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By Sarah PyeAssistant Lifestyles Editor The top of the stairs down to the Com Pad? Nope, no reception there. How about the rock in front of dorm eight? No, no service there either. Try standing in the fountain, on one leg, hopping up and down, with a tin foil hat. Well, that might work for some people. Out of five major cellular service carriers (AT&T, Cingular, Nextel, … [Read more...] about Can you hear me now?

JJ Bowman Two games, two sports, two cultures. One amazing day. Feb. 3, the day the lowly Fiorentina squad made the soccer juggernaut in Roma quiver for a full 90 minutes. The day New England proved to the world what their football fans already knew.  I watched them both — the first three rows back at midfield and the second from a professor’s living room floor until Adam … [Read more...] about Soccer seen from a new seat

By Caleb CamachoStaff Writer “God never told me to become a minister,” Dr. Daniel Rodriguez says with unwary, passion-filled eyes. Hundreds of books, both in Spanish and English, fill any available space on the shelves of his office in the Religion Division. Pictures of his family and former classes stare down at a steady stream of visitors. Not only does Rodriguez preach … [Read more...] about Journey of faith leads professor to unexpected but welcome places

By Kristen LowreyAssistant A & E Editor “Buffalo, buffalo, wings wings.” To most people this might sound like the appetizer special at Chili’s, but to sophomore Hayley McClelland these words have a different meaning as tap dancing steps. McClelland began her extensive relationship with show business at the age of three when she became hooked on dancing. She later picked up … [Read more...] about McClelland taps her way to the top

By Laura ShamasContributing Writer Hollywood’s annual big night is almost here. This Sunday, one billion people all over the world will be tuned to the glitzy, three-hour (or longer) awards show hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, where Tinseltown’s brightest will shine, shine, shine. Why do so many people watch? Because it is a mimetic reflection of our culture and of the human psyche … [Read more...] about Oscar’s cultural consciousness