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Dear single people: Valentine’s Day is not about you

Valentine’s Day is a holiday that dredges up all sorts of emotions. For some it’s simply February 14 and for others it’s “Singles Awareness...

R’Perspective: Grad school on the mind

Whenever I pictured graduate school, I imagined myself driving to campus in a flying car, sporting a tweed overcoat, smoking a cigar Tony Soprano-style....

It’s not all Greek to me

Usually when cultural appropriation is discussed, Native American headdresses or wearing bindis as “accessories” by people outside of those cultural groups come to mind;...

“No” to ill-gotten money, “Yes” to divestment

You are sitting in your world history lecture hall and learn of past events involving people from years gone by and events on lands...
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Under the Kilt: No one is out of your league

There are numerous renditions of the axiom, “You need to love yourself before anyone else can.” There may be a temptation to shrug and...

Chivalry is dead … and it should stay dead

The phrase “chivalry is dead” is often said to mean romance is dead, whereas the term chivalry has much darker, complex overtones than that....

Amazon original series gives classical music the attention it deserves

Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon released season one of “Mozart in the Jungle” on their Prime streaming service. Though Netflix is...

We need to talk about sex

With the passing of the law “yes means yes,” California became the first state to clear any misconceptions surrounding consent. The campaign behind it...

The other F-Word

Feminist is the epitome of a word with many meanings. Time Magazine recently published a list of “Which Words Should Be Banned in 2015?”...

Tuition hikes have got to go: Potential UC increase is threat to students

“Hey ho, tuition hikes have got to go!” chanted UC students at the UCSA Students of Color Conference (SOCC), one of the largest annual...