DANIEL AFORO Currently, all eyes are on the Senior National Team of Ghana, the Black Stars after the wonderful performance at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. They were the only African team that went to the round 16 stage at the tournament. Their recent international friendliest have proved critics […]
Soccer Fanatics
La Plata, Argentina — It is difficult to overstate the importance of soccer in Argentina. In Castellano, the dialect of Spainish specific to the River Platte and greater Buenos Aires province, you are not a supporter of your favorite soccer team, you are from that team. “I have been from Estudiantes before I […]
Vetoing Violent Video in EU
EU Banning Violent Video Games After watching the video game "Manhunt" EU politicians agreed: Games like this must be banned. Germany the current EU president initiated the debate after several recent violent attacks in Germany committed by youths who played video games. The first example was in April 2002 when former Erfurt school pupil […]
Sports, Destruction, and Community
The Saints didn’t make it to the SuperBowl again this year. New Orleanians are used to disappointment, and sadly, we’ve also gotten used to living among the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the flood. While we look forward to Mardi Gras, we can’t help but wonder if Chicago fans will again engage in riotous […]
Put a Cork In It, Indeed – a reality check for Mrs. Fly Life
Don’t get me wrong, my Party People, I still love Tricia Romano and her weekly Village Voice insights into the mascara-laden, fashion forward, dare I say Hipster (for want of a better all-inclusive term) world that I leave to other promoters/party goers to enjoy. I’ll allow the reader to take a peek at her solid […]
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