Archive: Mar 2010
Mass Effect 2' furthers a great gaming franchise
'Mass Effect 2" has received a great deal of praise since its release. Its fascinating narrative and attention to improving the problems of the previous installment are some of the most notable aspects of this sequel. There is something very interesting about how 'Mass Effect 2" is constructed, and it feels like this release is […]
S.L.A.P. brings the noise to sign language concert
If you did not go see 'Pop, Roar and Whir: An Evening of Music and American Sign Language" on Friday night in the Drama House, then 'train go sorry," or as translated from American Sign Language to English, you missed the boat my friend. For someone with minimal exposure to ASL, even while living in […]
Two new releases by former 'Brothers'
Throughout their career, the Blood Brothers always defied classification. They were too dense to be punk, too extravagant to be hardcore and even though their music repelled almost everyone upon first listen, there were earnest elements of pop thrown in as well. They weren't for everyone, but they made some of greatest and most unique […]
Why Pokmon is still cool (and I'm still not)
There are some things that our generation will forever be associated with. Many are quick to label us as the iPod generation, the boy-bands-destroying-music generation or just the lazy, instant access to everything generation.But I'd raise them the true yellow fever of a Pikachu any day.If you were to ask my grade school teachers the […]
The complex world of credit
While some people live by the saying that the art of life is not in making money but in keeping it, others prefer to follow the axiom that you should live beyond your means, even if you have to borrow to do so. In a nation where the national debt is $12.4 trillion and 40 […]
High-powered laser may have applications in processors
Professor Chunlei Guo's lab at the Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics announced the first successful initiative in making liquid climb vertically up a surface without the use of any mechanical forces.This research was funded primarily by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and in part by the National Science Foundation, […]
Texas education awry
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Sports score on unjustified tax exemptions
As professional and college sports continue to increase in popularity, the spending on major college athletic programs keeps soaring. At football powerhouses such as Florida, Ohio State, Alabama and Louisiana State Universities, head coaches receive more than $3.7 million a year in salary and compensation. With the rise in popularity, a tremendous increase in revenue […]
Anti-war resurgence
March 20 marked the seven-year anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war, with little to no mention from the mainstream media. In the same year that our commander-in-chief won the Nobel Peace Prize, the only genuine change America has seen is an escalation of war.Only a president with political cover from the left would […]
Journalistic ethics in the modern era
Last year saw over 14,700 newsroom jobs cut, the online layoff tracker Paper Cuts estimates. Sound like another casualty of the recession? Not quite one in five employees had lost their job in better times, between 2001 and 2008. Unfortunately, this industry has no hope of a government bailout or even better prospects of an […]