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By Nathan Rieder The President of the United States of America, the most powerful man in the most powerful nation, the leader of the free world, the…philanderer? In recent decades the American public has become increasingly concerned with the personal lives of our political leaders: caring more about what they do in their own homes than how they vote on important issues.  … [Read more...] about Dumb It Down: CelebrityGate

Andrew Ramirez Despite LA being a city stripped of seasons, there are cold days now and again when the sky is overcast, stretched white and subdued and back-lit by a smaller sun, days when the temperature goes slippery, unexpectedly drops during the night like wet soap, and I catch myself shivering on the walk to campus and wondering why I assumed every day was supposed to … [Read more...] about What We Talk About When We Talk About LA: Weather

By Juliana Appenrodt One of the first trucks I’ve tried that isn’t striving to take customers on a road trip to the culinary corners of the earth, The Place Los Angeles is quintessentially Californian. Housed in a bright orange and yellow truck boasting a black silhouette of the Los Angeles skyline along the bottom, its menu consists of burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, … [Read more...] about Curbside Cuisine: The Place for Pastrami

So, I lied. I ended up doing another horror movie this week…but it was an extremely lame one, so I’m pretty sure it doesn’t count. Because, ladies and gents, I decided to watch…..Dun DUn DUN…My Super Pyscho Sweet 16 2….without ever having seen the first one, or to be honest the first half of this one. BUT, despite my slacker approach to this movie, I did learn some valuable … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Super Sweet Life Lessons

By Eric Weintraub …be your best self. I’ve found in the dating world, there are two very opposite stances on how people believe a guy should behave on a date. He can either 1) be himself or 2) make everything up in the hopes of being more interesting. While I know number one is morally the right thing to do, you can hurt your chances with a girl when you act completely … [Read more...] about The Don’t of Dating: Don’t Be Yourself…