Isn’t it funny how sometimes the dumbest people say the smartest things? Take rapper Kanye West for example. This Grammy award-winning rapper made a complete fool of himself last summer at the MTV Music Video Awards, when he interrupted singer Taylor Swifts’ acceptance speech with a drunken tirade about how Beyonce deserved the award for Best Video. I bet if you’ve never listened to one of West’s CDs you might think he’s a complete idiot, but that couldn’t be any further from the truth,... [Read more...]

Maybe it’s a little premature to talk about graduation, but my stomach has been churning since the quarter began.  You see, I started looking at post-Sinclair universities in January, and it’s a tough world out there.  For the first time in my life, I’m nervous about applying to school. One reason is the relative scarcity of my field of study.  I want to study media convergence, or the ways radio, television, print and the Internet can work together to convey messages.  When I searched... [Read more...]

There are many places to plug in laptops around Sinclair Community College’s downtown campus, including the Tartan Marketplace, the Student Activities Center and more.  Below are some photos of students using this resource to study, research or relax. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption... [Read more...]

After complaining for the better part of three years to get off Sunday nights so he could watch football, I was surprised last month when my co-worker told me he doesn’t watch the NFL much anymore. When I asked him why he doesn’t, he said whenever he sees it he gets the irresistible urge to play the Madden NFL 10 video game. I laughed silently in my head when he told me this because he outweighs me by more than 100 pounds and has a bit of a temper. But after putting some thought into it, I was... [Read more...]

Growing up on the 38 square mile island of Yap, Sinclair Community College student Joseph Bandag said he never saw a Taco Bell or felt what it’s like to be cold until he came to the United States of America. “When I was young I heard there were other countries around the world and that Earth was a big round planet,” Bandag said. “But I had never been anywhere besides Yap, so I thought they made some mistake and that Earth was just a flat thing that just goes and never ends. I thought that... [Read more...]

Anyone with a laptop knows that the most important resource to have is an outlet plug.  Go to any Panera or Starbucks and you’ll see that the seats next to the outlets are taken first.  So where can you plug in if you want to use your laptop at school?  Here are the top three locations I’ve found. 3. Computer labs Every computer at Sinclair Community College has to plug in somewhere, and the power strips in computer labs usually have unused plugs.  However, you have to sign in to use a computer,... [Read more...]