NFL power rankings favor Steelers
November 18, 2010 • Garrett Cimina, Humor and Leisure Editor
Filed under Sports
Espn.com’s weekly ranking of every team in the NFL is a useless, meaningless, and otherwise unimportant event over the course of an NFL season. After all, rare is the time when the first-ranked team truly is the undisputed best in the league. But since week 4, the top spot in those power rankings... Read more »
The Apprentice enthralls business-minded audiences
November 18, 2010 • Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
Filed under Entertainment
First aired in 2004, Donald Trump’s business-reality television show, The Apprentice, has always raised eyebrows. At the same time, its edginess and its hardcore competition have attracted many viewers and made Trump into a household name. Despite some cheesy shortcomings, the show has managed to stay... Read more »
Rock Band 3 delivers more rock than ever before
November 18, 2010 • Garrett Cimina, Humor & Leisure Editor
Filed under Entertainment
And so it begins, the original player of plastic instruments, Guitar Hero, begins to fade quietly into the night, as the reigning king of rhythm games has squashed it flat. The Rock Band franchise has consistently outscored the older Guitar Hero franchise in critical reviews from leading game magazines... Read more »
USC students go to watch space shuttle launch
November 18, 2010 • Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
Filed under Features, Top Stories
From November 1st to 4th, three Upper St. Clair scholars travelled to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to watch an epic event: the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. Because of the historical significance of the shuttle’s launch, this event was very anxiously awaited. However, storms on Nov. 4 delayed... Read more »
The Japanese Yen enters troubled times
November 18, 2010 • Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
Filed under News
Over the course of late summer and early fall, Japan’s currency, the yen, appreciated heavily, causing major problems for the Japanese economy. Though the Japanese government has attempted to alleviate the swelling yen, its efforts seem to be in vain as the yen continues on its tumultuous path. ... Read more »
Don’t let the bed bugs bite…
November 18, 2010 • Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
Filed under News
Before 2010, bed bugs used were thought of as a reminder of the far gone past. However, recently, however, an outbreak of bed bugs has been seen in major metropolises of the USA, including Pittsburgh. Bed bugs, which are damaging to health, are causing issues in American cities. Bed bugs haven’t... Read more »
Outsourced: a bold but risky new television show gaining popularity
November 18, 2010 • Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
Filed under Entertainment
Rating: 7.169315231776542800015238871886752341999999999911111000000000313333333 Outsourced, the new addition to NBC’s stacked Thursday comedy repertoire developed a major stir with American viewers because it has caused NBC to cut the highly-acclaimed hit Parks and Recreations’ season in half just... Read more »
Pac-Man should be a model for modern video games
November 18, 2010 • Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
Filed under Entertainment
Namco’s 1980 video game franchise, Pac-Man, is now considered one of the best video games of all time, because of its addictiveness and simplicity. Despite its humble beginnings as a game found in arcades, in 2005, Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked Pac-Man as the second best game ever, behind Super... Read more »
The Basque Country should become independent
November 18, 2010 • Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
Filed under Opinions
The Basques, divided between northern Spain and southwestern France, have long been stereotyped as mysterious xenophobic radicals. The Basques are unique in Europe as they historically have almost no cultural or linguistic ties with other peoples even though they’ve been ruled by the governments... Read more »
American economy hopes for a strong holiday shopping season
November 18, 2010 • Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
Filed under Features
With the holiday season just about a month away, the U.S. retail industry and the entire American economy is hoping for a strong holiday shopping season. The holiday shopping season, traditionally considered to be the period from Black Friday (this year November 26) to Christmas Day (December 26),... Read more »
