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Travis Hensley
- January 24, 2011
‘No Strings Attached’ grabs No. 1 spot in weekend box office
No Strings Attached” starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman opened this weekend and topped the box office, making about $20.3 million, according to studio estimates. It is a raunchy comedy disguised as a romantic...
- January 21, 2011
Kutcher, Portman discuss new film, ‘No Strings Attached’
Ashton Kutcher is taller than you think that he would be, not that he looks short on the movie screen. It’s just that there is a preconceived notion that all actors are tiny so...
- December 2, 2010
Don’t trade class time for social networking
If religion is the opiate of the masses, then social networking must be its crystal meth. Just like the drug, you have photos chronologically showing yourself going downhill. You also have gaps...
- December 1, 2010
The Beatles more than a band
The world is conspiring to get us to think more about The Beatles. The band’s music is now being made available on iTunes. Television seems to be flooded with four-minute commercial breaks...
- November 19, 2010
Be sure to study during Thanksgiving break
It goes with Thanksgiving break. One deep breath, and we’re in the middle of finals. If you’ve been putting off studying until now, know that you’re not in terrible trouble. Yet. You just...
- November 16, 2010
Cheering up sweetheart takes 6 simple steps
Being the one around when the person you’re dating is crying is a lot like stepping in dog poop with nothing to clean it up. You know that you’re going to track canine excrement somewhere in...
- November 11, 2010
Making a mix tape for friends takes some work
You’ve probably already done it, but making a good mix tape doesn’t take much practice. It’s not like learning to play an instrument. It’s as simple as moving songs into a playlist...
- November 5, 2010
Single friends shouldn’t give advice
Earlier in the semester, I started writing about how to be a better single person. Now, there were a lot of specifics that I wanted to do with this subject. But, as...
- November 3, 2010
Staind front man Lewis does well alone
Staind front man Aaron Lewis put on an amazing show Monday night at Verizon Wireless Theater – even for folks who were going in with some doubt as to what the show was going to...
- November 3, 2010
Let’s hope Pick Punch a good buy
The Life and Arts Desk at the Daily Cougar has just made its first impulse buy of the semester. There were a lot of possibilities that came across the desk, mainly the Shake Weight....