Classic "Breakfast Club" still relevant

Breakfast anyone?: John Hughes' movie about troublemakers is a classic.

   This John Hughes creation shows five high school students from different social circles at a Saturday detention.  Of the five, there is a socialite, a jock, a criminal, a nerd, and a basket case.  In order to escape boredom, they wander the halls, avoid the principal, and actually get to know each other.  Through the many disagreements among them, they discover that they are all bizarre in one way or another.  In the end, all truths are revealed and new friendships are formed.

   This movie is a classic.  The clothes, hairstyles, and technologies may be behind us, but the pressures, stereotypes, and detentions all still exist.  I love this movie because of its honesty; it shows that five completely different people can become friends, based merely on personality as opposed to the status quo.  This is a must-see movie and can be found in many different locations such as Target or Netflix.

- By Rachael Sprague 

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Top 5 funny Tumblrs

superwhitegirlproblems: Happens to everyone

1.   Brotips: Tips on love, friendship, daily life, and haters from the bros to the bros.

2.   Teenagerposts: Simple posts that you will inevitably relate to as a teenager.

3.   Superwhitegirlproblems: This is for girls. Not just for white girls, but all girls in general. This website has funny problems that all teenage girls face. If you have some free time right now, you should check it out.

4.   theonlymagicleftisart: Feeling artsy? This tumblr, updated weekly by one artist, includes photos, sketches, paintings and lots of other cool things.

5.   kimjongildroppingthebass: Have you ever checked out the Kim Jong Il Looking at Things? Well, the dear leader also likes to hang out with David Guetta, LMFAO and other famous artists. 

- By Kelly Jung 

Photo courtesy of superwhitegirlproblems.tumblr.com

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Blogging the presidential race: part one

Election time: Bozo the Clown for President, anyone?

   And then there were five.

   In a presidential race that more resembles an episode of “Survivor” than a nation-shaping election, Republican presidential candidate and resident “that-one-guy” Jon Huntsman announced today that he was ending his campaign, which means we’re now left with only five candidates to giggle uncontrollably at.

   Contestant number one: Mitt Romney. When thinking about Mitt Romney’s place atop the Republican primary field, I think to an old Chinese proverb: when Romney is winning, rock bottom you have hit.

   Okay, maybe that isn’t a Chinese proverb, but it certainly should be, because the Republican primaries have indeed hit rock bottom. At this point, the former Massachusetts governor has cemented his place atop the Republican field, thus putting the biggest bull’s-eye imaginable on the back of his head, and the other candidates have begun shooting.

   Not that it’s hard to smear Mitt Romney. From his record at the helm of a big, bad corporation to his questionable economic and foreign policies, Mitt Romney practically smears himself (speaking of smearing oneself, I’ll talk about Rick Santorum next week), and according to the Super-PAC that formerly belonged to Stephen Colbert, “If Mitt Romney believes that corporations are people, then Mitt Romney is a serial killer.”

   In my opinion, as of right now, it looks like an Obama-Romney 2012 showdown is inevitable. Thankfully, however, that won’t stop the other candidates from acting like baboons. My only hope is that Romney’s pick for vice president can at least have a crazy-off with Joe Biden. May I suggest Bozo the clown? 

- By Jack Childress 

Photo courtesy of Larry Harmon Pictures Corp. / Indiana News Center