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Get Them the Good Gifts

By GARY VIDER | Dec. 10, 2004

'Tis the season to be jolly. So goes the famed saying that many have heard since birth. In many ways this illustrates how the holiday season is that special time of the year.People smile, the ground is perfectly covered with just the right amount of snow, and, of course, loved ones are brought closer together.However, all the smiles and affection can soon come to a screeching halt when it turns out that the person who was thought to love and care gives a gift that does not quite cut the mustard.

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Pimp My Disc

By GARY VIDER | Dec. 8, 2004

It's a good thing that people can pirate music. Listening to music before deciding whether to buy or not can prevent the purchase of serious garbage.

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Nas Answers the Critics

By GARY VIDER | Dec. 6, 2004

On the album "Blueprint," Jay-Z dissed Queen's Bridge alum Nas, commenting that the rapper averages one hot album every 10 years.

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Local Club Looking Out for Community

By GARY VIDER | Dec. 3, 2004

Each and every day college students perform what is said to be a "normal routine." Roll out of bed at the crack of noon, decide not to shave, and then proceed to eat the leftover Fritos that have been sitting on the floor since Game One of the World Series.

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Not Seeing Any Lighters

By GARY VIDER | Dec. 1, 2004

Despite being labeled by many as immature and by some as just plain out of his mind, rapper Eminem has managed to top the billboard charts again.What was anticipated was the crass, yet intelligent lyrical potency that his listeners were accustomed to on some of his previous work, albums like "The Slim Shady LP" and "The Marshall Mathers LP." However, "Encore" only keeps its listeners waiting in anticipation for originality and an actually good song.

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"KNOCK, KNOCK, WANDA'S HERE"

By GARY VIDER | Nov. 1, 2004

As people decide who will make a better presidential choice, President George W. Bush or Senator John Kerry, one thing was decided for certain Thursday night as Wanda Sykes brought her "Cotton T-Shirt Tour" to the Center for the Arts."That no matter who we all choose we are screwed one way or another.

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The Apocalypse Is A Brighter Future

By GARY VIDER | Oct. 27, 2004

Future Leaders of the World have a CD out in "Lvl IV" that is just plain old okay. Accent on plain and old.

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'Grudge' a Great Hollywood Date

By GARY VIDER | Oct. 25, 2004

"The Grudge," directed by Takashi Shimizu and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, gives the viewer two things: goose bumps and sleepless nights.

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Law Passes in 'Alfie'

By GARY VIDER | Oct. 22, 2004

Accomplished actor/good-looking guy Jude Law takes on new challenges in his lead role as the namesake in director Charles Shyer's remake of "Alfie." Alfie gives his philosophy on women and life throughout a movie that will have women questioning his morals and men wishing that they could be in his patent leather loafers.

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Offensive Strings Attached

By GARY VIDER | Oct. 13, 2004

Trey Parker and Matt Stone fans are on high alert for this weekend's release of "Team America: World Police." The creators of Comedy Central's hit cartoon "South Park" test the limits of tactlessness in their new comedy, crossing world politics with puppet sex.But Parker and Stone conduct the onscreen magic necessary to make a puppet puke, leaving absolutely nothing to the audience's imagination.The film, directed by Parker, tells the tale of a fictitious group of superhero puppets that call themselves Team America.