Nick Passarella is a staff writer at the East Matador. He currently takes English 12, and has always enjoyed English class. He enjoys doing movie and television reviews (comedy, horror, and superhero sagas)  along with sports coverage, specifically of the NFL. He enjoys spending time with his younger brother playing video games, watching movies, and listening to rap music. Nick also enjoys learning about American history, so he read Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.  Nick believes the album Swimming by Mac Miller is one of the best albums in rap in a long time.