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OPINION: Why’d We Have to Learn Sex Ed If We’d Never Have to Use That Stuff in the Real World?

November 8, 2019 Staff 461 Views

by Keith Herrmann Cursive. Civil War generals. Sexual intercourse. What do these things have in common? The government made sure Read more

Politics Strong Feelings 

OPINION: If Trump’s Guilty of Abusing Power for Political Gain, Then I’m Guilty of Vehicular Manslaughter

October 9, 2019 Karan Menon 918 Views

These days in America, it seems like everyone’s got to be a  “criminal.” The media just loves throwing that label Read more

Columns Strong Feelings 

Opinion: Fun Fact Could Have Been Funner

October 1, 2019 Melanie Hoffmann 539 Views

by Melanie Hoffmann BIRNKRANT SECOND FLOOR — The beginning-of-the-year floor meeting was thrown into an unbearable awkward silence when resident Read more

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I Slept With Every Cast Member of the Classic 80s Sitcom “Lotta Family” Only to Find Out it Never Existed. Here’s What I Learned.

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Veronica Marks 1876 Views

by Veronica Marks We all treasure the beloved sitcoms of the 1980s. From Full House to Cheers to Lotta Family, Read more

Columns Strong Feelings 

Guess What? Dad’s Gonna Live, So Quit Calling Dibs on the Antiques!

April 10, 2019 Leila Hoffpauir 800 Views

by Leila Hoffpauir Well, Dad got the call. His liver is officially cancer-free, so put down the vase, Karen. You’re Read more

Columns Strong Feelings 

Op-Ed: Is Hecuba Likable Enough?

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Drew Thomas-Nathan 1102 Views

by Drew Thomas-Nathan LOS ANGELES, CA -- A year and a half ago, USC opened the new Village by unveiling Read more

Columns Strong Feelings 

Well, Mom’s Drunk Again, Which Means We Can Wear Her Scarves

January 15, 2019 Leila Hoffpauir 831 Views

by Leila Hoffpauir So right in the middle of a thrilling “Dexter’s Laboratory” marathon, my brother Justin and I have Read more

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Quiz: Is He Into You or Does He Want to Kill You and Your Siblings To Get His Hands on the Baudelaire Fortune?

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Drew Thomas-Nathan 1192 Views

by Drew Thomas-Nathan Finding a good man is difficult, especially when it has been highly publicized that your parents perished Read more

Columns Strong Feelings 

Stop Complaining, People! Marvel’s Probably Going to Retcon Stan Lee’s Death in a Couple of Months

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Alex Greenblatt 983 Views

by Alex Greenblatt We saw this with Spider Man in 2011, we saw it with Karen Page in 1999, and Read more

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Cool! This Bathroom Has a Fold Down Table so I Can Eat My Lunch Without Being Bullied!

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 Elise Vondra 792 Views

by Elise Vondra ANNENBERG BATHROOM STALL -- Man, today is the best day ever. While I was trying to dissociate Read more