by Ashika Chetty in Features
Can you imagine the day that there is a cure for cancer, AIDS or diabetes? And in the meantime, there being enough money to fund research? How about running a 26-mile run towards a cure?
Maureen Moore, a humanities professor on campus is doing just that. She is an enthusiastic woman hoping one day a cure for cancer will arise.
by Lana Tsiberman in Features
The atmosphere and spirit of the participants more than made up for the lack of people in the first Spoken Word Night the Cosumnes River College poetry club hosted March 9.
Perhaps so many people weren't there to share their creative writing because they didn't know about the night, or the new club.
by Lindsey Halsey in Features
Spring break is fast approaching and the words on everyone's lips are, "What am I going to do?"
No one wants to be stuck at home doing nothing. This is the anticipated and well-deserved break from school and responsibility, at least to some extent. Even though it's just for one short week, it's not an excuse to let it meander on past you.
by Sara Espinosa in Features
With chiseled abs and top-notch special effects, "300" killed the box office in a mere three days. Raking in an estimated $70 million, its opening was the third highest for an R-rated movie.
According to a Yahoo.com article, only "The Passion of the Christ" and "The Matrix Reloaded" had a larger opening crowd.
by Cristie Pirote in Features
With recent album releases crowding the shelves at your local Borders, it's sometimes easy to forget that new doesn't always mean better.
After popping in or downloading the Libertine's 2002 release "Up the Bracket," nothing could be truer.
Call them punk, Britpop, garage punk revival or just plain indie (all genres made popular in the early 2000s by bands like the Strokes), the now defunct London band breaks down rock'n'roll to its primitive form: gritty, sweaty and in your face.
by Mark Thorpe in Features
With spring just beginning and summer right the corner, many college students are going to be headed to the theaters to catch the latest hits. Here is a guide to the top anticipated movies being released to theaters soon.
• "TMNT." Remember growing up with the classic green turtles that mutated into ninjas? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunite on the big screen Friday in an effort to save the world from a dark evil.
