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Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Joesphine Are Just The Beginning: The Projected Path to Disaster

Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Joesphine Are Just The Beginning: The Projected Path to Disaster

Here we go again. Hot on the trail of Hurricane Hanna is yet another storm to worry about. And this time, Mother Nature isn’t messing around.
 

Hurricane Ike had quite the growth spurt yesterday, jumping from a Category 1 to a Category 4 in about six hours. That means it now packs a powerful 135-mph sustained winds. According to CNN, it’s too ea...

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CSU Students Trash Talk At The DNC

CSU Students Trash Talk At The DNC

Inside the Pepsi Center, the DNC delegates are treated to inspiring speeches from important political leaders. Outside the Pepsi Center, Colorado State students are treated to piles and piles of garbage.
 

During the four-day convention, more than 460 student, staff and faculty volunteers sort through trash and separate the recyclable from the ...

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A Week of School Shootings

A Week of School Shootings

During the summer, when classes are over and students have packed up to go home, campuses are usually quiet. However, this week that silence was broken by the sound of gunshots ringing out across the country.
 

Creepy, Sexy or Cool? The Nokia 888

Creepy, Sexy or Cool? The Nokia 888

Nokia's newest concept phone is the Nokia 888.  It is a flexible phone, which means it can be shaped like a clip, a bracelet or rolled up and shoved in your pocket.  The idea is to use flexible battery and touch screen technology to create new ways of communicating called E-motions.  These E-motions are movements that can be sent to other Nokia ...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream:  All the News We Missed

* Kelsi Metzler from the University of Oregon is the hottest cheerleader ever.

 

* SI on Campus has a weekend primer for kids at Berkeley, Duke and Colorado State.

 

* Lauren at UMich has proof MTV is getting crappier by the year.

 

* Bleacher Report is predicting the Big 12 will welcome back the best crop of returning quarterbacks in the countr...

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Mindless Chatter from College Professors

Mindless Chatter from College Professors

* “Women want to be married more than men do,” UCLA law professor Gary Gates says of the hundreds of lesbians are rushing to the altar. “The idea of partnering is more attractive to women.”

 

* “You’d think the guy that has the bumper sticker that says My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student would be more aggressive, but that’s not the case,” Colorado...

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How to Avoid Embarrassment at Your Internship

How to Avoid Embarrassment at Your Internship

A horrible horrible thing happened to me the other day. As I was preparing to leave the office I'm interning at this summer, my Blackberry buzzed. Normally, this is excellent news: a potential party, a juicy email. This time, however, it was a Facebook friend request. From my boss.

 

Sh*t

Never mind the fact that my boss is young, blonde, and ...

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5-Word Review: Secret Diary of a Call Girl

5-Word Review: Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Sex Sprinkled With Witty Humor

 

Showtime has premiered the UK’s wildly popular Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The show, starring Billie Piper, is best described by its title – Piper plays Hannah by day and Belle de Jour by night - a well-paid, high class London escort.

A little hesitant to watch the show, I couldn’t fight the temptation any lon...

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The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

*  This is the weekend of the comedic films. On Friday, we have two huge openings for The Love Guru, with Mike Meyers, Jessica Alba, and Justin Timberlake, and Get Smart, starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.  Let’s see who wins this box office brawl!

*  If you’re strolling around “Celtic Champ Town” (otherwise kn...

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Gossip Girl Video Game: A Must-Have?

Gossip Girl Video Game:  A Must-Have?

No, your eyes are not deceiving you. A Gossip Girl game is actually in the works, if this marketing survey is to be believed. I guess that, given the show's popularity, producers have opted to whore the brand out and milk it for all it's worth. What's next? Gossip Girl cereal?

 

How does one turn a show about the lives of rich, spoiled socialite...

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