By Chris Hewitt * Like all males of my generation, I remember countless afternoons spent with friends huddled around a television and gaming console with a controller in hand, playing the newest rendition of Call of Duty, Madden, or Medal of Honor. We eagerly awaited the arrival of the newest version each year. We had [...]
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By Sarah R. Riedl * Why does Spotify limit free music streaming to ten hours per month and limits repeat playing of single songs to only five times per month, while Grooveshark users stream to their hearts’ content? Unfortunately for Grooveshark, the unlimited streaming may cost the company a pretty penny. On Wednesday, January 4, [...] By Tierryicah Mitchell * Retired basketball player, Shaquille O’Neal is no novice when it comes to victory. Throughout his nineteen year career, O’Neal was the recipient of the 1999–2000 MVP award, the 1992–93 NBA Rookie of the Year award, three All-Star Game MVP awards, three Finals MVP awards, and two scoring titles. However, one of [...] By Chris Hewitt * Art is a simple yet broad term. One need not examine the various forms of art to determine that that realm of creation is anything but clear and form fitting. The word itself is cryptic. Art can take various forms, including audio, visual, or a combination of the two. What qualifies [...] By Lena Mualla * Lipitor, the best selling prescription drug in the U.S. and in the world, will be available in a generic form at the end of this month, when Pfizer’s patent expires. Lipitor is used to lower users’ cholesterol levels. Ranbaxy, a generics manufacturer based in India, struck a deal with Pfizer, the [...] By Joseph Norman * Red soles, blue boxes; are these proper trademark subjects? French high-fashion house Christian Louboutin and New York City American iconoclastic jeweler Tiffany & Co. think so. Both companies are known for using a specific color to represent their brand. Louboutin is known for its stiletto heels adorned with its signature bright [...] By Jason Weber * In the past year, the Internet has been used to do some amazing things. Pro-democracy advocates used social networking to further populist uprisings during the Arab Spring. Iron-fisted governments manipulated the same tools to silence dissent and isolate citizens seeking freedom. While the United States has consistently portrayed itself as a [...] By Rob Abb & Matthew McClellan * As I discussed in a previous blog, there is a looming battle between the major recording companies and prominent performing artists regarding who will own the copyrights to some of the most valuable albums produced in the last 35 years. The issue will be whether the performing artists, [...] By Chris Hewitt * One simple, three word phrase has captivated, or has at least been imprinted upon, the minds and hearts of many Americans. It has become the headline of the morning paper, the topic of water cooler chatter, and the subject of the nightly news. It has come to signify a political movement [...] By Pierce Haar * Drago and the other villains from the Rocky movies have some company now as the enemies of “Rocky” a.k.a. Sylvester Stallone. A Connecticut screenwriter has sued Sylvester Stallone and his co-writer of the 2010 action film for copyright infringement. Marcus Webb claims that the screenplay for “The Expendables” is “strikingly similar [...] |
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