Young adult fantasy romanticizes folkloric creatures


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This week, Aimée Carter’s latest novel, The Goddess Inheritance, hit bookshelves, continuing the otherworldly literary trend in teen fiction. Following in the footsteps of previous trends featuring vampires, werewolves and fairies, Greek gods and goddesses might be yet another installment in the teen fantasy literary canon, one that really picked up speed with the release […]

Haute Highlights


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View Haute Highlights 2/27 in a larger map Tiësto Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. Staples Center This weekend, international DJ Tiësto makes his way to Los Angeles for his worldwide tour. Tiësto, who has worked with popular artists such Kanye West, Katy Perry and Coldplay, continues to take the EDM world by storm. Though […]

Should children be subjected to the same TSA rules?


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The Transportation Security Agency must reform its security policy in order to improve the experience.  The lack of prudent screening policies in place at airports is perhaps one of the biggest flaws with modern American airline travel. Apart from security procedures being obtrusive and intimidating, multiple tests have  found them to be ineffective and incapable […]