Haunted boy, good cameras make Insidious frightening
By Joshua knopp/managing editor The writer and director of Saw have made a movie without shedding a drop of blood. Insidious is a ghost story and a stark contrast to Leigh Wannell and James Wan’s famous gorenography series. Renai (Rose Byrne), a housewife and aspiring musician, begins to experience frightening supernatural events when her eldest [...]
TCC Police Blotter
March 4 A person reported a phone stolen from the NE Campus gym area. March 5 A handicapped parking sign was damaged in the TR Campus parking garage. March 7 A student reported losing a cell phone on SE Campus. March 7 A person reported having cash stolen on SE Campus. March 7 A student’s [...]
Source Code repeats time but has fresh plot twists
By Frankie Farrar-Helm/entertainment editor If there is anything viewers will walk away with after seeing Source Code, it’s this: Life is short — make every second count. In the case of Army Capt. Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal), he has only eight minutes, or 480 seconds, to save the lives of hundreds. Finding himself in the [...]
CD Review
By Frankie Farrar-helm/entertainment editor Listen up, country music fans. If you miss the good ol’ simple guitar tunes that existed before the mainstream-pop genre devoured them, country artist Amy Black has something for you. Black’s second album One Time, released March 29, is like a Jack Daniels and Coke — a delicious blend of straight [...]
Astronaut offers students global view of experience
By Aisha Banafe and Jim Birmingham Students from four TCC campuses heard about issues of multiculturalism in space exploration from a former astronaut March 24-25. Leroy Chiao, an entrepreneur, consultant and public speaker, detailed his experience as an astronaut and spoke about the importance of acquiring a “global view” of living. Chiao speaks Mandarin Chinese and [...]
Author presents differences in Western, Chinese parenting styles
By Leah Bosworth/ne news editor The Tiger Mother has been released and, fortunately, she’s inside a book. Author Amy Chua — Yale law professor, wife and mother of two — reveals what it really takes to be a Tiger Mother in her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Her book focuses on her [...]
CD Review
By Frankie Farrar-helm/entertainment editor Listen up, ’80s fans — get ready for a musical comeback of epic proportions. The former British heartthrobs have something to prove, and with its musical revelation released March 22, Duran Duran proves to be both a product of its time and a band with its eye on the future. Veteran [...]
Artist juxtaposes beauty, violence
In an exclusive art installation on SE Campus called Ryder Richards: Pow[d]er, artist Ryder Richards displays contradiction in his pieces between violence and beauty. The collection is made up of about 15 pieces of artwork that provide visual images of guns, oil pump jacks and mufflers with floral and intricate designs, using gunpowder and burnt [...]
Students need more than grades, advisor says
By Soleman Hakeem/reporter College success includes more than good grades, an academic advisor told TR students recently. Sharon Moore presented Tips for Transferring Credits, a lunch workshop, March 5. “Prospective employers are not just looking for academically talented students, they often want students who are well-rounded and have active campus lives,” she said. Moore said [...]
Counselor addresses relationships
Many signs can help determine if a couple is in a healthy or an unhealthy relationship, a SE counselor told students recently. Michael Eason presented Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships March 31 to inform students and faculty how to maintain a good relationship. “I hope students are more aware of the situation,” Eason said. “If in [...]