Wednesday, May 13


Mindless pop culture an MTV production

The other day I was enjoying a fish burrito at our campus Rubio’s (wait … is it Rubio’s or Baja Fresh? Or La Salsa? I can never remember) in Ackerman Union when all of a sudden my ears were assaulted by a cacophonous racket that all 200 televisions thoughtfully identified as a musical group called “My Chemical Romance.” After suffering through their song (which lasted almost two whole minutes), MTVU (the U stands for University) cut to a scene involving a “reporter” interviewing a student from some remote place like Kansas or Alabama about the new album by someone called “50 Cent” (who, incidentally, is having a bitter feud with someone called “The Game,” presumably over who has the most ridiculous name). Read more...


No shirt, no shoes, no sense

Walking into Denny’s in Houston last weekend, I had my first brush with odd American rules ““ Texas seemed full of them anyway. I mean, putting up the Texan flag on pretty much every open inch of space? Read more...





Letter to the editor

Repackaged story bad journalism When I read Kenneth Hurst’s Viewpoint submission, “Wine workers’ demands irrational, unproductive” (May 31), I had a feeling of deja vu. After a few minutes on Google, I realized why. Read more...