Well, it wasn't pretty, and it seemed somewhat strange, but the Giants got beaten badly by the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday afternoon and still found a way to clinch the NFC East title. The Giants looked sluggish on both sides of the ball. Antonio Pierce, the guy who has been in the news a lot for his involvement in the Plaxico Burress scandal, made several big mistakes including a misread on a long Brian Westbrook touchdown.

Well kids, it's that magical time of year again, when sleigh bells are ringing, children are singing, and grandma probably had a little too much eggnog. In the spirit of the Holiday season, we here at the B-Section thought you might want to know exactly where and when to catch all of your favorite classic holiday movies.

Last night, the final issue of The Chronicle for the Fall 2008 semester was, as we call it, "put to bed." The paper was closed and sent to the printer. For me, it wasn't just the last issue of the semester, but the last issue of my college career. I have been a part of the Chronicle staff since 2005 when I first arrived at the University.

During the months preceding the presidential election, calls were made to voters' homes trying to tie President-elect Barack Obama and terrorism together. The connections were obvious: Obama rhymes with Osama and his middle name is Hussein. As comical as this may be, Americans practice this type of stereotyping every day, most commonly at the airport.

Staying in a town of Tibetan exiles, we have been overwhelmed with Tibetan culture and information about Tibet and its struggles. This week, we have been lucky enough to watch a documentary on Tibet and have two speakers come and talk to our group. All of the following information I am repeating from the film and speakers; I did not have time to check every fact and figure.

Newsday, Long Island's only daily newspaper, may no longer be available on campus for free. The paper, delivered for years every morning at close to a dozen campus locations as part of its college readership program, is negotiating with the University this week over how to keep the Long Island daily on its blue newsstands, despite tremendous financial obstacles facing the media industry as a whole.

When the Army Corps of Engineers started work on a $5.7 million project in January to dredge Jones Inlet in Point Lookout, civic and government leaders said the undertaking was just the opening salvo in a long-term effort to combat coastal erosion and protect property.

Chronicle: How did you get started performing? Rachael Yamagata: I had kind of written songs and played piano since I was twelve. My first performing experience was in my junior year at Northwestern. I joined band in Chicago, and I was with them for 6 years.

In Bits: Girl 1: Ok, name one place you really want to have sex. Girl 2: The back of a pick-up truck. Girl 3 (later): A chapel. Girl 2: In a house of God?! Girl 3: What, it has really great acoustics in there! In Library: Girl: S**t! I got Diana a Christmas present, and she's Jewish.

AFC East Breakdown: Just Win, Baby 1) Jets (8-5) Fire Mangini? That seems to be the $64,000 question. The reality is that the Jets head coach is loved by team owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum, and they've already guaranteed Mangini a job through next year.

Rivalry games are known by sports not just for their tradition, but their unpredictability and usually their closer-than-expected results. Our men's basketball team's game against rival Stony Brook was no different. Despite finding themselves up by as many as sixteen points, they were only able to fell the Suffolk-based Sea Wolves by only five points.

Unless there's some way I'm allowed to keep writing after I graduate, this will likely be my last column for the Hofstra Chronicle. To those of you that have followed my articles since I began writing in March, I appreciate your support. I'm not really sure how many of you do in fact read my stories and analyses, but I'm fairly certain of one thing - Eric Mangini is probably not one of my readers.