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History of gaming

Fernando Yates March 22, 2011

In this digital age, video games are now starting to lose their stigma. "Super Mario Brothers," "World of Warcraft," "Halo" and "Grand Theft Auto" are now part of popular culture. Even "casual" games like...

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Review: A mid-1800s misstep for U.S. Irish

Shane Finneran March 8, 2011

"The Irish are the blacks of Europe," says the band manager in "The Commitments," the 1991 movie about his quest to put together a soul act in pale, white Dublin. "Say it loud -- I'm black and I'm proud." Noel...

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St. Patrick now and then

Cecilia Areta March 8, 2011

Today many Americans presume that St. Patrick's Day, March 17, is an arbitrary and casual holiday used as an excuse to drink beer and wear green. According to San Diego City College professor Joseph Radzikowski,...

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More than just leprechauns

Megan Rose Bartell March 8, 2011

This March, while planning your devious drinking escapades for St. Patrick's Day, consider watching one of these Irish-themed films. Whether it's the Irish brogue, the scenic green countryside or the...

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Review: Be careful what you wish for

Layne Deyling March 8, 2011

"Leprechaun" (1993) hurts so badly you laugh and, by the time it ends, you imagine you enjoyed the pain. Ten years after Dan O'Grady imprisoned a leprechaun (Warwick Davis) in his basement and made off...

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Irish Recipe

Stephen Boyd-Morales March 8, 2011

Irish Soda Bread Ingredients: 4-1/2 cups flour 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 4 tablespoons butter 1 egg, beaten 1-3/4 cups buttermilk Directions: - Preheat oven to 425 degrees....

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Ethiopia in San Diego

Scott McLean March 8, 2011

Imagine a restaurant in which food is served without cutlery not just burgers and fries, but entire meals that include seafood, tofu and more. Such an experience might seem strange to many Americans, but...

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Celebrate black history

Sonjiala Hotchkiss February 15, 2011

Starting with President Gerald R. Ford in 1976, every U.S. president has officially recognized this monthlong February celebration. Black history month began as "Negro History Week" in 1926 by Carter...

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The woman who said no

Sonjiala Hotchkiss February 15, 2011

Rosa Parks walked to school as a young girl because no school bus service was provided to black students attending segregated schools in the rural Alabama area where she grew up. As an adult, Parks'...

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And the Oscar goes to…

Olivia Holt February 15, 2011

On a February evening in 1940, at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Hattie McDaniel stood up from the segregated table in the back corner of the room and took a long stroll to the podium. She had just...

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The man behind MLK

Ricky Soltero February 15, 2011

"When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being," Bayard Rustin said. "His very act of protest confers dignity on him." Rustin was a black activist whose...

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‘Life and Times of the Black Woman’

Megan Rose Bartell February 15, 2011

"People need to understand ... poetry is a fire element," said Stacy Dyson, performance poet, playwright and a cappella vocalist. Dyson performed "The Life and Times of the Black Woman" at the Saville...

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