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The Pickle Phenomena

Emily Skeen
February 19, 2010

In his comedy “The Taming of the Shrew,” William Shakespeare created one of his many now commonly used phrases: “I have been in such a pickle.” The name of the main character in Nickelodeon’s perhaps most beloved show, “The Rugrats” was Tommy Pickle. The mythical Christmas Pickle gives... Read more »

Awkward Posts from Grandma

Corey Peters
January 27, 2010

Facebook opened on Sept. 26, 2006 to every one 13 and older with the simple intention of being a user-friendly social networking website to connect people with their friends and allow teenagers with no social skills to more easily stalk their classmates. It has its flaws, as does any website, but users... Read more »

Problems in BCS Ranking System

Austin Granger
January 12, 2010

With another season of college football completed and enduring the Fiesta Bowl with number five ranked Boise State, many hold to the fact that the BCS isn’t very accurate. For instance, Boise State went to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl against number four TCU. Boise State was in one of the lower rated,... Read more »

Hall of Fame Hater

Zack Bakir
January 12, 2010

From coaches who cut him, to players who started over him and to anyone who ever thought he wasn’t good enough or wouldn’t make it, Michael Jordan made sure he mentioned and proved all their doubts wrong in his induction speech  to the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 11.  Jordan spent... Read more »