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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
April 10, 2011 - 1:03 am
 

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and pop culture that we've been talking about lately.

■ People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals calls for the elimination of "speciesist" language in the Bible. After that: Replacing "the miracle of the loaves and the fishes" with "the commonplace of the brown rice and the tofu."

■ University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Lon Kruger u25B6 heads to Oklahoma. Don't you hate it when April Fool becomes April Cruel?

■ The "Sweet Valley High" teen series is updated with "Sweet Valley Confidential," which follows the characters 10 years after high school. Next up: Nancy Drew in "The Case of the Disappearing Entry-level Job."

■ Rutgers University pays Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $32,000 for a speech. Feeling really good about our state university diploma right now.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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