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March 6, 2010 in Featured, Opinion, technology by Glen

The television reality show America’s Best Dance Crew is a competitive series that is climbing the charts in popularity for best dance show. This show has great crews from all over the United States, and most recently Puerto Rico and Canada also. It captures the art of dance, music mixing, and costume design. The winner is all up to the citizens of the United States to vote for their favorite dancers and help them become America’s Best Dance Crew. The show has been running for four seasons and now going on the fifth season. This show has been known to be accurate when it comes to a winner being announced. However, for the first time, an error in the voting calculations has caused an uproar in America.

February 20, 2010 in Opinion by Selina

What to look for in the summer of 2010? The upcoming movie “The Last air bender” is based on an animated series, which was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. They served as executive producers along with Aaron Ehasz. Avatar is set in an Asian-influenced world[2] of Chinese martial arts and elemental manipulation. The show drew on elements from East Asian (especially Chinese and Japanese) culture, blending the styles of anime and US domestic cartoons.

in Current Affairs, Discussion, Featured, Opinion by megangage

Winter is upon us in full swing and many expectant sports fanatics know what that means: the Winter Olympics. Many will tune in to NBC, the sole network with the rights to air the 2010 Olympics, to watch figure skating, downhill skiing and curling, as well as some of their other favorite snow-time sports; but among the snowboarding and hockey, there is a deeper issue plaguing this year’s festivities.

February 13, 2010 in Current Affairs, Opinion by Valerie

In Japan, fishermen are capturing dolphins and shipping them around the world, where they are confined in aquariums and resorts for the remainder of their lives. However, the unfortunate group of dolphins that the fishermen do not ship out are slaughtered and served as food for to unaware dolphin fans and enthusiasts. Japanese authorities and fishermen are continuing to ignore the cries of dolphin fanatics and are arresting anyone who attempts to document their crimes. As a result of the slaughter, the dolphin population is drastically declining.

January 23, 2010 in Opinion by Selina

Having been gone for quite awhile it was nice to be back at smashcast working with photo shop,eating gummy bears,drinking pepsi and working with the computer…it was a great reminder on how fun smashcast is and how expressive you can be with the computer.

in Opinion by Selina

Seeing how bright and flashy megan’s background is (which is totally amazing); I thought it took too much away from the website. I wanted something that wouldn’t stand out too much but still have a pattern in order for the page not too look so dull. Seeing our website with a sold navy blue made it look ok but certainly not unique. Wanting to use  the color I searched for images that would correspond with the navy blue and I stumbled upon this pattern; having fun meshing the two together i created this current background hopefully it worked out but if not it was fun creating it.

January 17, 2010 in Opinion by megangage

November 14, 2009 in Discussion, Featured, Opinion, Social Change by Estefania

Some people claim that racism in the U.S. has  dissolved over time, but recently it has come to our attention that there are still marks of racism being imprinted in our nation’s history. Up until last year, Charleston High School in Mississippi had been having two separate proms: the “white” prom and the “black” prom. In the movie “Prom Night in Mississippi” Paul Saltzman tells the story of how home town-native Morgan Freeman offers to pay for their 2008 prom, as long as it was a single-integrated prom.

December 2, 2006 in Opinion, technology by smashcaster

This is Jann reporting out for the podcast group. Today we are exposing cons about the PS3 that you might not have known. We include material about the price, controllers, and energy consumption.This topic intrigued us because it seems to be the cream of the crop when it comes to the gamer nation. Peace. Download ps3_hype.mp3

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in Opinion by Carlos Andrade