The new film “Annapolis” is about Jake, played by James Franco. Jake is a blue-collar kid who gets accepted into the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He then finds that there are still many battles ahead. As a plebe, Jake decides to prove his determination by entering the Brigade Championships, a […]
Author: Bernard Curioso
Music Review: Don’t forget the little guy
Music is something of an interesting topic. The market for the industry is unlike any other in existence. Consumers of the music industry run the gamut in age, religion, occupation, income, and so forth. Everyone listens to it, and everyone holds his or her own opinions as to what is […]
Internet Review: MySpace offers more
Online personal databases seem to be taking over the net. Myspace.com, however, stands to offer more than your average picture post. To begin your ‘myspace’ experience, go through the steps to create your free account and personal profile. From this point on, you have complete access to email, messaging, gaming, […]
E-Media adds two new courses
This semester, the RWC Electronic Media Technology Program has added two more courses, Flash: Rich Media Design, taught by Dave Hubble, and Special Topics in Media II: Broadcast Media, taught by Eric Anderson. Rich Media Design introduces students to the development of rich media applications using Macromedia Flash. Students will […]
My World: the oxymoron of pop-punk
When punk rock first broke big in the 70s, it was a slap in the face of the establishment. Punk rock was an assault on all of your senses. The clothes were outrageous, the music was raw and blistering, and the message ranged from silliness to political outcry and social […]
FIXED: Help free Ms. Shirley
Ever since an accidental gunshot wound on January 23rd of 1971, Shirley M. Sewell has been paraplegic. At age eleven, Ms. Shirley was at her father’s girlfriend’s house when a friend of the family’s gun went off while they were playing with it. The bullet chipped her spinal cord and […]
Sudanese refugees in Egypt: who is right?
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) claimed to want to help the Sudanese refugees from the war in Sudan. After getting up to 3000 Sudanese refugees, on September 29, 2005, the U.N. placed them in Mustafa Muhammad Square in downtown Giza (near the UNHCR office in Cairo). The […]
Bearcats struggle as Kirkland out for season
UC Senior Armein Kirkland, one of the Bearcats’ men’s basketball top players, suffered a torn ACL in the losing battle against Connecticut, ranked fourth in the country, on, January 9. As for the remainder of the game against the Huskies, the Bearcats were dominated, 70-59. This ended the Bearcats’ 10-game […]
Bengals-Steelers: a rivalry renewed
It only took a split second in the Bengals playoff game against the Steelers to change the complexion of a long standing rivalry. When Carson Palmer went down with an injury on the second offensive play of the game, Bengal fans took on a new attitude towards the Pittsburgh Steelers […]
Book Review: “Friday Night Lights” still shines
A Texas town’s hopes and dreams ride on a football team as they take the field. Win and the town explodes into jubilation, lose and the town descends into depression. This isn’t the Dallas Cowboys or even the University of Texas Longhorns that I’m referring to but the Odessa Permian […]