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When I am driving in my car and decide to turn on the radio, I am almost always disappointed. It seems like all the stations go to a commercial break at the same time. Then, after the commercial break ends, they usually play a lineup of songs that all sound pretty much the same. So […]

As the first significant snowfall of the winter season decorated the ground, Saturday evening’s performance of the 2008 fall dance show found itself Deep in December in more ways than one. The show, which was slightly delayed by the weather, featured pieces choreographed by students and faculty that represented the wide variety of feelings experienced

It is a fabulous experience to study abroad, experience a new culture, meet diverse groups of people and become familiar with a new way of life. It was her first trip out of the United States, but junior Lori Phillips fell in love with the Australian people and their culture through a study abroad program

Michael Heller, recipient of the 2008 Templeton Prize for outstanding contributions in the field of cosmology, spoke in the Harold Howard Center on Wednesday evening, Nov. 19. Heller is a professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Crakkow, Poland. In addition to being an ordained Catholic priest, Professor Heller is a distinguished

A few minutes after 10 p.m. on Dec. 4, the intramural basketball championship was underway. The teams were Teekna and the Newbie Nuggets, and they both put in a good effort all season long. The Newbie Nuggets took the win to make their record for the season 9-0. The head coach of the team, junior

With the recent terrorist attack on Mumbai, India, the global community once again stands on the brink of chaos, and at no worse a time than a global recession. While Islamabad fiercely denies the accusations that Pakistan was somehow part of this attack, Pakistan’s High Commissioner claimed there was evidence that India wanted “to teach

On the night of Nov. 20, at about 7:50 p.m., an eager crowd gathered outside the Walton Dining Commons. Why? In ten minutes, the Mr. Eastern 2008 competition would begin, and people were eager to see these gentlemen strut their stuff. Mr. Eastern was sponsored by SGA and the contestants were sophomores Jason Collier, Jon

Thirty-four billion dollars. That’s how much money the heads of Ford Motor Company, Chrysler LLC and General Motors, also known as the Big Three, have asked the government for to bail them out of their dire financial straits. Seems like a good idea. It worked for the banks, so it should work for the auto

The Christmas season is upon us, though for some it is hard to see the holiday as we hide behind text books and lean close to computer screens in our final week of classes and exams. If you are lucky enough to get out of the library for a few minutes, however, you will be

Blood and gore, chainsaws and machine guns, curb stomps and headshots – they are all back with a vengeance in Gears of War 2. After the original game sold over two million copies in one month and five million overall, it was only a matter of time before creators Microsoft Games and Epic Games released