New University

Is it safe to say that 3-D is the new poster child of indie hatred? It’s the thing to crap on at the moment. While I understand the restraint in embarrassing a new format in open arms (as I shrug in disappointment at my SACD and HD-DVD collection), I think we have yet to see [...]

As residents of California, most of us have experienced our share of seismic encounters. Most would agree that the occurrence of earthquakes is a normal part of living in the Golden State. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that 10,000 earthquakes occur each year in Southern California, but most are too small in magnitude to [...]

By now we all understand that DNA analysis is the new fingerprinting. Most states have laws on their books allowing for the collection and retention of DNA from suspects in a crime. The only problem with these laws is that if the suspect turns out to be innocent, his or her DNA remains in the [...]

Favre Favre Away – In an edge-of-your-seat 24-hour period where I never changed the channel from SportsCenter, ESPN reported that Brett Favre was done forever, only to report later that evening that he actually will come back if he feels healthy enough to play.
Okay, at this point, Brett Favre’s word is about as worthless as [...]

“Toy Story 3” … in 3-D!
“Incredible Me” … in 3-D!!
“Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” … in 3-D!!!!
It’s like a bad punch line.  Only, instead of “that’s what she said,” you get “…in 3-D!”
The credit (or in my opinion, the blame) for all this goes to “Avatar.” So far, people around the world [...]

I went down to the Apple Store the other day, full of excitement and anticipation, ready to unnecessarily drop an excessive amount of money on a brand new MacBook Pro. In my defense, it wasn’t my own money; I owe a debt of gratitude to the taxpayers of the great State of California, who subsidized [...]

This year, I finally got to realize a childhood dream. I didn’t become a firefighter, pilot or Batman. I also didn’t go to the moon. I did, however, go to the end-all-be-all of video game events — the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or “E3.”
How could going to a tradeshow be a childhood dream, you might ask? [...]

Whirled Cup – Regardless of what you may be reading in our Sports section from time to time, there is not a single honest person in the United States of America that cares about soccer. There just isn’t. Anyone that claims they do care was either born somewhere else, is desperately trying to look like [...]

The administration’s one-year suspension of the Muslim Student Union (MSU) will have a perilous effect on the entire body of students and campus community. Banning the organization will not only affect the organization and its members, but will also cause an inevitable chilling within the entire campus and community atmosphere.
On June 14, information about the [...]

For the past month, at least 5,000 barrels of oil have spewed unstoppably into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on an  offshore oil-drilling platform caused three leaks in underground pipes.
As workers desperately scramble to stop or even slow the flow of oil, Americans are looking for where to point the finger of blame.  [...]