Williams will be one of the greats


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This past weekend, the USC football program had seven members of last year’s team participate in the NFL Combine. Overall this was an impressive number of invitations for the Trojans, who tied Oregon for the most players represented from the Pac-12. The player whose performance will receive the most attention until draft time are is […]

Farcical Razzies help to balance overly serious Oscars


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With all the attention paid to the Oscars this weekend, it was easy to miss the other award show that took place. The 35th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards gave out its recognitions to the worst movies of the year. Started in 1981 by copywriter and publicist John J. B. Wilson to “honor” the very worst […]

Medical advances rely on stem-cell research


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I once saw a particularly astute bumper sticker on the car of an outspoken high school science teacher. It read: “Support stem cell research; grow Bush a brain.” Though hyperbolic — we’ve yet to actually grow an entire brain from stem cells — the sticker effectively conveyed the sense of frustration that has characterized the decades-long […]

On becoming an expert at napping


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With spring semester almost halfway through, the hustle and bustle of everyday life is bound to wear down our bodies. There is a simple fix that we should all be incorporating into our daily routines. Napping. Though it seems hard, napping, is one of the greatest things you can do for your body to revitalize […]

Beware: Komodo Venice serves up dangerously good food


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Prince is crooning in my ear as I write this. “You don’t have to be beautiful to turn me on.” But oh baby, does Venice Asian fusion eatery Komodo disagree. It was such a life changing experience that I started to use the word baby. Sorry, that was weird. But seriously, this new taco truck-turned-fast-casual-restaurant […]

Exhibition: The Art of Japan


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On Tuesday, I sat on a bench in Ueno Park, sipping on a “Caramelly Sakura Latte” from Starbucks (delicious!) and watching dusk settle on the bare branches around me. I had spent the day at the Ueno no Mori Museum of Art, wandering the halls of 「日本の美術」 or “The Art of Japan.” The exhibition had […]
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