Most people desire only two things: security and attention. The two continually war over our hearts; on one end, there is the peaceful calm of security, bound by time and routine, by a lover reliable and devoted. On the other, there is the attention, that spatial leap, the risky rendezvous, the late-night reveries, always craving something less patient than the ticking clock.
Highly acclaimed Japanese violinist and composer Mari Kimura performed at Winifred Smith Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Kimura's performance, "Reinventing Tradition: Violin and Computer Plays the East and Beyond," was presented by the Gassmann Electronic Music Series. Kimura's compositions combine elements of classical violin, Japanese and Eastern music and electronics.
How appropriate, in current economic conditions, that an action film is released that demonizes bankers. More specifically, the antagonist of "The International" is a bank that exists above the law – stationed in neutral borders and holding a big enough profit to bribe God – whose illegal business practices are safeguarded through the routine "accidents" that happen to anyone and everyone able to fight it.
All the heroes are dead. Their bodies lay strewn about cyberspace after being pulled apart by Internet jackals and our own curiosity. Our thirst to know more has driven us to slay the very people we admire, and the Internet lies in our hands like a bloody murder weapon. Modern media has made the idea of a hero impossible, thanks to overexposure.
Retired DEA: Writer Misunderstands View of Police; Gunless Students are Legally Defenseless on Campus; Myths Persist About Concealed Weapons on Campuses.
Things are now so bad here in California that it seems we can't even do what we're best at anymore: locking people up. Boy, do we know how to pack them in. Not only has California been sending prisoners to other states due to a lack of facilities, but it is also housing prisoners in our state's jails that are somewhere near 200 percent capacity, according to CNN.
I was intrigued by the proposal to make public students' evaluations of their UC Irvine instructors in the "Motion to Release Teacher Evaluations" article on Feb. 9. It would be a nice way to end the misguided dependence some have on RateMyProfessors.com (RMP), where anyone, student or not, can post an evaluation, and there is no control over sample sizes or bias of participants. A number of assertions made by interviewees in the New University article, however, need context and consideration before they serve as a basis for a new policy.
THE SWAGGER: It seems like the LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant debate is all over the sports world today. Heck, I wrote my column about it just two weeks ago. But since Kobe's 61- point slashing of the Knicks and LeBron's almost triple-double performance in New York, the blogs have been going crazy. It is safe to call this relationship between the two players an official rivalry. And rivalries are one of the best things about sports...
