Author Archives | Eric Dobko

The nectar under the sea

“Exalted are the winds Moliére! The everlasting hands of time have brought us once more to pay our homage to the unparalleled splendor that is life! With the dawn’s deliverance, again are we allowed to caress the divine beauty of the seas as they sweep beneath us, as the passionate siege of the wind flows [...]

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Discrimination gets ugly

There exists a wretched group of people in this world that has been constantly scorned and mistreated since the beginning of time. We oppress them, laugh at their expense and turn our heads, simply because of the skin in which these people were born. Neither the black nor lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has [...]

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Modern transportation is awful

It’s time for our primitive days of driving cars to come to an end. Throughout this past century, our poor planet has become littered with more than a billion of these obnoxious, antiquated machines—arguably a billion too many. This overabundance of steel debris has turned our world into an immense network of superhighways, an endless [...]

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It’s time to give God a vacation

In the beginning, there was disbelief. During the days of innocence, I was once enshrouded with great doubt and uncertainty regarding the existence of God. It seemed that the only things more omnipresent than this mysterious introvert were all the questions I had about Him. “If this moral virtuoso is all-powerful and all-knowing, in charge [...]

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MALAS program offers unconventional learning

Do you grow tired of having to gratify your seemingly insatiable curiosity for knowledge within such a bleak, soulless institution? Are you sick and tired of strolling into class, only to find a herd of comatose students staring blankly ahead into space as they file into a perfect grid of desks like repressed workers in [...]

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Horoscopes don’t predict anything except bad logic

Horoscopes are all dangerous, superstitious nonsense. Despite the lack of evidence to support their claims, mountains of paper continue to be wasted every day for the printing of their outrageously stupid fabrications. Even the paper you now hold in your hands promotes their illogical, harebrained lies. Heed my warning, stranger. Horoscopes, which are forecasts of [...]

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Lucid dreams can improve quality of life

Lucid dreams bear the awareness that one is actually dreaming. Both therapeutic and entertaining, they serve as a portal to your own virtual reality, one that can feel just as real as the waking world. Since the term “lucid dream” was coined in 1913 by Dutch psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden, extensive scientific research has been [...]

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OB Noodle House features eclectic ambiance

Overhead, two floating pink elephants soar through the celestial skies with their long, fleshy trunks extended toward one another in passion. To my left, Samurais swiftly unsheathe gleaming, hand-crafted katanas as dusk dims the light enveloping their masterful dance of death. To my right, Kobe Bryant imperiously approaches the free throw line clutching an orange [...]

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Thank God for toilet art

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

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Sausage and beer highlight OB Oktoberfest

A disorderly display of debauchery dedicated to the divine, delectable, dipsomania-inducing drinks for the decadent desires dogging the diverse denizens of drunkenness—I speak of an event none other than the cheerfully tipsy celebration known as Oktoberfest.

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Deadheads flock to Further concert at Open Air Theater 

I arrived on campus the day of the Furthur show to find San Diego State invaded by intrepid travelers from another realm.

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Don’t believe the Mayan 2012 end of days hype

With Dec. 21 rapidly approaching, panic and terror are escalating worldwide. Armageddon, Judgment Day, the Rapture … despite what you call it, it’s sure to mean one thing a colossal increase in canned food sales.

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