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All content by Ryan McDearmont

Surviving Spring Break

Ryan McDearmont March 8, 2013

Spring Break is fast approaching, and many Marcus students are making plans and wishing they were in college. Despite the fact that Spring Break is typically considered one of the most fun holidays of...

Funny Valentine’s Day Ideas

Ryan McDearmont February 13, 2013

Valentines Day is a special time of year, for special people with special someone's. That's why The Marquee has compiled this simple list to make this year's Valentine's Day the most special one of all. Step ...

Film Fanatic: Life of Pi Review

Film Fanatic: Life of Pi Review

Ryan McDearmont December 10, 2012

For a while, I considered myself lucky that I was never in an English class that required Life of Pi as reading for the course. I had always heard mixed opinions, mostly leaning towards the negative side....

Film Fanatic: Looper Review

Ryan McDearmont, opinion editor November 7, 2012

It’s hard to make a good time travel movie. In fact, it’s hard to make any sort of media about time travel good. The story runs the risk of becoming so cluttered with various timelines, characters...

Teacher looks back on church shooting

Teacher looks back on church shooting

ryan mcdearmont October 17, 2012

The day was September 15, 1999. A mere four months after the massacre at Columbine High School. It was a regular day for 17-year-old high school senior Amanda McKnight, a current Briarhill Middle School...

Film Fanatic: Stolen Review

Ryan McDearmont September 25, 2012

Ryan McDearmont I’m a big fan of Nicolas Cage. Like, really big. Like, “Hand out Nicolas Cage Valentines and go see Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance the day it came out” big. I think he has some...

Junior wins Miss Teen Fort Worth title

Junior wins Miss Teen Fort Worth title

Ryan McDearmont, Reporter March 1, 2012

Junior Aloria Prince stands backstage, waiting for the Miss Teen Fort Worth 2012 pageant to begin. It is only her second pageant, but her hopes are high. All around her is chaos as the other contestants...

Censoring has gone too far

Ryan McDearmont, Reporter February 29, 2012

Over the past few months, there has been massive controversy resulting from the introduction of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill into United States Congress. The bill would attempt to combat online...

Undiscovered classes

Ryan McDearmont, Reporter February 2, 2012

Everyone at Marcus knows about the core classes a student must take in order to graduate: four years of English, math, history and science, at least two credits of a foreign language and a handful of physical...