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Vampires need to bite the dust
By Blake Morgan-Gamber | Nov. 5, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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 | Nov. 3, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
What do mothers with eight children, bachelors and young fashionistas have in common? They are all a part of the reality show cult, allowing cameras into their private lives.
Child's play
By Ava Wallace | Oct. 30, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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. "Where the Wild Things Are" stormed the box office, becoming the number one movie in the nation.
A suspension of sense
By Anya Gosine | Oct. 27, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
Last Wednesday, the school board of the Christina School District in Delaware made a decision to revoke the 45-day suspension of 6-year-old Zachary Christie. The first-grader's initial infraction? Bringing a Cub Scout utensil that combines a fork, spoon and knife to school for his lunch.
A new direction for Beijing, no direction at home
By Masha Lafen | Oct. 24, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
Everyone remembers China's performance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. The show was immense and extravagant and demonstrated their immense population.
No thick skin
By Rose Wynn | Oct. 19, 2009, midnight | In Sports Blog »
The most we can say for the Redskins is that they have been lucky. Not only have most of their first competitors hung at the bottom of their divisions, but all the teams had no victories to their name when they played the Redskins.
United States makes a wise donation to WHO
By Fran Djoukeng | Oct. 15, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
In a surge of global responsibility, the U.S. plans to donate 10 percent of swine influenza vaccinations to the World Health Organization (WHO). The U.S. has a current order of 195 million doses of the H1N1 vaccination that will start to arrive in October.
Fantastical football frenzy
By Dennis Chae | Oct. 9, 2009, midnight | In Sports Blog »
In a country where gridiron greatness reigns in the sports market, fantasy football gives its users an outlet to live their pigskin fantasies.
Brazil takes home the gold
By Lauren Kestner | Oct. 5, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
Shock swept the crowd gathered in Chicago when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) eliminated the city as host in its first round of voting.
House cup v. Presidential Medal of Freedom
By Julia Wynn | Oct. 3, 2009, midnight | In Connections Blog »
If you have ever conspired to create Polyjuice Potion after reading a Harry Potter book with every intention of transforming yourself, then you can join the ranks of former President George W. Bush.
Too many variables to be valid
By Amir Gorjifard | Oct. 1, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
When an Indian medical journal showed that a trial for an HIV vaccine has shown promising results, headlines across the nation presumed that a vaccine has been discovered.
BangaLore #28: Call it crazy
By Sonalee Rau | Sept. 29, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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."
Passing an opportunity to curb obesity
By Lauren Kestner | Sept. 22, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
With obesity-related deaths second only to those caused by tobacco, one would expect Congress to jump at the opportunity to reduce the consumption of drinks linked with weight gain.
Sarah Palin 1, Levi Johnston 0
By Sophia Deng | Sept. 15, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
Levi Johnston needs to go back to where he came from - Alaska or obscurity, both are good options. Remember Johnston? He was the boyfriend father of Bristol Palin's baby.
BangaLore #27: Live and learn
By Sonalee Rau | Sept. 13, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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.
Barack's pep talk
By Ava Wallace | Sept. 9, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
On Tuesday at 12 p.m., President Obama gave a speech encouraging students across the nation to "take responsibility for their lives."
BangaLore #26: Professing our appreciation
By Sonalee Rau | Sept. 7, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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 | Sept. 4, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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 | Aug. 24, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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.
Many sound bites but few insights
By Masha Lafen | Aug. 18, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her seven country tour of Africa. She met with national leaders and promised to keep Africa high on the State Department's priority list. She pledged to help victims of rape in eastern Congo and chastised the corruption in Kenyan government.
Denying them a league of their own
By Blake Morgan-Gamber | Aug. 14, 2009, midnight | In Sports Blog »
Flash forward to August 2012. A time sports fanatics all over the world crave every four years has finally come. But the quadrennial summer Olympic Games in London will be missing something that will bring disappointment to female athletes around the world.
BangaLore #24: See you (mon)soon
By Sonalee Rau | June 17, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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 | June 4, 2009, midnight | In Lifestyle Blog »
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.
The purple predicament
By Lauren Kestner | May 30, 2009, midnight | In News Blog »
In a recently released 15-page report, the MTA detailed the disadvantages of constructing a Purple Line tunnel along Wayne Avenue, giving credence to a unanimous Montgomery County Council vote that indicated local preference for a light-rail system.
Towards greener pastures
By Rose Wynn | May 27, 2009, midnight | In Sports Blog »
Blazer field has been through some tough times.
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