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Vampires need to bite the dust

by Blake Morgan-Gamber, Staff Writer (November 5, 2009)
Obsessed fans wear Edward Cullen t-shirts to show their devotion to the "Twilight" series and the vampire they love. <i>Picture courtesy of Twilight Gear.</i>
They're everywhere. Ever since the "Twilight" book series was reformatted for the big screen, unnecessary TV shows about vampires have surfaced, ripping off the series' success.

Infamous Vick cashes in on new show

by Mandy Xu, Staff Writer (November 3, 2009)
Vick's new show is an appeal for profit and publicity. <i>Picture courtesy of the LA Times. </i>
What do mothers with eight children, bachelors and young fashionistas have in common?

Child's play

by Ava Wallace, Staff Writer (October 30, 2009)
"Where the While Things Are" is one of many popular children's books that have been adapted for the silver screen. <i>Picture courtesy of Warner Brothers.</i>
With his movie "Where the Wild Things Are," director Spike Jonze has discovered how to create instant box office hits. Start with a beloved children's book and add some Hollywood magic.

BangaLore #28: Call it crazy

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (September 29, 2009)
An unidentified Bangalorean mobile user plays a game of cricket.
In a country where thousands have no food to eat and no roof over their heads, let alone electricity, it appears that there is one good which all consumers must possess regardless of their income bracket. Even the housemaids and the homeless have it. They call it, simply, the "mobile."

BangaLore #27: Live and learn

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (September 13, 2009)
Student enthusiasm levels are high, but supplies and funding often run low at local public schools like the one shown above.
Remember Career Day in elementary school? We were told that we could each be whatever we wanted to be when we grew up, from an ice-cream vendor to the president of our nation.

BangaLore #26: Professing our appreciation

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (September 7, 2009)
On Friday, countless Indian Ph.D. students took time away from their classes, jobs and paid internships to applaud their professors and cut a cake for them.

BangaLore #25: If swine could fly

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (September 4, 2009)
It started when we arrived at Bengaluru International Airport and stumbled into the customs line at 4 a.m.

Everything's louder in China

by Mandy Xu, Staff Writer (August 24, 2009)
My summer this year was not spent at the beach or the pool. Instead, I lived the realities of the Chinese countryside and grew to appreciate a way of life so different from the hustle and bustle that characterizes Americans' day-to-day routines.

BangaLore #24: See you (mon)soon

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (June 17, 2009)
Dear Monsoon, It's over? So soon? I've been in India for a year, and I've thought about what to write in this blog for many months now. But how can one fit the salient features of a year-long experience into 300 words, when the lack of suitable clichés is the only cliché suited to a country like this?

BangaLore #23: All that glitters is gold

by Sonalee Rau, Online Staff Writer (June 4, 2009)
Every country has its own, sometimes unrealistic, perceptions about what it is to be beautiful. India is no exception. In Bangalore, there is a long unwritten list of requirements for "beauty" – and it pushes people to their limits.
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