Summer blockbuster preview

Tom Andrew and Tom Andrew
May 10, 2011 • 188 views
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The summer movie season traditionally begins on Memorial Day Weekend, but you wouldn't know it with most big films opening in July. Here is a rundown of some of the films you can expect to see this summer at local movies houses around San Diego County. Opening the weekend of May 20 is the fourth installment... Read more »

BOOK REVIEW: “Academically Adrift”

Shane Finneran and Shane Finneran
May 10, 2011 • 211 views
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"Academically Adrift" is subtitled "Limited Learning on College Campuses." It's not a happy book. Chapter one opens with some chilling statistics. At four-year colleges today, for example, only 34 percent of students earn a bachelor's degree in four years and only 64 percent earn one within six years. "Completion... Read more »

Film Review: “Scream 4″ doesn’t live up to legacy

Tom Andrew and Tom Andrew
May 10, 2011 • 323 views
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The first "Scream" debuted 15 years ago and after a 10 year absence, lots of plastic surgery, and a few different scripts, the fourth film in the franchise has opened. But will we care? As with all of the "Scream" films, the first sequence opens with a scene in which someone dies at the hands of Ghostface,... Read more »

AS SCENE ON SCREEN: What I fell in love with on screen

Christine Klee and Christine Klee
May 10, 2011 • 208 views
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As the school year comes to a close, many students start to reminisce. In May, I like to do the same -- but rather than just looking back on school, I also review my year in entertainment. Most of my favorite shows are ending their seasons in May. This year, I discovered two amazing shows featuring... Read more »

BOOK REVIEW: The Pale King

Cecilia Areta
April 26, 2011 • 73 views
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Throughout his career, the late David Foster Wallace had proven to make fictions of ordinary life into something extraordinary. His latest, albeit unfinished, book, "The Pale King", explores the excruciating boredom of employees at an Internal Revenue Service tax centre in Illinois. Wallace was an influential... Read more »

Film Review: Locals analyze crime-filled town

Vanessa Diaz
April 26, 2011 • 72 views
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The timely film "Tijuanedos Anonimos" (2009) is a subtitled documentary film about what people of Tijuana, Mexico, were going through in 2009, having the record-breaking drug violence of 2008 still fresh on their minds as violence continued. Tijuanedos Anonimos serves as a support group similar to the... Read more »

Perspective: Tijuana night life

Ricky Soltero
April 26, 2011 • 78 views
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For years, Tijuana was the destination for college students searching for that legendary nightlife, cheap drinks and the legal drinking age that was and still is 18, unlike in the United States. In recent years Tijuana has no longer been the same tourist attraction it was 10 years ago. In its heyday,... Read more »

Recital Review: Saville Theatre hosts classical piano recital

Robert Bush
April 26, 2011 • 104 views
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Virtuoso pianist John Mark Harris delivered an impressive solo recital for early-bird students at 9:30 in the morning on April 13. Harris, a professor at City College, holds degrees from UCSD and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has performed to international acclaim as a soloist at the Salzburg... Read more »

Professor Miller walks the walk

Shane Finneran
April 26, 2011 • 142 views
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Jim Miller is a professor who practices what he teaches. Each semester, Miller guides dozens of students through his English and Labor Studies classes at San Diego City College. He has played key roles in local literary projects like the school's International Book Fair and the San Diego Writers Collective. Miller... Read more »

Critical Cavalier: “Source Code” keeps you guessing

Tom Andrew
April 26, 2011 • 69 views
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Sgt. Chris Colter (Jake Gyllenhaal) is given a mission: find a bomb on a Chicago commuter train and find out who the bomber is before he is able to set another one to go off. Colter has eight minutes to accomplish his mission, and if he doesn't, he will be sent back again until he does. Colter is part... Read more »