Girl talk: Lena Dunham’s influence on female comedy

Minnie Schedeen

Although I normally talk about women in film, I’m veering off a little bit this week to talk about women in television. HBO’s famously infamous (or maybe, infamously famous) Girls, premiered the first episode of its fifth season on Sunday. This isn’t a review of the season premiere — rather it’s an exploration of precisely […]

Women’s lacrosse upsets No. 5 Duke behind Drexel’s four goals


The No. 19 USC women’s lacrosse team defeated No. 5 Duke 11-5 Saturday night in the U.S. Lacrosse Orange County Winter Invitational in Costa Mesa. The Women of Troy (2-0) claimed a spot in the Top 25 national rankings heading into the contest, but they were still underdogs against one of the ACC’s finest. It is safe […]

Millennials must make their own milestones


Today is my birthday. It is a birthday I have been looking forward to for at least a decade because it is also my golden birthday. I turn 22 years old on this 22nd day of February. I’ve been told that this birthday is an insignificant one. I celebrated the most monumental one last year […]