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Most likely to keep you awake in class: Steven Lawson (Business) Professor Lawson teaches international business and takes students around the world with anecdotes. But don't fall asleep in class because he will jettison you into a foreign country without a passport or local currency.

Grade: A+ Summer 2007 marked a turning point in my life: it was my last summer in Corvallis, I fell in love (with Dennis Kucinich) and, oh yes, the most anticipated book ever in the history of the world came out! I am talking, of course, of the seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series - nay, the Harry Potter epic adventure.

"Balls of Fury" Rating: C Starring: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez Plot: Former ping-pong prodigy returns to the world of competition to help catch his father's killer: a ping-pong mob boss. "A huge comedy with tiny balls." Yes, most of the jokes in "Balls of Fury" are just as lame as the slogan itself.

Per departmental recommendation and personal experience, the staff of The Daily Barometer is providing a list of interesting and sometimes fun Baccalaureate Core courses. In the list of classes, the Barometer did not include skills courses because most of those requirements are limited.

Three months in New York City. My dream to become something like a local in this crazy city came true this summer when I snagged an internship at Glamour magazine in the fashion closet. Honestly, I had no idea what I was getting myself into as an intern.

• Well, it is clear that Britney Spears should be left alone, but at this point it is unavoidable. Her VMA performance was a train wreck - the kind you knew you should have turned away from, but you just couldn't make yourself do it. Plenty of excuses have circulated about the performance, but they are merely excuses.