The number of animated movies that have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars can be counted on one hand. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first, breaking the veritable glass ceiling; Disney-Pixar’s Up (2009) was the second nomination in over a decade; the latest Oscars have DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train [...]

Wearing a sweatshirt with the Obsidian Entertainment logo emblazoned on in it, Jonathan Burke, 26, represents his video game company well, as one of their video game programmers. Obsidian is a major video game studio based in Orange County which Burke commutes to from Los Angeles county, as he did while attending Cal State Fullerton. [...]

Megamind, the fun-filled superhero parody, hit cinemas Nov. 5 providing audiences of all ages with poignant moments and comedic amusement. The film opens like a Superman story, with alien parents blasting their kid off into space to find a planet not about to be sucked in a black hole. Though this time it’s not a [...]

The 25th Annual Friendship Games were held Saturday at Cal State Fullerton and were hosted by the university’s Pilipino American Student Association Kaibigan. The games were established in 1985 at CSUF. Kimberly Alonso, CSUF PASA board member, said kaibigan means “friend” in Tagalog, the predominant language in the Philippines. The PASA Friendship Games is the [...]

A mind-bending experience can be reached when reading Ken Kesey’s 1962 classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Set in a mental ward, the Big Nurse, Ms. Ratchet, wears a benign mask as she deftly and strictly controls her patients and even their doctor. Chief Bromden (named in mocking reference to his half-Indian heritage) narrates [...]

When it comes to the financial game, the Cal State Fullerton Titan hockey club strives to make every penny work to be more than satisfied on and off the ice. Trevor Rabone, Communications Director of CSUF Titan hockey, talked about his sports club’s different ways of fundraising. One way is to get local and large [...]

Emphasizing the importance of math and science in education was the topic of discussion at the college of Engineering and Computer Science’s breakfast hosted at the Holiday Inn. Dean Raman Unnikrishnan, discussed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, saying that its origins can be traced back to the National Science Foundation. STEM is a [...]

The flashing lights shifted from blue to red as the alternative rock band, She Screams Remedy played in the Titan Student Union Pub yesterday afternoon. With overcast weather threatening rain, the outdoor Becker Amphitheater stayed vacant as students escaped the cold and gathered in the underground to listen to the Anaheim-based band. She Screams Remedy [...]