Club brings boxing to children

Ask someone why they might want to pick up boxing and you might hear reasons such as getting fit, self-defense or just the enjoyment of it. Ask 17-year-old Justin Stone, though, and he will tell you boxing allows him to “fight and not get in trouble for it.

One common goal, two very different journeys

Brazil and Mexico are approximately 4000 miles apart. Daniel Coelho and Yair Banuelos now live in the same building. Growing up in the third largest city in Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Coelho started playing tennis at the age of nine. It was hard for Coelho to receive much recognition for his play, as soccer is the big sport of the country.

Trip-hop may be dead, Portishead is not

Portishead will always be creepy sounding. Its sound conjures up old spy films, dark alleyways and the foreboding sense that something dark and beautiful has come to get you. Not to mention the band has a certain mystery to its look. It’s been years since Beth Gibbons soberly crooned that nobody loved her on 1994’s “Dummy.

Viewpoints Sports Podcast

Sports editor Mike Meraz, sports writer Marcus Clarke and Insider editor Stephanie Holland discuss the Lakers, the NBA playoffs, LeBron James’ Mother’s Day gift and more… (Run time: 9 minutes 50 seconds)

Two teams enter, one team wins

This year promises to be a great year for the NBA playoffs. In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers continued their hot streak into the playoffs, sweeping the Denver Nuggets 4-0. For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, and Derreck Fisher all averaged at least 11 points in the series.

RCC DROPOUTS

For the past two years, Riverside Community College District has been in the process of searching for a permanent chancellor. Many applied for the position, but the Board of Trustees had narrowed it down to two candidates. The two candidates were Raul Rodriguez, superintendent/president of San Joaquin Delta Community College, and Troy Justesen, U.

Equal opportunities for third party candidates

If one was to turn to CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, or any of the other major cable news channels at any time of the day he or she would most likely be bombarded with coverage of the epic battle of Barack Obama vs. Hilary Clinton vs. John McCain. The news coverage of the presidential election is an exciting one, but it only partially represents true U.

Downey strikes while the ‘Iron’ is hot

Its official, Tony Stark is the ultimate womanizing superhero of all time. Bruce Wayne has nothing on him. “Iron Man” is the latest superhero to come off the pages of comics and get the one hundred and forty million dollar treatment. However, unlike previous movies that are based on other “Marvel” properties like “Spiderman,” “Daredevil,” and “X-MEN,” this movie is the first film to be released under the “Marvel Studios” banner.

Trip-hop may be dead, Portishead is not

The sound of Portishead conjures up old spy films, dark alleyways and the foreboding sense that something dark and beautiful has come to get you. Not to mention the band has a certain mystery to its look. It’s been years since Beth Gibbons soberly crooned that nobody loved her on 1994’s “Dummy.

The geeks shall inherit the earth

North Korea has wiped out southern California with nuclear weapons. You are among the few survivors that escaped the radiation and destruction and fled into the wilderness. How long would you expect to survive? Would your ability to make fast food or hand back change add to your chances of survival? Would being the best gamer in the state or the top poet at your school increase your odds at foraging for food or hunting? In Peter Bagge’s graphic novel titled “Apocalypse Nerd,” we follow the life of a software engineer named Perry.

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