Rethinking the true value of superhero franchises


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Whenever I hear people discuss movies, a solid three out of five times I’ll hear someone mention a superhero franchise. Did you watch The Avengers? Or The Guardians of the Galaxy? That one where Chris Evans is super ripped? As a film student, I’ve heard my fair share of criticism about these types of movies […]

What does your major say about you?


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Film Most likely, seeing Pulp Fiction as a fetus accounts for your precocity and is probably what made you want to major in film at age four. This is something a film student would never admit because it clashes the edgy, filmmaker archetype devised by none other than the filmmaker his or herself. As a […]

The proper way to make scrambled eggs


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  I was telling my friend how to make scrambled eggs the other day and realized that I eat a lot of scrambled eggs, so I decided it would be appropriate to share my secrets for fluffy, delicious and inexpensive eggs. I’m telling you — I eat an obscene amount of scrambled eggs. This recipe […]

Vinyl with a vengeance


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Once relegated to the back corner of music stores and dusty storage boxes, vinyl records are making a comeback. Collector’s record shops are popping up from coast to coast. Rolling Stone reported that even in the economic downturn of 2010, vinyl sales started to climb. Most bands even release their EPs on vinyl –– Daft […]

The New L.A. King: Alfred’s Coffee


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  Coffee. We drink it in the morning. We drink it in the afternoon. We even drink it in the evening. In such a large city like Los Angeles, it can be difficult to find that perfect cup of Joe. Forget chains like Coffee Bean and Starbucks, in a city like L.A. it’s all about […]

Thoughts from someone who thinks too much


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My philosophy class this semester has got me feeling a certain way — namely, outraged, furious and thoroughly nonplussed. Taught by a 300-year-old white professor who suspiciously resembles Aristotle himself, the class contends this week with Zeno’s paradox of motion. Walking across a room, as Zeno describes, requires walking half the distance to the other […]

English-speaking countries still enrich study abroad experience


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  Some say that studying abroad in an English-speaking country is a cop-out. And I somewhat thought that too. But then I boarded my flight to London’s Heathrow. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 80,000 American students study abroad each school year. When I became one of those thousands of kids hopping on a […]

Halting tradition shows UC students’ concerns with tuition hike


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They didn’t start the fire. Seriously. In the height of rivalry week between USC-UCLA, the Bruins forfeited a long-held tradition in protest of the state’s proposal to hike up tradition prices in the University of California system. Around 50 student protesters surrounded the woodpile that would have been used for the fire, which led UCLA […]

Week 11 college football picks and previews


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After a couple of down weeks, Week 11 is filled with potential playoff-elimination games, as the committee now looks to narrow down the playoff field. #14 Ohio State (7-1, 4-0 Big Ten) at #8 Michigan State (7-1, 4-0 Big Ten) The Buckeyes and the Spartans have both bounced back from tough early losses, setting up […]