Flooring, shower curtains and binders are all recognizable items used at UB. What is not recognizable, however, is the poison plastic that is used to make these items. Polyvinyl chloride commonly known as PVC, is a poisonous plastic used regularly in nearly 100 everyday materials in many universities and households.
Movie: Saw 3D Release Date: Oct. 29 Grade: B+ Six years ago, audiences were first hit with Saw, an intensely thrilling and gory horror film that quickly became a hit with moviegoers and revolutionized the horror genre.
The floors of HSBC Arena were covered in Natty Ice cans, Birkenstocks and Kan Jam discs on Tuesday night as fans waited in anticipation for the "bro-gods," the Dave Matthews Band. The Dave Matthews Band has a large base of both diehard fans as well as casual ones.
Grade: A As two planets lie on the brink of destruction, hopeful parents launch their kids toward Earth.
Album: Punk Goes Pop Vol. 3 Label: Fearless Release Date: Nov. 2 Grade: D The Punk Goes? series has earned itself a reputation for putting out original and mostly well-received cover compilation albums.
Album: Small Craft on a Milk Sea Artist: Brian Eno Label: Warp Records Release Date: Nov. 2 Grade: A Brian Eno, legendary producer of Coldplay, U2 and Talking Heads, has graced the Warp record label with a brand new solo outing entitled Small Craft on a Milk Sea. Excitement for the album will hit hardest for fans of the electronic/ambient genre that he helped create, and for good reason.
Bruce Wayne ? The Long Road Home: Ra's al Ghul Ra's is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of the scariest and most powerful men alive in the DC universe.
"You gotta have hope, 'cause nothing else will save the day."
Movie: Hereafter Release Date: Oct. 22 Grade: C
ANAHEIM, CALIF. ? Nine times out of 10, yelling "For the Horde" as loud as possible is looked at as socially unacceptable.
Movie: Paranormal Activity 2 Release Date: Oct. 22 Grade: B- After the biggest breakout horror hit of the last five years, Paranormal Activity 2 attempts to follow in the freaky footsteps of the original. The much-anticipated sequel brings the audience more spooky scares but leaves it wanting more. Paranormal Activity 2 doesn't deviate much from the storyline of the original: a family is tormented by what it believes is a paranormal presence in its home. There are some additions, however, as the family expands to include a baby and a dog, and the film does establish an interesting connection to the first film. The plot centers on a suburban family that experiences what it believes to be a series of break-ins.
Dead children and lawsuits aren't the first things that come to mind when thinking of a comedy show. But Friday night at the Center for the Arts, those were some of the topics discussed by author and comedian Augusten Burroughs. Burroughs, known for his New York Times bestseller Running With Scissors, addressed a less than half-packed auditorium that at times seemed unsure of how to respond to the author's wide-ranging stories.
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