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Arts and Entertainment: February 14, 2011

And the Oscar Goes to ...

Chelsi Walls, Staff writer

A mentally disturbed dancer, a hometown boxer, a dreamer, and a one-armed adventurer. This is not profile information that you will find on the Social Network. They are just some of the nominees for Best Picture at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, which will air on Sunday, February 27, 2011.

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Happy (Anti)Valentine’s Day!

Brittani Wiley, Staff writer

Driving out of your way to your boyfriend’s school for Valentine’s Day sounds nice, but not when a 45 minute drive turns into a four hour drive.

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Apple, Verizon and iPhone4 oh my!

William Daniels, Staff writer

Fee Fi Fo Fum the Verizon iPhone 4 has come.

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Da Kitchen, Da lover

Kexin Zhang, Staff writer

Last year a new restaurant opened in the university area. Judging from their high review on Yelp, this lovely place is famous for its special fried spam musubi and traditional Hawaii plate. It’s also good for couple friends chill for dinnertime.

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Mamadou Diarra Keeps Moving on

Kexin Zhang, Staff writer

It is hard to miss Mamadou Diarra, a 7-foot tall junior basketball player on the Chaminade campus, this towering center form Africa stands above the crowd. But Diarra always fit in easier, wherever he has been, from Paris to Spain to Los Angeles and now here.

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Jollibee Adds Delicious New Fast-Food to Oahu

Jordan Wong, Staff writer

Jollibee is a fast-food restaurant chain that has opened up in Hawaii. If you aren’t familiar with this fast-food chain, its McDonalds biggest competitor in the Philippines.

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A Not-So-Red Valentine

Erica Gaines, Staff writer

Derek Cianfrance’s new film, “Blue Valentine,” tells of a raw love struggle of a couple’s marriage and fight for love. It’s a dramatic tale with no Hollywood hyped up and unbelievable romantic love fantasy.

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Zodiac Shows Signs of Uncertainty

Christopher Amarillas, Staff writer

To celebrate his freshman year of college, Interior Design Senior Andrew Ling decided that a tattoo of his zodiac birth sigh – Capricorn – would be choice, coinciding with his birthday in late December. However in early January, reports went viral on the Internet that outraged people who were being assigned new zodiac signs due to the present day earth slowly moving out of it’s original orbit from when the calendars were developed.

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