Daily Archives November 28, 2007

Hank Aaron spent the season after breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record on a farewell tour playing the American League for the first time and adding a few more home runs to bolster his record. Barry Bonds will spend the season after breaking Aaron's record trying to keep himself out of jail.

The RIAA may have found another questionably legal way to suck money out of college students: directly from the institutions themselves. As a part of a bill making its way through Congress called the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, or COAA, universities would essentially be required to foot the bill for subscription music services for their students.

What does 'world diversity' actually mean? Taking the plunge to study abroad last spring in Florence, Italy was a defining decision in many ways. It meant giving up my familiar and safe place in townhouse 104 and traveling 3,000 miles to a city and culture that were completely foreign to me.

Ludacris coming to Fairfield is good on many levels. But if you look between those cornrows, his position on women is less than stellar. Now, I have no beef with Luda; I am, in fact, looking forward to his concert. But it forces me to compare a previous event with his arrival: The He Said controversy.

Members of the Fairfield community had the rare privilege of gathering Tuesday night for a discussion led by two of the most important people in recent American history. Former covert CIA agent Valerie Plame and her husband Joe Wilson graced the crowd with their remarkable story of how politics played a role in their careers and relationship.

As a woman of many talents, one thing that I absolutely cannot pride myself on is my driving skills. And I'm not talking about the occasional forgotten turn signal or buckled seat belt - I'm talking about how you take your life in your hands when you get in the car with me.

Growing up pushing the shopping cart, playing "Cruisin' USA" and riding go-carts got us all excited for a lifetime of driving. Driving was so exhilarating for that first week after we got our licenses. We'd offer to drive anywhere because it was such a thrill.Now it's gotten to the point where I'm convinced that, last year, one of my housemates only drove his car home and back, and another took a two-month driving hiatus, just leaving his car parked in front of someone else's townhouse.

At an average party, you will find a beer pong game, a line around the table, a hostile crowd around the keg and arguments stemming from unknown freshmen who continue to show up uninvited. Only the great parties, the ones that come few and far between, have the game that defines the very foundation of your newfound college friends: 'Never Have I Ever.

With midterms under our belts and stress levels soaring to dangerously high levels, we headed home last week in search of clean bathrooms, stocked refrigerators and a lifetime supply of turkey. We smiled. We laughed. We gave thanks. All was fine and dandy … until we encountered annoying younger siblings, unbearable relatives and old high school acquaintances we'd rather have avoided during the rest of our time on Earth.

From her most popular single "Rehab," Amy Winehouse would like you to think that all the tracks have a catchy chorus to sing along with, but not all the tracks on "Back to Black," the album that "Rehab" came off of, have a radio-friendly element. The same goes for "Frank," the CD that brought Winehouse to fame in the U.K. over four years ago. Because of a strong fan base in the U.S., Winehouse decided to re-release the album in the United States.