Letter to the Editor: Corsair needs to think things through
September 30, 2010
The Corsair’s Staff Opinion Writers Need Diversity of Thought. In “God speaks, Jones listens,” Staff Writer Vienna Urias decides that burning holy books should not occur, and she claims without evidence that “Under no circumstance would U.S. citizens tolerate the burning of the... Read more »
Editor should think before he writes
Stephanie Sommer
September 29, 2010
On Sept. 11, publisher and editor Richard L. Connor, of The Portland Press Herald in Maine, ran a tribute to the Muslim Ramadan festivities as their front-page story. This sparked uproar from the papers readers who strongly voiced their opposition to the editor’s decision. The... Read more »
Barfly: The Garter
John Stapleton IV, Web Editor
September 29, 2010
Spending a lazy weekday night drinking at The Garter in Venice is like spending a night drinking at your buddy’s house, if your buddy could sing all night while accompanying himself on the piano, and if he had a hot girlfriend who liked to invent really strong cocktails and went skipping around... Read more »
Meg Whitman
September 29, 2010
What would you do with $119 million? More than likely you would find some extravagant way to spend it upon yourself, which is exactly what California Republican candidate Meg Whitman did. Whitman set the record for personally funding a U.S. political campaign,... Read more »
Opinion: Is bringing an NFL team to Los Angeles a smart move?
By Jonathan Mendoza, Staff Writer
September 29, 2010
You really wouldn’t think it upon guessing it, but Los Angeles is the second largest media market for professional football. And yet since 1995 its inhabitants have yet to find a hard, over-heated plastic seat within the city limits... Read more »
Football suffers another blowout
By Dan Laget, Staff Writer
September 29, 2010
The Corsairs engaged the previously winless San Bernardino Wolverines on Saturday in what was expected to be a routine victory for the SMC squad. Mental mistakes cost the Corsairs turnovers, penalty yardage and ultimately, the game. The team seemed unable to get into a rhythm until the fourth quarter,... Read more »
Meg-a-Millions Whitman makes it rain
Vienna Urias
September 29, 2010
What would you do with $119 million? More than likely you would find some extravagant way to spend it upon yourself, which is exactly what California Republican candidate Meg Whitman did. Whitman set the record for personally funding a U.S. political campaign, beating the previous record holder, billionaire... Read more »
Non-profit group blows whistle on the Congo
By Ayla Pound, Staff Writer
September 28, 2010
To most children in America, the sound of whistles can mean many things. From the halt of cars by a crossing guard who is escorting them across the street at school, to the screech it creates at beginning of a basketball game during recess. To thousands of little boys in the Congo,... Read more »
Frugal Fashionista: Hollywood tape necessity
By Cristina Maxwell, Staff Writer
September 28, 2010
There is something brilliant about being prepared when tragedy strikes. Just a quick reaction and out comes the right solution. Unfortunately I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been a few weeks ago. I’m not sure which was more embarrassing: the fact that I lost my sexy black... Read more »
Cheap Eats: Tere’s Mexican Grill
By Lauren Walsh, Staff Writer
September 28, 2010
If I had to eat the same thing every night it would include melted cheese, beans, sour cream, and guacamole, and if one wasn’t enough then I’d have two. Since I gorge myself on these ingredients on a regular basis, some would call me a culo gordo (Spanish for “fat ass.”) I... Read more »
