Februrary 9, 2011
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OPINION
The Voice, For students, By Students 7
Mystery meat
and Egypt's beef
NEWS®
A GLANCE
By Charnell Harris
Features Editor
Beef...over Taco Bell’s beef?
Taco Bell is being sued because it seems
the “beef’ used in their food is not 100 per
cent beef. Depending on whom you ask,
Taco Bell’s beef can be anything
from 30 to 88 percent beef. The
Food and Drug Administration
states that in order for people to
market it as beef it is required to
be at least 40 percent beef. Wait
a minute, only 40! So if it only
has to be 40 percent, then what is the other
60 percent? No wonder you can get a beef
burrito for only 99 cents. What everyone is
actually eating is a mixture of seasonings,
spices, water, meat fillers, extenders and a
little bit of beef Whether or not this is true,
consumers should understand it’s fast food
and cheap for a reason.
Egyptian Crisis...
After many years of high unemployment,
inflation and extreme poverty, many Egyp
tians took to the streets of Cairo in late Jan
uary. They were protesting against Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak. In order to stop
the protestors, a curfew was established, the
military was deployed and protesting and
public gatherings were banned. Although
the' very next day, people still filled the
streets and demanded Mubarak step down.
Finally last week President Mubarak an
nounced that neither he no his son, Gamal,
would run for elections in the fall. There
were reports that Gamal and his family had
fled the country to London. The protestors
were organized and implementing using
CHARNELL
HARRIS
Twitter, Facebook and cell phones. The
death toll continues to rise each day. Violent
protests continue. Even with the announce
ment of President Mubarak’s stepping
down, the protests erupted into a a battle
between anti-government supporters and
President Mubarak’s supporters. This led
to further violnce, rioting and
looting on the streets of many
cities across Egypt. The gov
ernment wants people to cease
protests and return to “normal
life.” The Muslim Brother
hood, a group outlawed in
Egypt, joined the protestors. The army has
stated they are protecting their country not
President Mubarak. They refused to use
force on citizens and stood in protection of
national historical monuments throughout
the country.
...And what does that mean
for the United States
The thin that makes this event important
and note worthy is simply because the sta
bility of the Egyptian government is in lim
bo. If President Hosni Mubarak steps down,
who will succeed him? Will this new leader
prove to be an ally of the United States?
The U.S. holds strategic importance to U.S.
foreign policy. It is an important stabilizing
force throughout the Middle East, the first
to recognize and make peace with Israel,
and have control over the Suez Canal which
is an important trade route. The protests and
rioting throughout Egypt has opened up the
possibility of the spread of instability across
the Middle East. The president of Jordan
dismissed his entire cabinet, wide spread
rioting in Yemen and Tunisia.
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MOVIE REVIEW
No strings attached,
really?
By Anna Lee
Voice Staff Writer
Can sex fi-iends stay just fnends?
This is the question in the new comedy “No
Strings Attached” starring Ashton Kutcher
and Natalie Portman. Starting with flashback
to their teenage years, Emma (Ms. Portman)
and Adam (Mr. Kutcher) first meet each other
at summer camp. Adam’s parents are going
through a divorce and Emma, who even at
this age was emotionally unattached, tries to
console him by telling him that people aren’t
meant to be together forever.
Years fly by in five Hollywood minutes
with the pair coincidentally bumping into
each other here and there. Finally as twenty-
somethings, coincidence - or perhaps it’s
now better to call it fate - strikes again and
Adam and Emma cross paths. This time there
is an instant attraction and they do the deed
on the first day of this reunion.
While Adam works a regular 9-to-5 as a
producer for a television show, Emma is a
medical student going through her residency.
She works 80 hours a week doing 32-hour
shifts. In the way you might ask a friend for
a ride to the airport, Emma asks Adam if he
would mind being sex friends.
For those of you still wondering what this,
it is someone she can call in the wee hours of
the morning strictly for sex, no romantic re
lationship involved. Adam agrees because he
likes her but he’s convinced and tells her that
it’s not going to work since eventually they
will fall in love. Emma responds and indif
ference and the tension for the movie is set.
Throughout the movie there is a constant
struggle between the pair - will a relationship
be the next step?
The reversal of roles is the most interesting
and unique point of this movie. It’s not very
common in our popular culture to see use a
man for sex. On the other side, it’s unusual to
see a man who is having great sex but is an
eiriotional wreck because he wants something
more.
Overall, I’d give this movie an A+. It
is really funny and it kept me laughing the
whole time. The supporting cast is awesome
especially Adam’s pot smoking dad. I think
what makes the movie so good is the chem
istry between Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher.
Viewers pan easily sense the genuine attrac
tion between them.
It was also nice to see Ms. Portman in a
comedy, a good change from her dramatic
role in “Black Swan.” I highly reconunend
“No Strings Attached” because it is so real
istic, which sets it apart from other romantic
comedies.
The “friends with benefits” relationship
happens more than most people think and
isn’t talked about much. This movie demon
strates the emotional consequences that these
relationships have. The point of the movie
appears to be that it is nearly impossible not
form an emotional attachment.
Of course, being a Hollywood movie you
can probably guess what the ending is like.
However, it only makes sense because, can
sex friends really stay just fiiends?
RESTAURANT REVIEW: JAMAICAN KITCHEN
Get a taste of Fayetteville s
tropical islandflavor
By L’Asia Brown
Voice Contributing Writer
Last week, I had a food emergency. I’m on
a strict diet and exercise program to rid of my
freshman 15 (ok, it’s a lot more but I’m not
telling) so my meal choices outside of my
own kitchen are far and in between. There
wasn’t enough time to drive home and cook
something, and my stomach was growling
loudly, which constituted a food emergency.
I called my trainer and asked him where
I could go for a meal that wasn’t processed
or fast food. No McDonald’s, Burger King,
Taco Bell, KFC, Sonic. After yelling at me
for not having a healthy snack in my purse.
he suggested two places, a Thai cuisine
restaurant on South Bragg Boulevard, and a
Jamaican cuisine spot on Murchison road, no
more than five minutes from FSU. I’ve never
tasted Thai food and during a'rush was not
the time to decide I didn’t like it, so I decided
on the Jamaican place.
Lo and behold, about three minutes after
making a right onto Murchison Road from
Langdon Street, I spotted the Jamaican
Kitchen. Located in a somewhat desolate area
was a small building decked out in colors
of the Jamaican flag; green, yellow, and
black. It’s on the left of those driving north
See JAMAICAN , page 3