Student Viewpoint

New Third Generation iPad Review

The iPad 2 has already been deemed one of the best, if not the best, tablet available on the market since its release.  From the first generation iPad, the iPad 2 unveiled a brand new design, a more powerful...

Album Review: Regret by Modern

Sometime a couple years ago, an adolescent boy decided to create music in addition to fulfilling his academic obligations. Painstakingly saving his money, he purchased a turntable, a balanced pair of headphones, and also pirated audio software. Initially, the boy...

Book Review: Legend by Marie Lu

When one thinks of Los Angeles, California, sunny beaches, multilingual communities, and burdening taxes probably come to mind. In the world of Legend, an apocalyptic fiction book by author Marie Lu, there is barely any of the sprawling metropolis...

Oscar Nominated Films Hugo and The Artist Tell Similar Tales

It is fairly common for Hollywood to release at least a few films each year about, well, films. Possibly nothing is more characteristic of American cinema than its frequent vanity-driven practice of looking at itself in the mirror, praising...

Book Review: American Sniper

Exhaling through his nose, aiming through the scope of his rifle, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle pulled the trigger. The bullet leapt out of the rifle, screamed through the air, and directly hit its target: a woman. The women, a...

Brady and Manning to Clash in Super Bowl

It’s a bittersweet week knowing that the Super Bowl is tomorow.  While the game should be wildly exciting, it also means the last game of NFL season is here. It seems like just yesterday we were all unsure whether...

Book Review: Scar Tissue

  “Under the bridge downtown is where I drew some blood/Under the bridge I could not get enough/Under the bridge forgot about my love/Under the bridge I gave my life away.”   Perhaps no other set of lyrics that Anthony Kiedis—the lead...

Are Yu Ready for Darvish in the Playoff Picture?

The Texas Rangers have an idea of what Yu Darvish can be in the Major Leagues, hints the $112 million they paid to get him to Arlington.  But, now that he is on U.S. soil, how will his performance...

Apple’s Education Event: A Brief Summary

Students have been using traditional textbooks in school for decades as a way to learn material.  Even though textbooks have served the need for good content, the traditional textbook is not without flaws: textbooks lack portability, durability, interactivity, search...