We'll admit it: we were skeptical. Had someone told us before the Oct. 10 homecoming game against Grand Valley State University that we would be writing the next Weekly about football, we would have envisioned a piece about how unfair and embarrassing it was to make our Chargers play the homecoming game against a school that we could not beat. (1) comment
After the end of major combat operations in Iraq on May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush flew an S-3B Viking jet to the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego, Calif. While on the aircraft carrier, the now-former president famously said that "In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed" while a huge banner saying "Mission Accomplished" was displayed behind him. (1) comment
On Oct. 11, the NFL's Player Executive Director DeMaurice Smith helped solidify a movement opposing a bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams that would've given syndicated conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh a minority stake in the team. Soon after the incident, Limbaugh's associates dropped him from the deal due to a smear campaign from the media and pressure from the players' union - ridiculous. (0) comments
Everyone has a Facebook. Well, at least 300 million people in the world comment on their friends' statuses and maybe even "like" a quiz result. As of June 2009, 7 million people added to Twitter's capacity, providing blurbs of their lives occasionally complemented with links to articles, videos and photos in 140 characters or less. (0) comments
The Recording Industry Association of America fears technology. When radio first jumped on the airwaves, the music industry fought against it. They lost, but found artists could actually make money with the radio promoting them. But when the walkman and blank tape came out, the music industry forgot its lesson, and fought against the new technology. (0) comments
