Levy defies the critic stereotype and discusses cinema


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What makes a film critic different from Joe Shmoe writing a Rotten Tomatoes review? For L.A.-based film critic Emanuel Levy, it’s scholarship, prolific publishing and decades of experience. But those same traits also make him different from most film critics one finds in a regular newspaper. Levy received his Ph.D. in sociology of culture studies […]

Internet slang a sign of evolution


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A few days ago, my roommates and I were talking about which first names and surnames sound good together. We came up with the name “Ella Wellman.” Looks neutral enough, right? Try saying it out loud. It sounds a lot like “ell-oh-ell, man.” As in, laughing out loud, man. It sounds like something you’d find in […]

Going abroad should be less restrictive


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Many students who applied for study abroad programs are currently finding out where they will be going next semester. Some students, however, are limited in destinations because of overly stringent class requirements. The idea of studying abroad is terribly enticing to me. Studying at USC and taking advantage of a cultural center such as Los […]