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For the days when your friendly neighborhood journalism crew needs to take a break
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
“The Avengers” was terrible.
Monday, April 23, 2012
10 Keyboard tricks for a PC
10 Keyboard tricks for a PC
By Melissa Tong
Many people may already know about clicking Ctrl F to find
specific words within a long article, but there are other quick keyboard tricks
that can make your life easier.
1.
Need to close a tab if a friend comes into your
room right when you’re buying their birthday present? This trick will close
tabs faster than clicking the red X on the top of the page.
Trick: Alt+ F4
2.
Have many windows open, making it difficult to
click the desired icon on the desktop? This shortcut will prevent having to
minimize all windows to reach the desktop page.
Trick: Windows + D
3.
Have numerous tabs open and want to maneuver
between tabs easily? Now there’s an easy way to switch tabs without even
touching the mouse.
Trick: Ctrl +Tab
4.
Without using the mouse, you can choose which
window you want among the many windows that you’ve opened.
Trick: Alt + Tab
5.
Now there’s no excuse for misspelling words with
this keyboard trick.
Trick: F7
6.
Accidentally closed a tab? Here’s an easy way to
reopen the tab.
Trick: Ctrl + Shift + T
7.
Refresh the page with the push of a button.
Trick: F5
8.
Always in fear of accidentally losing that essay
that you’ve worked so hard on because you forgot the save it? Press these two
keys to constantly save your work.
Trick: Ctrl + S
9.
View the start menu with this simple combo.
Trick: Ctrl + Esc
10. Want
to highlight a lot of text without having to deal with scrolling? The following
keys highlight a whole page.
Trick: Ctrl + A
Making Smoothies, a simple spring snack
Making smoothies, a simple spring snack
By Avery Ponce
Smoothies are nutritious and delicious -- and cold. What better
to drink on the hot days to come? You’ll need bananas, blueberries, milk or
juice, ice cubes, and a blender.
1. Freeze
bananas and blueberries overnight in a plastic bag.
2. Put
two bananas, one cup of blueberries, and one cup of milk into a blender. You
can substitute juice or soy milk for the milk if you prefer.
3. Blend
until the smoothie has the desired texture. If it’s too thick, blend in more
milk. If it’s too bland, blend in more bananas or blueberries. If the smoothie
is not cold enough, blend in a few ice cubes to cool it.
photo courtesy of blueberrycouncil.org
Hunger Games versus Twilight: which is better?
By Alicia Y. Zheng
Considering the
enormous fan base that teenage girls provide, both “The Hunger Games” by
Suzanne Collins and the “Twilight” series by Stephanie Meyers are ripe for
commercializing. From posters with giant faces plastered on them to the action
dolls modeled after the characters, both series take advantage of the wide
market of hungry teenage girls. Which leaves the question: which series is the
better one? (Keep in mind that I will be comparing books, not the movies – any
star power to support either side will not be considered.)
Storyline: Hunger Games is about a post-apocalyptic
society that prevents rebellion by sending teenagers to kill each other in an
arena. Twilight is about a mortal
girl who can’t choose between a vampire and a werewolf.
Hunger Games wins
this one. It offers more action and more suspense, with a more interesting
climax other than “I choose the vampire.”
Characters:
Katniss has a tough-girl persona that easily makes her an idol among pre-teen
girls; she volunteers as a tribute for her little sister and is lethal with her
bow and arrow combination. Add in Peeta’s lovable baker boy personality and
Gale’s shady bad boy character and it’s a recipe for a heart-wrenching choice. Twilight offers Bella, a mortal girl who
can’t choose between a brooding vampire and a loyal werewolf.
Another one for Hunger
Games.
Relatability:
While the idea of throwing a bunch of teenagers in a pre-made arena to kill
each other is very appealing, the fact is that Twilight’s gloomy setting of Forks is more relatable to high school
students, even if there aren’t superhumans climbing to the tops of trees or
randomly transforming into werewolves.
Point for Twilight.
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“The Hunger Games”
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“Twilight”
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Books sold
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16 million copies
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116 million copies
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Pre-tickets sold
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Over 1 million tickets
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Opening Weekend
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To be released…
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$14.2 million
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Fan base
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Pre-teen and teens as well as <25 years males
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Mostly pre-teen and teen girls
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In the end, The Hunger
Games seems to have dominated over Twilight
with a better storyline and better characters. True fans know where their
biases lay; where do yours?
photo courtesy of salon.com
Friday, March 2, 2012
Top five snowboarding websites
EasyLoungin
A small forum with some of the best discussions on topics
from riding techniques to next year’s gear. EasyLoungin also has an active
classifieds section to buy and trade snowboarding gear.
Shayboarder
A small blog run through the eyes of a female rider living
and working in Mammoth. The author has done some very hard work in the previous
years making friends with people in the industry, and the result is some very
informative interviews with industry professionals.
GearTrade
While not a website specifically dedicated to snowboarding, Geartrade
has a massive assortment of used goods for sale, ranging from boards to
outerwear. With some patience and attention to detail, you can easily find some
great deals.
YoBeat
A blog-ish website that features a multitude of content, from
small reader-submitted video edits, to interviews with pro riders. Its motto is
“making fun of snowboarding since 1997.”
R/snowboarding
A section of the main website Reddit, R/snowboarding, a sub-Reddit,
is probably the most beginner-friendly place for people with questions. The
community has a very varied skill base, and hosts discussion topics for all
types of riders.
- By Wyatt Christiansen
Five health myths you probably believe
1. Coffee stunts your
growth
Forget what your
parents told you as a child. Coffee doesn’t actually stunt your growth. In
fact, there’s no scientific proof supporting the theory. However, coffee does
contain caffeine, which can lead to anxiety and heart problems.
2. Cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis
Whenever you crack
your knuckles, bubbles of gas burst in between your joints, creating the
all-too-familiar popping sound. These bubbles reappear in approximately twenty
minutes allowing you to crack your knuckles again. The reality is that anyone
is prone to arthritis whether you crack your knuckles or not. So, go
knuckle-cracking to your heart’s content.
3. Shaving makes hair grow back thicker
Contrary to popular
belief, hair doesn’t grow back thicker. The newly grown hair just seems thicker;
unlike the hair that was there before, the follicles have not been worn down
yet (making them thinner).
4. You only use a small percentage of your brain
While it may be
true that sometimes we do not use our brains to their full potential, it’s not
true that we only use a small percentage of our brains. In fact, our brains are
always active (even while we sleep), making each area of the brain important.
If we didn’t use every area of our brains, we wouldn’t be able to function
normally.
5. It takes 7 years to digest swallowed gum
Remember – it’s not
the stomach that does the digesting; it’s the small and large intenstines. So even
though the human stomach cannot break
down gum, it doesn’t stay in your stomach for years. Gum doesn’t have
superpowers allowing it to stick to the walls of your stomach, so swallowing
gum is actually harmless. It goes in one end and comes out the other just like
anything else, though it takes intestines more work.
- By Claudia Preciado
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