Sophomore Trent Baxter advances the ball against UC San Diego much to the disdain of the Triton defender at hand. UCI would go on...

The sixth iteration in the infamous “torture-porn” franchise comes, surprisingly, as the most politically charged vent of the year. “Saw VI” bluntly addresses the issue of health care, giving us a ballsy indictment of the American Health Care system which would put Michael Moore to shame.

Fall is depressing. The sun goes away – or, at least in California, it occasionally hides. School is starting all around the country; the general vibe amongst your friends is completely down; and there’s very little to look forward to outside of a disheartening school schedule resetting its batteries, ready to crush what little spirit you have left.

HOMEMADE: Following in the footsteps of films like “The Blair Witch Project,” “Paranormal Activity” terrifies on a smaller scale.

EPIC: In this highly-anticipated video game, roadie Eddie Riggs takes center stage as a mighty axe-wielder.

INDIE ROCK: With “Embryonic,” the Lips return to an older, darker sound. But is it worth listening to?

FAR OUT: Taking a trip to Middle Earth, with puppets as our guides: not a hallucination, but a much-beloved play.

If you are anything like the average college student, you probably have not been scared of Halloween for a while. Sometimes you miss the holiday of your childhood. There was free candy and scary movies that left you genuinely afraid to go to bed for weeks. You ran away screaming from your neighbor’s porch on October 31st because they had one of those motion-sensor moving vampires/zombies/witches/(insert Halloween cliché here)s.

HOAX: Charles Hicks discusses the tweetastic story that had the entire nation hoodwinked.

ACTION: UCSA challenges Yudof’s line of action and calls for new tactics in the march on Sacramento.

WALL STREET: Brock Cutler discusses the bonuses and the false earnings of America’s biggest payout.

EQUALITY: Jon Wong recounts the cross-generational progress shown in LGBT marches in Washington DC.

FOOD: Adrian Wong discusses the habitat destruction, pollution and death involved in meat consumption.

MEDIA: Neil Thakor challenges a new FTC regulation that attempts to stop conflicts of interests on blogs.