It was the middle of April and the Long Beach State baseball team had just lost another series, losing two out of three on the road against conference opponent UC Davis. The Dirtbags had fallen to a 16-18 record on their way to concluding yet another mediocre season, something that’s[Read More…]
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13 Years Of Afghan Occupation Damages America’s Security
In October of 2001, Apple released the first iPod, Windows XP made its debut and N’sync topped the Billboard Top 40 charts; however, the biggest news story of all was the NATO invasion of Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In a country still reeling from the[Read More…]
China and Russia sign $400 billion natural gas deal
Will the Obama Administration’s sanctions against Russia do anything to affect President Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical calculus? Forget about it. China just signed a $400 billion deal to buy Russian natural gas for the next 30 years, providing Beijing with a more secure line of clean energy and Moscow a much-needed[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: No Doubt in this Rebuttal
Adapting Faith Through Doubt is a theatrical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley. This means that the script is used word for word, but not that the entire play is produced, and some of the imagery/choreography varies from the original production. I used[Read More…]
Our View: Israel is an apartheid state
Yes, it is. It’s important that the international community recognize and acknowledge the situation of separation that presently characterizes Israel. Back in April, The Guardian, and many others, reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had warned that, “if Israel doesn’t make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid[Read More…]
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Spectacle: Killer music, a heavier censorship law is needed
Almost everyone has listened to a song where they didn’t know what the lyrics were saying. Or, many people are guilty of singing along too. Hip-hop music has been the center of controversy ever since its birth. Some of the lyrics can have a negative on impact the minds of[Read More…]
Spectacle: The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man Holiday is a film about a reunion of old friends that feels like going to an actual reunion. A reunion, you see, is only fun if you went to the school and recognize your friends. It’s certainly not fun if you didn’t, but were dragged along anyway. In that[Read More…]
Spectacle: 12 Years a Slave
Let me start off by saying I am in no way a big film critic. However, I have seen enough to know when a film is good or bad, and oh boy is 12 Years a Slave good. It is so good that I honestly have no problem with saying that[Read More…]