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By Andrew Ramirez If the door's unlocked and the alarm doesn't sound, you can climb to the top of WPH at night, to the roof, and take a half-broken ladder to the highest ledge of the building where you can sit and watch the city from the highest point on campus. It depends what your expectations are, but the city at night and that high up, all its lights burning, feels … [Read more...] about What We Talk About When We Talk About LA: Something For Later On

Though the curbside cuisine that I’ve taste-tested and written about thus far has all been on the more gourmet end of the food truck spectrum, there are still some mobile food vendors out there that fit the roach coach stereotype of years past.  It is because of food trucks’ humble beginnings as self-regulated taco trucks and hot dog carts that some people remain skeptical … [Read more...] about Curbside Cuisine: Legitimized

Title: Post-Apocalyptic Survival Guide Excerpt: Ever wondered what the world will be like once civilization falls? Well, then don’t watch this ridiculous movie. Imagine a world filled with big hair—where hairspray is never far away and fashion has taken a turn for the awkward. No, I’m not talking about the 80s, silly. I’m talking about Earth’s post-apocalyptic future as … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Post-Apocalyptic Survival Guide

By Nathan Rieder Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”.  Some other guy undoubtedly once said “It’s trite and tacky to start a blog entry with a quote by Albert Einstein”.  So be it.  The veracity of this quote far outweighs any concerns I have about the stylistic taboo of opening with it. We live in a … [Read more...] about Dumb It Down: Techno-Useless

By Eric Weintraub To quote my good friend Dominick (who was probably quoting someone wittier than himself), “When a girl is in a relationship, you have one guy to compete with, but when she’s single, everyone on Earth is against you.” While Dominick proposes an amusing argument, going after a girl in a relationship is not a good idea and I would never recommend wasting your … [Read more...] about The Don’ts of Dating: Don’t Avoid Asking if She Has a Boyfriend