently turned 80...
Photo Credit: Brock DART When Brock’s DART company first began thinking about the spring MainStage, they thought that in-person rehearsal was on the table. Director Gyllian Raby’s vision for Fever/Dream initially started off as a slapstick comedy with...
Photo Credit: Piotr Cichosz via Unsplash Zero Chill is a 10-episode Netflix show that I watched specifically because I knew it was going to be bad. It’s a family show, centered around the character of Kayla MacBentley, who has to leave everything behind...
For a while there I really didn’t think I’d be able to do it, but somehow I managed to write 2,000-ish words per week for 24 editions of The Brock Press’ Sports & Wellness Section… without any Brock sports to write about. Historically, my section’s storylist has...
Photo Credit: Andre Hunter via Unsplash The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and Kyle Lowry still remains a Raptor, at least for the rest of this season. It certainly seemed like he had played his last game on Wednesday after flashing a somber peace sign to...
