The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was held on Sunday, and it was a star-studded affair indeed. While most celebrities have spent the better part of the past year roundly criticizing the beautiful disaster that is the Bush administration, some decided that the opportunity for exposure was simply too good to pass up.
The chimes of AC/DC's “Hells Bells” welcomed UA closer Jason Stoffel as he jogged to the mound in the ninth inning with the determination to preserve a one-run lead.
If you visited the UA Mall yesterday afternoon, you might have come across Suki Jiao, a student from Quingdao, China, who will be attending the UA in August.
If so, she tried - with a quick smile and quicker shift of the arm - to hand you a promotional packet on Beijing, the site of this year's Summer Olympic Games: “Take this.
Adam Cohen set a goal to become a head coach by age 30. Cohen, who has spent the last three years as a UA basketball manager, took his next step toward making that happen by accepting a graduate assistant job at the University of New Orleans.
Imagine a time where MTV and reality television doesn't rule the planet. Radio doesn't exist, nor does the ancient art of silent movies. Electricity is just being discovered and the United States continues to grow with the insurgence of immigrants from all over the world.
Don't even read this review. I can sum up the whole movie in one sentence - freaking hilarious. Stop reading. Go see “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
For all you traditionalists out there still reading this review despite my protests, I'll continue.
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is the latest comedic hit from Judd Apatow, the mastermind behind “The 40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up.
“Osage Rose” book release party - Professor of American Indian studies, Tom Holm, will sign copies of his detective novel, which includes a white woman who runs off with an American Indian heir to an oil company. Not sure how the title fits in. 4:30 p.m.
If you're looking for a quick trip to the Far East during your lunch break, but want something more authentic than Panda Express, Asian Sandwich Deli, 1710 E. Speedway Blvd., might be the perfect lunchtime stop.
As the name implies, this hole-in-the-wall (the restaurant is roughly the size of a two bedroom apartment and there are only four tables for those wishing to “dine in”) find specializes in unique, Asian-inspired sandwiches at insanely low prices.
Rupert Murdoch finalized his deal Tuesday, buying Newsday and choosing the top editor for the Wall Street Journal. He bought Newsday for $580 million, according to the International Herald Tribune, and puts him “in control of three of the nation's 10 largest newspapers.
Walking past the odious library monuments - that cheesy statue of the woman and the doves, a trash-can spewing out smaller cans of various energy drinks, the pixilated photo of Manuel T. Pacheco - any time past midnight instills a sense of independence and self-loathing.
While most movies are shot in exotic locals with white beaches and bikini-clad women, a few local filmmakers have chosen to go back to their roots in the hopes of making an entertaining political statement. Producer Devin Colvin and co-writer and actor Brett Spackman's two-year film project “Coyote” is set in locations such as Tucson and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and focuses on the complex ideas of friendship and immigration.
Instead of partaking in a lazy Saturday, some Tucsonans have their calendars marked to attend the third annual Tucson Madonnari Chalk Festival at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library Plaza from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The festival, in partnership with It's Happening Downtown, will feature new and established Madonnari artists producing their work on the downtown pavement of the plaza.
Douglas Thompson, a doctoral student in choral conducting, is bringing an entirely unique concert to campus. Incorporating his doctoral thesis, he will conduct a choir as they use their natural voices to sing with electronic music.
“Computer music has only been around since the 1950s, which is amazing when you consider that the cello and violin have been around for more than 500 years.
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