College Admissions: The Other March Madness

March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

  PRINCETON REVIEW’S 2012 “COLLEGE HOPES & WORRIES SURVEY” REPORTS ON 10,650 STUDENTS’ & PARENTS’ TOP 10 “DREAM COLLEGES” AND APPLICATION PERSPECTIVES · 71% Report High Stress Levels · 86% Say Financial Aid “Very Necessary” · 75% Say Economy Affecting Their College Choices · #1 “Dream College” Among Students: Harvard · #1 “Dream College” Among […]

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Rock of Ages Musical in San Diego!

March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

ROCK OF AGES arrives in San Diego March 27th through April 1st! “Don’t miss the  five-time Tony Award® nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES.   In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town  girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love  to the greatest songs of the […]

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Didn’t Win the Cirque Wings Giveaway? Here’s a $10 Discount Code!

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

                 (Photo courtesy of Cirque Wings) If you didn’t win the Cirque Wings giveaway I recently held on this blog, you can still save money if you use the generous discount code below to purchase tickets. Save $10 per adult ticket using the discount code FLY, either at […]

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‘The Hunger Games’ Rating: Did the MPAA get it Right?

March 22, 2012 By 1 Comment

The MPAA has given ‘The Hunger Games’ a PG-13 rating, and given ‘Bully’ an R. Kids can watch kids killing kids, but not kids swearing at other kids. Read the rest of the article at TheWrap.com.    

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“Project X” Movie Leads to Copycats, Arrests and a Death

March 17, 2012 By 2 Comments

Is this a case of life imitating art? I hope you can clarify this for me after reading this post. At times it feels as if I am the only one speaking out against Hollywood portraying teenagers as debauched, misguided criminals to increase their box-office take in.  But after I read about about a slew of incidents […]

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