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KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor Even though she isn’t feeling well, senior Ruchika Mohla is upbeat enough to occasionally slip words like “zesty” and “weak sauce” into her vocabulary. She’s a biology major who occasionally decorates her Lovernich apartment in whatever festivities are the current rage. This past week, Halloween took to the walls with plastic jack-o-lanterns on the … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd: Ruchika Mohla

KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor For freshman Adam Cargioli, cyberspace is his backyard turf. The Noblesville, Ind.-native laughs as he recounts memories of the Net. “I can’t remember anything past eighth grade,” Cargioli said of his early days online. “I only remember high school. Everything else is in a file cabinet in the fourth-floor basement of my mind.” Homestarrunner.com is … [Read more...] about All the sites to see

TEIGE MUHLFELDStaff Writer Last month’s formal Greek Recruit-ment showcased 250 female students with a variety of life experiences. But they all seemed to share one common trend: Every girl carried some sort of bag. Whether they were pocketbooks, purses or smaller handbags, these items were the most common accessory among sorority recruits. On the first day of recruitment, … [Read more...] about Comfort comes with recruitment in the bag

GABE DURHAMStaff Writer Scientists are working on creating remote control robots so a doctor can perform a gall bladder removal on astronauts from the comfort of Earth. If the surgeries are successful, they may let the robots operate on regular Earth-dwellers as well. Anyone who has seen “The Terminator,” “The Matrix,” or any of the slew of man versus machine rip-offs can tell … [Read more...] about Man vs. machine plot is overdone

POPPY GAROFALOStaff Writer Inside the crowded Bovard Auditiorium at University of Southern California, 25 Pepperdine students cheered from the audience for a rising opera singer, who is both a friend and peer on the Malibu campus. Senior Christin Wismann, an applied vocal music major, was one of four top winners in the Western region finals of the Metropolitan Opera National … [Read more...] about Opera singer competes nationally