Younger adults own more gadgets like cell phones, laptops and music devices, according to a PEW Research poll. Cell phones are the most popular gadget, with 85 percent of adults owning one. For adults age 18 to 34 in the Millennial generation that number increases to 95. The study also found that younger adults make […]
>I got my classic book review on Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities published for my school newspaper, The Daily Titan. You can check it out here: Classic Book Review: A Tale of Two Cities
>Today in my Language and Culture class, we were learning about metaphors and how we tend to think of things by our language. A conceptual, or cognitive, metaphor is something that refers to the understanding of one idea in terms of another. An example of this is ARGUMENT IS WAR, as noted by linguists George […]
> Taken from a 15-year-old National Geographic article, Don Belt recounts a very horrific incident in Galilee, Israel. Unfortunately, this was not the first conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis nor would it be the last: “School let out early on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day- April 6, a Wednesday- in the quiet Galilee […]
Inception is the latest masterpiece by Christopher Nolan which deals with a concept so universal and yet so complex: dreams. The science-fiction thriller has grossed more than $150 million in its first two weeks, according to the Internet Movie Database. The cast is headed by Leonardo DiCaprio who plays Dom Cobb, one of the best […]
> I rewatched “The End,” the series finale of Lost again yesterday, and it was just as good as I first thought. Although it did not explain every question, it did answer the major questions that had the most relevance to the final outcome of the show. Many people were disappointed with how the show […]
> My thoughts on “The End”, the two and a half hour finale to the 120-something hour ABC television show, Lost. I loved it. The finale was amazing and everything that I could have hoped for in an ending to my favorite show. It had typical Lost twists, drama, and fighting, including Fake John Locke […]
>”Across the Sea” confirmed what was mostly known: that Jacob is protecting the Island. More specifically and what I did not know was that he was protecting the white light at the heart of the Island, so that no one could come and extinguish it. “If it goes out here, it goes out everywhere,” his […]
>My thoughts on “Across the Sea”, the second episode left until the two and a half hour series finale. The episode took a break from the main storyline of season 6, where in the previous episode three main characters died a very emotional death: Sun, Jin, and Sayid. Jacob’s team is breaking up and only […]
> Sunset at Cal State Fullerton McCarthy Hall
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