Porter Press

GameTrailers’ Surprising Shut Down

Written by Jake Barnes, Staff Writer March 10, 2016

When GameTrailers was founded in 2002, online video game journalism was still a new concept. Most video game news was consumed in printed magazines or on television. It was a huge success. Competing well...

Varsity Basketball

March 10, 2016

College Corner: Valparaiso University

Written by Kyle Steinhoff, Staff Writter March 1, 2016

Valparaiso University is an independent, private Lutheran university. It was established in 1858 and is located in Valparaiso, Indiana. There is currently 3,183 undergraduate students and 916 graduate...

Lockport Varsity Cheerleaders Fall Short At State

Written by Bradley Zimmerman, Staff Writer February 17, 2016

At any football and basketball game, home or away, you will find Lockport’s cheerleaders on the sidelines, cheering the team on and getting the crowd excited. Like the sporting events they cheer at,...

The Power of Empowerment

Written by Vanessa Scales, Staff Writer February 10, 2016

We all have points in our lives as high school students where we just feel like we cannot do anything, but everyone deserves to know that they are worth more than the voices in their head. Being able to...

Lockport Survives Close Game At Aurora West

Written by Brandon Wenzel, Staff Writer February 3, 2016

The Lockport boys basketball team rebounded from a 46-52 loss versus conference foe Homewood Flossmoor to win 44-43 at West Aurora on Jan. 23. This was the Porters first win at West Aurora since a 58-50...

Lockport Finally Updating

Lockport Finally Updating

Written by Dylan Borzym, Staff Writer February 3, 2016

Lockport’s population has grown immensely over the last 20 years.  Growing its population by over 60% in the last 2 decades, Lockport has been able to make some new additions to the city.  There have...

Revenge Gone Wild in Revenant

Written by Carlos Nava, Staff Writer February 3, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio is a fantastic actor who has never won a single Oscar in his twenty year career.  That might all change with the release of his newest movie The Revenant, also starring Tom Hardy and...

Star Wars Wins Big in Movie Wars

Written by Bradley Zimmerman, Staff Writer January 27, 2016

In October 2012, George Lucas, the legendary creator of Star Wars sold his company Lucasfilm to Walt Disney Studios for more than $4 billion. Pretty soon, an awakening occurred that produced plans for...

Why the Oculus Rift Will Sell Well

Written by Jake Barnes, Staff Writer January 27, 2016

In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy video game console. The Virtual Boy was a virtual reality headset selling for $180, which is the equivalent of about $280 today. It was expected to be a huge...

Entertainment, Cringe-worthy and Wonderful

Written by Michael Reaney, Staff Writer November 19, 2015

Entertainment Directed by Rick Alverson Release Date: November 13, 2015 (select theaters, video on demand) Score: 8.8 / 10 A short, slightly hunch-backed man stands facing the mirror in his...

Pan Gets Panned

Written by Michael Reaney, Staff Writer November 16, 2015

Pan: 3/10 Of all the films to be released in 2015, Pan is the one the least amount of people were asking for (mind you, we also received a third Fantastic Four adaptation in August). Who wants a prequel...