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  • Learning to Live and Love

    Love is a diverse word we use today. I can say I love my friends and I love my family, but at the same time I could also say I love football. The act of loving someone or something can come in many forms; if you’re in love with a person, you may buy…

  • Knock out the knockoffs

    When it comes to high quality designer goods it’s easy to spot a fake from the real thing. Take a good look at the logo, examine the stitching, or try to find the authenticity card and you can tell if it’s a knockoff. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy to spot a fake when it…

  • Travels

    The Turbulent Turbines of Torture (aka the plane) finally landed at 2:30 am despite the onslaught of delays that seemed just about endless. The frigid New York air was like a cool breath that pummelled my jet lagged senses into a quasi-alertness. The fact that I was currently standing in a crowd just outside…

  • Climbing an Endless Mountain

    There are 32 teams in the NFL and each have the same goal: to be a champion, a Super Bowl champion. Winning does not come easy. Players across the country put in endless amounts of work throughout the year so they can hoist the Lombardi Trophy. However, in the end, only one team can…

  • Well, that’s life…

    In this upcoming year, my personal resolution is to not fight life. Instead, I’m teaming up with life and seeing where it takes me. I know it’s a weird resolution, but I have come to the conclusion that my eternal cycle of exhaustion and anxiety must be broken, and that this resolution is the…

  • I’m a feminist, and you should be one too

    During the scientific revolution, it was discovered that females have smaller skulls and bigger hips than males. This information was used by men as positive proof of their superiority. To them, smaller heads indicated that women were less intelligent, and the wider hips confirmed their main purpose was for childbearing. For hundreds of years,…

  • Keeping your eyes on the prize, but forgetting what’s truly important

    When an athlete goes pro they have one goal; win a championship. Some will do whatever it takes to win a championship even if it means leaving everything behind and moving to a new team. A player like Kevin Durant caused a lot of controversy by doing this simply because he had everything he…

  • Fight on because you can’t always get what you want

    As a big USC fan, nothing makes me happier on a Saturday than when the Trojans get a big fat W.  Unfortunately, my boys are 1-3, so there hasn’t been much celebrating so far this season. My only consolation is that, at 2-2, UCLA hasn’t started out that great either. When I recognize that…

  • Learning to count blessings through the stressing

    I wake up to my blaring alarm and race to school. I carry my jam-packed, 34.2 lb backpack from class to class where I sit for hours and aggressively take notes and stress about whatever test, quiz or assignment I have due. I finish my school day with a few hours of dance team…

  • Life gave Beyoncé lemons and she made Lemonade

    If you haven’t heard already, the queen of all queens, Beyoncé, released her two part studio and visual album, Lemonade, on April 23. Beyoncé began the Formation World Tour in April 2016 and will be visiting 48 locations in North America and Europe to promote her album. Be prepared to sit down and set…