Jeffrey Dahmer’s neighbor

Jeffrey Dahmer’s neighbor

February 6, 2012  
Filed under Features, Features, Multimedia, Video

The DEC interviews the former neighbor of the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer.

Behind the scenes of Sleepy Hollow

January 12, 2012  
Filed under Featured Multimedia, Features, Features, Multimedia, Video

Anita Renfroe and Anna Marker follow the cast and crew of Decatur’s Fall Musical and share a behind the scenes look at what went into the production.

Crafting a new kind of game

August 23, 2011 • Dylan St. John, Carpe Diem Staff  
Filed under Features

Creating a video game can be as complex as filming a Hollywood movie. Today’s mainstream video game takes around a year to develop and, on average, costs over $20 million. The process involves meticulous planning, intense, drawn-out development and tedious pre-release testing. Despite all of this,... Read more »

Clever with cotton

Clever with cotton

August 23, 2011 • Hannah Reiss, Carpe Diem Staff  
Filed under Features, Student Life

Freshman John Hughes sits down and sketches the joker from “The Dark Knight” – he saw the movie a few weeks ago and especially liked the character. But he’s not sketching on paper, he’s sketching on cloth. Once he’s done coloring, he’ll cut out his picture and have his mom sew it on a shirt.... Read more »

There’s still hope for the humans

There’s still hope for the humans

August 22, 2011 • Sam McLemore, Carpe Diem Staff  
Filed under Features, News

Sorry cockroaches, humans might outlast you. In recent years, the issues of global warming, the energy crisis and resource depletion have become mainstream doomsday topics. Even though the end of the world might seem imminent, green technology is fighting back. Since World War II, American prosperity... Read more »

Their only constant

Their only constant

August 19, 2011 • Sharlie Goodson, Carpe Diem Staff  
Filed under Features

One of my earliest memories is me being held by mom, and I’m standing between my parents and I tell them to stop fighting. At that point I knew something bad was happening and that some things needed to be changed,” sophomore Mollie-Emma O’Neil said. When senior Boone O’Neil was five and his... Read more »

Away for the summer

Away for the summer

August 16, 2011 • Claire DePree, Carpe Diem staff  
Filed under Features

BRIDGET JOHNSON, ten years at Camp Juliette Low WEIRDEST CAMP MOMENT: “We discovered the ghost on a late night trip to the bathroom. There are four stalls, so I tried going in the second one. It was locked.  There are two locks on the stalls; one on the outside, and one on the inside for privacy.... Read more »

Breaking barriers

Breaking barriers

August 5, 2011 • Evan Kiely, Carpe Diem Staff  
Filed under Features

Sophomore Zack Loehle changes immediately as he steps onto the mat. Having described himself as socially awkward before, he now looks centered and relaxed as he stands among his fellow black-belts. His shoulders roll back and he appears bigger and more in control than ever before. As the instructor calls... Read more »

Dream on

The subconscious creates more than monsters.

August 4, 2011 • Rachel Reuter, Carpe Diem staff  
Filed under Features, Uncategorized

Dom Cobb is a thief, but not the kind that breaks into jewelry shops during the early hours of the morning. Instead, he steals secrets from deep within the mind while it is at its most vulnerable state. Cobb uses a special machine called a Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous (PASIV) device to access... Read more »

Dyslexia has advantages

Dyslexia has advantages

August 4, 2011 • Matthew Tanner, Carpe Diem staff  
Filed under Features

Many famous and significant figures have dealt with dyslexia – from Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Henry Ford, to Leonardo Da Vinci, John Lennon and George Washington. Obviously, this condition does not prevent people from doing amazing things. Developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia,... Read more »

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