| Trivia Night at Haggin Museum
STOCKTON - The Haggin Museum has teamed up with members of the Pacific Historical Society of University of the Pacific to host an entertaining and educational Trivia Night from 7 to 9 p.m. today. With inspiration from the mid-'90s Nickelodeon game show "Legends of the Hidden Temple," the evening event will challenge teams of players with questions about pre-Columbian culture, pop culture and more. The winning team and other participants will receive prizes. Admission is $5 per person at the door, and free snacks will be provided. Soda, mixed drinks and beer will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Eddie Hargreaves at (209) 940-6312 or info@hagginmuseum.org. .
Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing
If you've heard the second single, the driving cheerleader-pop of "Girlfriend," you know what you're in for: 12 tracks of relentless, hooky rock-pop — relentless is the key word here, as even the power ballad breaks ("When You're Gone," "Innocence" and "Keep Holding On") don't slow the tempo down much. Fortunately, there isn't any filler to bog down the proceedings. Lavigne has found another standout sonic niche with The Best Damn Thing. (Sony BMG) .
A different view of immigration
An afternoon storm sends an energetic wind through the Front Range Community College campus, which has become damp after a short rain with big drops. The campus is not yet deserted this early Wednesday afternoon, and students loaded with backpacks and stacks of thick textbooks beeline for the parking lot or into buildings for their evening classes. The students in BP 115 meander into class quietly, slowly and shyly. They take their places in the brightly-lit classroom, which has been decorated with posters of foreign cities and beautiful locales. They sit in pairs or threesomes around the outside of several tables arranged in a large U-shape, conversing softly among each other. The voices are all in English but each one is obscured by a different, thick accent. Teacher John Loughran stands in the middle of the U.
If I only understood my brain
MINNEAPOLIS - After years of studying the human brain, author Dennis Cass came to appreciate the amazing three-pound rump roast of an organ. Filled with billions of neurons and thousands of nerve cells that crackle with synapses, it creates magnificent beings capable of astounding deeds. Take entertainer Kid Rock. "All this stuff is going on inside Kid Rock at any given time," Cass marveled during a book reading and slide show. "If enough human brains get together, they can make a supercomputer," he said. "Or. ..." Cass clicked to a slide that showed plastic novelty testicles dangling off a pickup truck. "A lot of brains probably went into making these." You might guess by now that Cass is not a doctor or scientist. He is, however, an acute observer of pop culture and Americana, an engaging writer whose peek into his own brain drew from voyeuristic travelogues reminiscent of Plimpton or Steinbeck - kind of a "Travels With my Cerebral Cortex." But shortly after landing a book deal, the 39-year-old Twin Cities resident recognized that subjecting himself to electric shocks, stress tests and brain teasers to see how his head worked was not enough; he was also forced to look at his dysfunctional upbringing and mentally ill stepfather to truly understand whom he had become.
Odds of Three-Way Tie
Karpagam Rajagopal almost made game-show history on July 3, 2000. That's the day "Jeopardy" aired her second appearance, after she won $7,500 on the previous episode. Entering the final round of wagering, the library specialist from Fallon, Nev., known to her friends as "Jeeks," was tied with her opponents at $5,200. The other two bet everything, a typical strategy on the long-running, long-studied TV quiz show. But Ms. Rajagopal feared she might face a pop-culture question in the category "1962," which was 25 years before she emigrated to the U.S. from India. She bet $5,000. All three contestants correctly answered ... .
Akon Simulates Sex With 14 Year Old???
With the explosion of the world wide web, there are eyes (and cameras) everywhere. R&B singer Akon found that out the hard way recently. The games newest hook king was caught on camera during a concert simulating a sex act with a female attendee. Typically, such acts could be viewed as a regular occurrence at R&B and Hip Hop concerts. However, the female this time around happened to be 14-years-old. The video, shot in Port of Spain, Trinidad last Thursday hit the internet the next day and garnered national headlines. The girls father, is now speaking out on the incident, saying his daughter Deena, was taken advantage of at the show which took place at Zen Nightclub. Pastor Dave Alleyne of Flaming Word Ministry of Chaguanas, Deenas father, says his daughter ended up in a situation which she had little control over.
Summer lecture series announced
Members of the university's internationally renowned faculty will share their expertise on a variety of topics during the UBThisSummer Lecture Series, "The World in Which We Live: Multiple Disciplines, Multiple Perspectives," to be presented on Wednesday afternoons this summer on the North Campus. The lectures will take place at 4 p.m., beginning June 6 and running through Aug. 15with the exception of July 4in 215 Natural Sciences Complex, North Campus. They will be free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The UBThisSummer Lecture Series is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. The lecture series provides members of the UB community, as well as the broader Western New York community, "the opportunity to hear from distinguished UB faculty representing diverse disciplines on topics of social relevance, as well as popular culture," says Joanne M.
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