Late last week, Cal State Fullerton issued a survey to gauge student interest in the school reinstating its laughable football squad, which disbanded in 1992 to a massive yawn from Orange County. Even more hilarious is the website, Bring Back Titan Football, which really believes interest in the sport at Cal State Fullerton is so prevalent that they're trying to mobilize alumni and students to pressure administrators into spending millions for a squad that probably won't compete above Division I
Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pacts. ScienceDaily.com reports today:The study, analyzing six years of climate and fire observations from satellites, shows that in dry years, the practice of using fire to clear forests and remove org
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Lucas Hilderbrand reels in our on-demand video culture.
The photo above of Lucas Hilderbrand, an associate professor of Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine and the subject of this week's cover story "Close to YouTube," was shot at Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee video store in North Hollywood.
Given the state of flux in the video business these days, Hilderbrand says he was happy to see Eddie's "was actually renovating and the business seemed as bus