Pepper tours to support brand-new EP
Though Hawaiian band Pepper has mellowed out, the group is still touring.
Haute Highlights
CicLAvia If you thought Carmageddon — that time the 405 closed, leaving absolutely no cars on the road — was a blast, just imagine the fun in store with the surface streets intentionally shut down. Started as a health initiative in Bogotá, Colombia in an attempt to fight against the city’s persistent pollution, CicLAvia has […]
Art galleries in Los Angeles deconstruct snobby stereotypes
Let’s hit up a gallery this weekend. This probably isn’t the first thing your friends say when you’re planning your epic weekend. The usual image of a gallery is a cold, unwelcoming place only wealthy art lovers dare visit. In reality, it’s easy to saunter into a gallery and enjoy yourself. Los Angeles and its […]
Vets maintain pop-punk royalty status
New Found Glory, one of the most definitive faces of the pop-punk genre, crafts an album of sure-fire, poppy hits in its latest release.
Elliot Shoenman inspires student writers
On Oct. 4, illustrious screenwriter and playwright Elliot Shoenman visited the USC School of Cinematic Arts to give a presentation to undergraduate and graduate aspiring writers. His presentation, moderated by USC screenwriting professor Paul Wolff, offered valuable first-hand advice about getting started and ‘making it’ as a writer in the cutthroat film and television industry. […]
Fashion police hard at work in southern states
This week, Tuscumbia, Alabama became the latest town to join the fight against a fashion trend long known to offend the eyes — sagging pants. Areas that mandate an ordinance against said crime of fashion, such as Albany, Georgia — which began enforcing the law last November — have recently begun to see an increase […]
Letter to the editor
Reforms to NCLB are autocratic Elena Kadvany’s Oct. 3 letter (“Reforms to No Child Left Behind are positive”) contained a reasonable critique of the failed No Child Left Behind policy. Calling standardized test scores “antiquated” and “very harmful,” however, was too radical, given the continuing success of AP courses and the undeniable value of objective […]
Same-sex education not as detrimental as it seems
Same-sex schools provide an environment for students to grow, free of gender stereotypes.
Dornsife too broad for label
Branding Dornsife as an interdisciplinary school could ostracize many majors.
Social devices can be used to foster connectivity
Last Friday, I stepped out from behind my screen long enough to enjoy an ancient form of entertainment: a play. Fittingly, the play was called Dead Man’s Cell Phone. The theatre department’s production tells the story of a woman who encounters a dead man at a cafe. Unable to forget the event, she takes his […]