Check your six: Fortnite’s newest season is here
Tom Mueller, features writer
October 8, 2018
Fortnite, the wildly popular, multi-platform, battle royale video game, just had its fifth major update with the start of its sixth season. Battle royale games have, over the past year, exploded in popularity; depending on the game, between ten and 100 players simultaneously drop onto a map, unarmed and unshielded. Players must then search treasure chests, supply drops, b...
Senior Profiles: Zoe Risch
Charlotte Heinrich, features writer
May 3, 2018
In a purple bedroom, pop music plays while one sister teachs makeup to the other. Giggles fill the room as Mary Kay samples are smeared on. Like many pre-teens, older sister Zoe, had recently become enveloped in the world of makeup. It was a way for her to find her identity amongst a lot of changes, like her family’s move from Calif...
Exotic fruit review
February 23, 2018
TKC tries and reviews exotic fruit from dragonfruit to jackfruit to rambutan.
Blocked websites
Quentin Stepp, copy editor
February 13, 2018
*This piece is entirely satirical Ever since we first got the iPads back in the glory days of middle school, the semi-permeable membrane that is the Kirkwood firewall has protected us from harmful websites that may hinder our learning or expose our young minds to heinous things such as pornography, the...
TKC plays Minecraft
Holden Foreman, entertainment editor
March 16, 2016
Welcome to TKC plays, a new entertainment series from thekirkwoodcall.com, in which the staff plays popular video games while giving live commentary. Unlike in other news, what happens next rests entirely in the hands of you, the viewer, via your feedback and suggestions. So, whether you want to learn...
Call me, (be)ep (me), if you want to reach me
Trevor Cleveland, entertainment editor
November 14, 2015
Beme delivers one of the most liberating experiences in social media since Facebook launched its photo feature in 2005. The app simply takes away the self-scrutiny and excessive filtration that plagues modern social media. The beauty of Beme comes from its hands-free, revision-free video format which, des...
Achieving a gym-worthy workout at home
Anna Mullendore, features writer
April 26, 2015
As spring showers douse STL, it is difficult to muster the motivation to go for a run. In lieu of using recent dreary weather as an excuse for not getting in a workout, take advantage of your dry, comfy home to defeat the homeridden stigma, and get moving. An effective start to your home conditioning...
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