Have you heard about Kanye West? You see what he did to that Taylor Swift girl? What a joke, right? I think that guy’s a total jerk! How does this guy have the nerve to be such a heartless jerk? I am so angry at him! What do you think? I, for one, am glad I am not such a worthless human being like Kanye West is.
Studies have shown that we humans take only 100 milliseconds to make up our minds about a stranger. Personality, talent, intelligence and all the other traits that make us unique individuals are lost. We judge people on nothing more than the arrangement of their features. No matter how many times we are told not to "judge a book by its cover," beginning with the saccharine children's programs we have grown up with, we remain stubbornly shallow.
Fewer people look forward to release dates of their favorite music albums. Fewer people are excited when their favorite shows are released on DVD. Yes, the economy is facing tough times and people might not be spoiling themselves as much as they used to with life's little luxuries. But an even bigger factor in the decline in anticipation may involve the availability of media elsewhere, on the ever-consuming all-powerful, Internet.
THE ORACLE: I hate sports. Watching the UC Irvine men's soccer team fall to St. John's on Saturday in below 40-degree weather in Queens, NY just reminded me how lame sports can be.
Remember the Iraq War? Remember the latest body count of innocent civilians? No? That's okay because "Dancing with the Stars" was on TV and that is more important.
Why are we surprised when we hear about school shootings, domestic abuse and rape? Jackson Katz, an anti-sexist male speaker, writer and film producer, says that considering how we socialize people according to gender, we should expect these problems.
Nearly 10 years ago the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their defeat of the Phoenix Coyotes undoubtedly renewed Southern California's faith in the NHL.
With textbook costs a perennial issue of concern for students, one Southern California community college recently made headlines with a new program that allows students to rent textbooks instead of purchasing them.
