Wednesday, May 6


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...


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...


Screen Scene: 'Alpha Dog'

“Alpha Dog” Director Nick Cassavetes Universal Pictures Did you ever watch “America’s Most Wanted” and think to yourself, “I wonder if these dramatizations would be better with Justin Timberlake”? 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...