{"id":21043,"date":"2025-10-27T11:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=21043"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:12:14","slug":"boodin-the-ticking-clock-oct-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/boodin-the-ticking-clock-oct-25\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: The Ticking Clock, Oct &#8217;25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: The Ticking Clock, Oct &#8217;25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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