Do I do it? Sheeeeit. Should I really do it?

I have a confession to make: I want an iPhone 4. Really badly. It’s come between my cell phone and me; our relationship is just not the same anymore. I am no longer satisfied with its just-the-basics features.

“Miles Corwin is a best-selling author who’s written several books about the LAPD.” This was the introduction freelance writer and UC Irvine’s literary journalism professor Miles Corwin received from Dateline NBC last Friday night. Corwin, who served as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times for most of his 20 years there, was brought on to comment on a 1990s cold case from the Los Angeles Police Department.

SYNTH: Cut Copy’s new album is a solid set of high-energym Eightie’s-inspired pop tracks.

CARS: The latest entry into the old racing video game series fails to adapt to the next-gen gaming systems.

COMEDY: Fresh from his successful role in “The Hangover,” Ed Helms plays the same character here. By Wes Koseki

ROMANCE: The inclusion of gnomes in this Shakespeare adaptation ultimately bears too little fruit.

KEY: A swan song for Oberst and Co., final album brings promise of new musical directions.

“The Colored Museum” premiered in 1986 under the direction of George C. Wolfe and has been brought back to passionate, captivating life by our very own Claire Trevor School of the Arts Drama Department, under the direction of Jaye Austin Williams. This play allows the audience to realize that African American slavery does not merely remain an event of the past. It’s understandable for viewers to expect “The Colored Museum” to be a heavy, dramatic performance; I was expecting to find an extended example of the interpretation of black slavery in the play. To my surprise, I laughed as many times as I gasped and grimaced during the eclectic play — “The Colored Museum” is the expression of every angle of thought and emotion, both understood and hidden, on the subject of African American oppression as well as submission into society.

MAJESTIC: The god of epic New Age music has returned, bringing the Nineties back with him.

Compiled by Emmanuel Martinez.

PITCHERS: The Anteaters will call upon three untested right handers for their starting rotation.

HITTERS: Head Coach Mike Gillespie has released his team’s tentative lineup for the 2011 season.

OUTLOOK: The Anteaters will likely struggle in comparison to the past’s untested pitching staff.