Poor planning during college football season can spell disaster for out-of-town games. Nearby hotels are over-priced and over-booked. Heavy traffic plus accident-prone party goers on the roads are a given. So what is the best way to enjoy a lavish, stress-free game day? Location, location, location! Forget hotels! How would you like to start game […]

There is something irresistible about the Arctic Monkeys and its catchy guitar riffs and sugary, often prosaic lyrics. The band’s last album, “Favourite Worst Nightmare” was part of a wave of English bands in the 2000s, like The Kooks or the Klaxons, who crossed the pond and into sold out venues and hipster playlists across […]

In How a Detainee Became An Asset, The Washington Post provided objective information on the success achieved using enhanced interrogation techniques in the case of Khalid Sheik Mohammed. This captured terrorist was the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was involved in many other terrorist attacks, was close to Osama bin Laden, and had a wealth […]

Colleges are generally known as safe, distinguished spaces for young people to explore their interests, prepare for a fulfilling career, and experience invaluable growth in their social, intellectual, spiritual, personal and professional lives. Sometimes, though, even the most reputable colleges are vulnerable to unethical, unfair practices that compromise the safety of students and integrity of […]

The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy is a sad event. It should make us all reflect on the reality that no matter how far we go in life, no matter what we may accomplish, in the end we all face the same fate. There can be no doubt that Ted Kennedy was a giant […]

Falling asleep in class is no new obstacle to college students today.  The classes can swell to as many as 200 students which provides handy camouflage to safely doze off, there’s still only one teacher, and the seats are usually more comfortable than those hardback plastic ones in high school.  Even if you’re one of […]

Below is a poem written by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the national hero of the Republic of the Philippines. My personal reaction about the poem then follows. TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH (A La Juventud Filipina) Unfold, oh timid flower! Lift up your radiant brow, This day, Youth of my native strand! Your abounding talents show […]

How far will people go to express their passion for college football? Long after they graduate from college, and even if they never attended college at all, serious college football fans of all ages pack university stadiums and hold tailgate parties year after year. Some people go to extremes to support their favorite college football […]

With all the emergence of the state-of-the-art information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as cellular phones and high-speed computers, I highly believe that people around the world are somewhat already aware enough of the environmental havocs that are happening nowadays. I believe that they already know what they ought to do and that, what they […]

Madonna brought her “Sticky and Sweet” tour to Belgrade, Serbia on August 24. According to local press reports (here and here), there were about 30,000 people in attendance. I was there, too, along with a friend who’s also a close friend of Cat, my domestic guardian. The concert venue was in a park beside the […]