Post-traumatic Strauss disorder: realizing when to move on


Last Thursday evening, approaching midnight, I was pacing back and forth in my apartment. I was listening to a 1971 recording of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier played by the Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Leonard Bernstein and starring Christa Ludwig and Gwyneth Jones. This recording, a jewel that I found very recently at a secondhand shop […]

Love U: A labor of love


Relationships are hard. That’s an easy lesson to learn. What makes a relationship worth all of the labor that goes into building it? That’s a much more difficult question to answer. I didn’t have an answer to that question when I came to college. In high school, I was always guarded. I kept my emotions […]

Ask Tiffany: Friendzoning 101


“I have a friend who keeps wanting to hang out. He’s really awesome, but I fear he likes me more than platonically. How do I non-awkwardly, non-confrontationally, non-friendship-destroyingly relay the message that I am uninterested in a more-than-friends relationship but still really would like to be homies?!?!” Making yourself a little less available is a […]

Women of Troy fall in final seconds to Arizona State


The USC women’s basketball team fell 69-68 in the final seconds to Arizona State on the road Sunday as Temi Fagenble’s basket as at the buzzer was called off after the officials ruled time expired before she took the shot.  Arizona State’s Sophie Brunner hit a game-winning layup plus the foul with one second remaining to […]
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