Sunday, March 15


Model Student

Heads turn immediately as she walks into the room. Even in Los Angeles, a city that has seen its share of brazen beauties, model Jacquelyn Quesada stands out. Read more...


Screen Scene: 'Children of Men'

From “Blade Runner” to Big Brother, bleak futures have been portrayed countless times. Yet two aspects set Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopia, “Children Of Men,” apart from so many others. Read more...


Screen Scene: 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

War films tend to suffer from an aura of banal sameness. They can all seem alike at times. And whenever one film comes along to shake things up a bit (for example, “Saving Private Ryan,” with its shaky cam and washed-out visuals), every subsequent output in the genre follows in its footsteps with near-religious fanaticism. Read more...


Sampling and sweating his way to success

Hearing the voice of self-proclaimed “un-DJ” Girl Talk (real name: Gregg Gillis) discuss his views on the legitimacy of music sampling as a higher art form by using Ying Yang Twins’ “Wait (The Whisper Song)” overlapped on top of a peppy techno beat may make one skeptical, and even more so when the song segues into the Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” seconds later. Read more...


Man of the Bauer

Over winter break, Kyle Ochs completed a marathon. He credits pizza for his success. “I needed food. I was drinking a Red Bull, but it wasn’t working,” said Ochs, a fourth-year electrical engineering student. Read more...


Gamer Galaxy: "Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops"

“Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops” Konami Corporation PSP When your name’s Snake and you wear an eyepatch, megalomaniacal foes are never in short supply. After two forays into strategy card games and a “digital graphic novel,” “Metal Gear Solid” has returned to its roots on the PSP with “Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.” However, it sports some key differences from previous Metal Gear Solid games. Read more...