Silence shouldn’t be option for Nikias


I have always felt it is hard to determine the value of a college football program. Unlike, say, for a professional baseball team, Forbes doesn’t annually list the monetary value of Florida, Texas or USC. There isn’t an established market price. There isn’t an exact figure that can be attached. There are a few things, however, […]

Making music


Elizabeth Geli (right), a marching band teaching assistant, and Kevin Bellows, a senior majoring in electrical engineering and a flute section leader, encourage visiting secondary school students to make noise. Almost 1,000 local high and middle school musicians learned to play spirit songs from the Trojan Marching Band on Saturday.

People and Things fails to shine


People and Things by Jack’s Mannequin 2/4 Stars Released Oct. 4, People and Things is the third album from Orange County-based piano-rock/pop/punk group Jack’s Mannequin.  In order to understand People and Things, we must first examine the journey of frontman Andrew McMahon. In 2005, shortly after the release of the band’s first album, McMahon was diagnosed […]

Online education needs connection


From the most trivial of issues (who went to what party this weekend?) to the most traditional of society’s establishments (newspapers, music and book industries, Postal Service), Internet has transformed our lives. But one area remains to be revolutionized digitally: education. Online education is on the rise, pitting those who support the idea of a […]