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Record Rewind: The 1st Annual GBTECFIE Award

Record Rewind: The 1st Annual GBTECFIE Award

Before the existence of the massively overrated band U2—or Snow Patrol, Two Door Cinema Club, The Thrills, My Bloody Valentine, Sinead O’Connor, Aslan, and many more—Ireland gave birth to the only band I considered worthy of my 1st annual GREATEST BAND TO EVER COME FROM IRELAND EVER award: Fruupp.

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Artwork courtesy of Lidya Toscani

Sustainability: The high price of eating inexpensive food

Food is inexpensive in America. You can buy a burger or a liter of soda for less than $1.

Posted in Going Green, Opinion, Today's Top Stories1 Comment

Courtesy of Cathy Spillane

Rampant product placement ruining cinema

Director Morgan Spurlock’s latest offering, “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” represents the culmination of his work-to-date by combining two of his favorite hobbies: uncovering what people are willing to endure for money and placing some aspect of his life in harm’s way.

Posted in Movies, Pass the Popcorn, Today's Top Stories0 Comments

Put down the tweezers boys, it’s time to become men

Ladies, I feel for you. I see you strutting around campus in your cutoffs, playing the SoCal pinup girl, desperately hoping a strong, burly man will sweep you off your feet, take you to La Jolla Cove and make out with you in the sand a la “From Here to Eternity.”

Posted in Humor, The Back Page2 Comments

From the introduction of its founders in 1995, the growth of the Google empire as it is known today began with a common goal fueled by hard work and innovation, Courtesy of Google

Web giant continues a history of rapid growth

There is a “googol” of reasons why Google is the largest online search engine.

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Offering generous benefits, positive reinforcement, free lunches and the pursuit of special projects, Google creates an ideal work environment for its employees, Courtesy of Google

Google has a fresh take on concept of work

Google’s reputation for excellence and innovation does not come without hard work and determination.

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San Diego State water polo senior driver Sarah Brady will play in her final home game at 3 p.m. tomorrow, Peter Kluch / Senior Staff Photographer

Final home game means more to SDSU seniors

Some of their names grace the pages of the San Diego State athletic record books. Others have battled through serious injuries.

Posted in Sports, Water Polo0 Comments

MLB Draft looms on Meredith’s mind

Brandon Meredith has 18 regular-season contests left as a junior outfielder for the San Diego State baseball team, but those may be his last games in a SDSU uniform.

Posted in Baseball, Sports0 Comments

Courtesy of Erica Feinman

SDSU students spend break helping victims

Spring break is a time when many students spend large sums of money on exotic vacation trips to Cancun, Mexico or gambling and drinking it away in Las Vegas. But one group at San Diego State decided to spend its break doing disaster relief in New Orleans instead.

Posted in Campus News, News, Today's Top Stories0 Comments

Melodie Lapot / Staff Artist

Tenure flunks fair treatment for teachers

It takes guts to be a new teacher these days. Nearly every sector of the economy has been hit hard in the wake of California’s increasing deficit, but teachers are undeniably among those hit the hardest.

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Melodie Lapot / Staff Artist

Hypocritical candidates court Tea Party

Last Wednesday, the Arizona State Senate approved a bill that would require presidential candidates to provide official documentation proving they were born in the U.S. in order to appear on the presidential ballot in the state.

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MCT Campus

Sustainability: The dark side of meat eating

America loves her bacon. We love our bacon, our hamburgers and our fried chicken so much that it’s easy for us to simply overlook what all this meat is doing to our nation.

Posted in Going Green, Opinion0 Comments

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