I love the women of the world.  I like to think of them each as a delicate flower of uniqueness.  However, as is the case of  any delicate, unique flower, there are probably thousands of other flowers that have a similar look, scent, personality and same crazy tendencies when intoxicated (if flowers got wasted with [...]

Throughout the elementary upbringing of our childhood, certain messages are ingrained in our minds through constant repetition of adult figures, educators or whatever inspirational figure television has provided.  How ever it happened, our youthful brains sponged up the social propaganda that society has brainwashed us into believing about the world around us.  Until that wonderful [...]

For fans of teams whose general managers seem to know what they’re doing, the opening round of the NFL Draft is almost as highly anticipated as Super Bowl Sunday.  With one pick, bad teams can become good, good teams can become great, and great teams can become legendary. For fans of the Oakland Raiders, however, [...]

The WWE hit a milestone this past weekend, as the Super Bowl of professional wrestling hit the quarter-century milestone, I’m of course referring to Wrestlemania 25. Whether or not you are a fan of wrestling, you have to hold a level of respect for anything that has successfully held an annual event for 25 years [...]

One of the most intriguing and fun aspects in sports is anticipating who is going to be the next breakout star. There’s nothing like arguing among your friends and saying, “I’m telling you, (insert promising young player here) is going to be huge! You just watch!” – and then gloating to no end afterwards when [...]

By Rebecca Schweitzer So when I saw that our dear Ryan fancied himself the observant sort with that nice little ‘Hall of Females’ ditty he recently put up, I figured it was only fair to offer a rebuttal piece on some of the standard characters guys tend to portray.  Gentlemen, if you don’t find yourself [...]

By the time you read this, Manny Pacquiao will have already dispatched of another contender.  And it’s not like Joshua Clottey is a tomato can by any stretch of the imagination — he’s actually pretty damn good. The problem is he’s not Floyd Mayweather, Jr. So where boxing has failed to capitalize in promoting, marketing, [...]

As the Winter Olympics officially came to a close this past weekend, there was no doubt America’s focus would immediately shift to the two essential pieces our nation’s core falling back into place. The first piece being The Ellen DeGeneres Show moving back to its original timeslot (though it’s no consolation for her being as [...]

Cupid’s day of joyous adulation, an occasion that lives out everyone’s romantic fantasies. If the above statement is your concept of Valentine’s Day, kindly swipe the left side of your face firmly with your right shoe, and return your soul back to Hallmark. Valentine’s Day is another holiday that revolves around spending money. That being said, [...]

It’s the dead of winter, meaning it’s the season of commercially enhanced love, all-star games and of course – tedious award shows.  The time where flavor of the month celebrities are showered with praise and accolades on a platform that allows them to thank God and their agent. It seems like there is an award show for everything nowadays, so it [...]

I sat in front of my computer staring at a blank Word document. I had to write a column and was feeling a case of writer’s block. So I did what any writer does when this agonizing, yet common bug hits; I procrastinated. These days, sitting in front of a computer is like sitting in [...]

Ever notice how the things in life that you don’t have always look the most enticing? It can be anything, but since you don’t have it you can’t help but desire it, no matter how nonsensical or ridiculous it may be. When I was a junior Castle, I remember looking at the snowy winter streets [...]

Welcome to my self-proclaimed corner of alliteration. You may be asking yourself, what is this, and why should I read it? My name is Ryan Castle, which should explain why the name of this Corner is Castle’s. I just completed my fifth and final year at Cal State Fullerton, which I like to believe is [...]