17 June 2012
By Gabriel Stoffa
We've all seen those signs identifying some group or another that has adopted a highway to remove litter and spruce up the surrounding road areas. There have been some odd adoptions signs, such as "MN Fans of the Dave Mathews Band" and "In Memory of Jerry Garcia (1942-95)," but many more are of the normal variety: church groups and the Boy Scouts of America and the like.
17 June 2012
By Rianna Folds
Rock of Ages, a musical comedy about music, features an expansive cast of A-list celebrities filling a variety of roles. There’s a diva (Mary J. Blige), a heartthrob (Tom Cruise), and a crazy person (Russell Brand), as well as a mixture of the three (Alec Baldwin).
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17 June 2012
By Bobby Blanchard
On Thursday, U. Texas graduate Daniel Olvera would not have been able to apply for a high school job teaching social studies because of his undocumented status. Today, it is a different story.
17 June 2012
By Courtney L’Ecuyer
President Barack Obama announced a new policy that grants certain illegal immigrants work permits. Some call it an election-year policy change and others claim it highlights the importance of the Latino vote to the president.
17 June 2012
By Kedric Kitchens
The Oklahoma City Thunder made a strong push in the fourth quarter but to no avail, losing to the Miami Heat, 100-94, to even the series at 1-apiece.
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17 June 2012
By Tom Rains
Another year, another election, another campaign urging us to “rock the vote.” Sigh.
14 June 2012
By Ben Kendall
Imagine you’re sitting at a fancy dinner party. The table is remarkably set; after all, you’ve been waiting 33 years for the host to have a dinner party like he did back in 1979. Drinks are served, and sure, you get a little buzzed. Then the main course comes out in a large covered silver serving tray. The lid is lifted off, and you see what you’ve been waiting for all this time: a steaming pile of dog shit. That’s exactly what “Prometheus” was.
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14 June 2012
By Justin Davidoff
Facebook’s recent IPO, with its shares initially priced at $38, put the company’s total valuation at about $100 billion, a value representing about one-fifth of that of the world’s most valuable company, Apple.
14 June 2012
By Roger Zhang
I hate Macs — overpriced hardware, self-righteous users, and a company that neglects its core users.With the conclusion of Computex last week and the conclusion of Apple’s equivalent computer expo, Worldwide Developers Conference, on Monday, competition in the laptop market is fiercer than ever.
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14 June 2012
By Joe Polito
A zombie outbreak began in Miami last week, but it isn’t the kind you think. These zombies aren’t endlessly consuming human flesh. Rather, they gorge on sensationalist stories devoid of journalistic value.