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Office 2007 (the program, not the television series)
By: Ryan Wiggins -

Microsoft Office 2007 has caused quite a stir–negative and positive–since it was launched in late 2006. Love it or hate it, Office 2007 is here to stay and will probably be entirely unavoidable within a few years. I for one was vexed when I went to the AOK Library earlier this semester to print out…

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A Fantasy That Proves Life’s A Fact: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
By: Gaby Arevalo -

By Erica Balanc Staff Writer My personal misconception about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was that the main character, Benjamin Button (played by Brad Pitt in his finest performance to date), a man who was born old and grows younger, would be something like “Elwood P. Dowd” in Harvey (1950). They are similar in…

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Locals in the “News”
By: Ryan Wiggins -

Catonsville was recently featured in an article on the Onion News Network‘s website. ONN is a satirical news website, but I thought it would be fun to share the article anyway.

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New Cable Channels
By: Gaby Arevalo -

Effective at 9:30 a.m. on December 11, the UMBC campus will have new cable channels. It looks like there will be more movie channels and sports channels. What channels are you happy about that were added? And on the flip side, what channels are you upset about that were taken away?

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Coming to theatres this week
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By Erica Balanc CADILLAC RECORDS [R] I thought we were done with biopics of musicians from the past, but apparently not. Now we’re profiling the record label Chess Records, with Adrien Brody playing the founder, Leonard Chess,  Beyonce Knowles playing performer Etta James, and Mos Def playing Chuck Berry. In the trailer there is a…

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The Procrastinator’s Guide to Thanksgiving TV Marathons
By: Kate Nunley -

Sick of your relatives? Content to put off that final paper/project/exam? Then glue yourself to the TV this weekend; there are plenty of options! Thanksgiving: Thursday November 27th 2008: A&E: Cold Case Files / The First 48 Animal Planet: Blue Planet: Seas of Life BBC America: Gavin and Stacey Bravo: Kathy Griffin Standup / Real…

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Food Network star Duff Goldman returns to UMBC
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Duff Goldman, star of the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes reality show and UMBC alum ’97, gave a talk tonight serving as the finale to Global Entrepreneurial Week.  Duff spoke about his booming cake business in Baltimore and reminisced on his time spent here at UMBC as a history major.  He explained that his success…

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Mr. UMBC
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The ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha have crowned a new Mr. UMBC: Senior Andy Gotsch, known around campus as DJ Apoc, won after a rousing performance of Blink-182′s “All The Small Things.” Senior Jake Jensen was the runner-up with a performance of the Disney favorite “A Whole New World” from Aladdin.

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Britney’s “Circus” enters the ring two weeks early
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Britney Spears’ entire new album Circus has leaked onto the internet 2 weeks before its intended release date, sending celebrity gossip blogs* into a tizzy.  It should be relatively easy for the resourceful internet user to find; however, if you’d just like a sample of 6 songs check this out: 8 Minute Circus Mix Teaser…

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