By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff “Star Wars” aficionados will rejoice to hear that Jar Jar Binks does not appear anywhere in Greg Bear’s new novel “Rogue Planet,” and it only gets better from there. Read more...

By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s crunch time for prime time. With the summer hiatus just on the horizon, May sweeps represents the last-ditch attempt to lure loyal viewers to watch their favorite characters either tie up loose ends, or leave them with cliffhangers. Read more...

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff Dancers spun in circles, avoiding massive bamboo logs. A group of washerwomen fell into a bickering paddle game when one of their numbers catches the attention of a male suitor, only to have said male break in to rescue his beloved. Read more...

Do It Yourself www.doityourself.com For those of you living in an old broken-down apartment or dorm, doityourself.com is the Web site to visit. With the slogan, “When You Want It Done Right … DoItYourself.com,” it offers an amazing wealth of information ranging from the mundane to the marvelous, regarding home and garden-related problems and projects. Read more...

By Judy Pak and Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Contributors Most of the people who turned up at the Great Western Forum filling the capacity on Friday night weren’t even born when Bad Religion formed in 1980. Read more...

By Laura Loh Daily Bruin Contributor Last week, the Regent Theatre played “28 Days” and the Plaza showed “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas”. But that’s not the kind of fare these two Westwood movie theaters were originally intended to show when they were built by the Laemmle arthouse group in 1966. Read more...

By Jun Okada Daily Bruin Contributor Fraternity hijinks, a disorganized road trip in Dad’s sedan, topless co-eds and a homemade sex video: this could be the sure-fire formula to get college kids to shell out their $8 this summer for DreamWorks’ newest comedy, “Road Trip.” At a recent press interview producer Ivan Reitman, director Todd Phillips and the young stars of the film discussed the story behind the college-oriented comedy. Read more...