Cardinal will be no picnic for USC


Usually schools schedule a cupcake during Homecoming. Usually they make sure the cupcake is light (healthy is all the rage these days), loaded with creamy frosting and decorated with some celebratory sprinkles. Usually, the cupcake is devoured before the main course is served and by the time dessert rolls around, the alumni are left to […]

Generic rom-com ‘Hurts’ from title to characters


Considered an indie romantic comedy, director Barra Grant’s Love Hurts is painful viewing for audience members seeking a sappy indulgence. The only tears a movie watcher might shed are from laughter. The movie stars British actor Richard E. Grant as Ben Bingham, an ear, nose and throat doctor who is oblivious to how his beautiful, […]

McCarthy novels sap adrenaline from films


Ours is a violent generation, and Cormac McCarthy knows it. He knows it, and he knows how to exploit us for it. The final third of Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men was one of the most divisive acts of cinema committed this decade. After establishing a violent and […]

Students make or break relations with community


Back in Arizona when I was senior in high school, my calculus teacher surveyed the class about what colleges they wanted to attend. About 40 percent raised their hands when he asked if anyone was interested in Arizona State University. He then handed each student with their hands up what he said was ASU’s application. […]