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by Alex Greenlee

Tanks shoot, planes buzz over the battlefield, bullets blur your vision and it feels like you are there when you play Battlefield 3, which was released Oct. 25, 2011 in the United States.

BF3 is the 11th installment of the Battlefield franchise and is a direct sequel to 2005’s Battlefield 2. BF3 is developed by Electronic Arts and uses the Frostbite 2 Engine. The Frostbite 2 engine boasts unmatched visual and realistic quality. Buildings can crumble and bullets drop after shot out of any weapon. [...]

by Alex Greenlee

Mention the word “bar,” and most people think of a place to get a drink. Now it can also mean a place to get an exotic smoke.

Hookah bars, which offer the Middle Eastern method of smoking tobacco through a special water pipe, have become more popular in the Kansas City area, where many see it as a more social way of lighting up.

A hookah is a water pipe that is used to smoke shisha, a tobacco that is covered in molasses and flavors that can range from mixed berry, pineapple, coconut rum, double apple and hundreds of others. [...]

by Kari Dragoo

With Halloween right around the corner, now’s the time to buy candy for trick-or-treaters. But with the hundreds of different kinds available at the local grocery store, how can anyone choose? According to the 50 college students polled, there are two different approaches.

Kyle and Lyndsey Gruber, brother and sister students, put cost into perspective by opting for the cheaper mixed candy bags. [...]

Longview students prepare for the fall production of Neil Simon's 'The Good Doctor' (Micah Chrisman/The Current).

by Micah Chrisman

Students, faculty, friends, family and the like are sure to get a good laugh, as well as some thoughtful prose, in this weekend’s premier of “The Good Doctor” at Longview’s Cultural Arts Center. Longview freshman William Wallace stars as the struggling Russian author Anton Chekhov, who is eager to produce significant stories. As the protagonist writes out ideas for humorous stories, the audience gets to watch as the scenes in Chekhov’s mind play out before their very eyes. [...]