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...]

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...]

Being forced to put up with an in-your-face master sergeant, run laps around a muddy football field and march in the pouring rain are just three reasons I hated my high school ROTC class. I managed to survive for one year, but that was it. I wore my dry-clean-only uniform every Wednesday, lifted weights every Thursday and said, “Sir yes sir” every Friday when the sergeant ordered us to have a good weekend. But two weeks into my sophomore year, the sergeant screamed at me in front of my classmates... [Read more...]