Tracy Domingo Assistant Living Editor Kelia Tardiff Imagine for a moment a world where everyone is loved, everyone has a Coffee Bean beverage in hand, everyone is sportsmanlike, every girl is a daughter of a king and every trial is seen merely as a chance to excel. This world you are imagining is the ever-optimistic world that Kelia Tardiff lives in everyday. Tardiff, 21, … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd: Kelia Tardiff
Get naked and feel truly free
Ginna NguyenStaff Writer Adam and Eve did it. According to all the statues, apparently David did it. And for this article, I’m encouraging you to do it too: get naked. In today’s culture it is a tragedy that the human body — something so magnificently created — has been objectified, sexualized and dehumanized in so many ways. There is no more beautiful creation than the person … [Read more...] about Get naked and feel truly free
The ‘O.C.’ defines America
Mary WisniewskiOverseas Columnist “We just got a drag queen in. Is it OK if he comes in to try some dresses on?” asks the sales clerk at Top Shop nonchalantly. I nod quickly but am certainly caught off guard. I mean, the only thing I’ve ever been asked before by a sales clerk is how everything fits. Life in London certainly has a daily surprise. I suppose, like any city, … [Read more...] about The ‘O.C.’ defines America
To join or not to join the Peace Corps
Katie Clary Living Editor Peace Corps logo The Peace Corps and college graduates go together like peas and carrots — and have since its inception 44 years ago. In 1960, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy challenged a group of 10,000 students at the University of Michigan to serve their country by promoting peace through living and working in developing countries, thus inspiring the … [Read more...] about To join or not to join the Peace Corps
How to pretend you had a good Valentine’s Day (even though you didn’t!)
Heather CloudStaff Writer So we all knew that Valentine’s Day was just a vast conspiracy among card companies, jewelers, chocolate makers and florists to make single people depressed and attached people poor. So as informed, intelligent people, we should feel absolutely no guilt about not indulging in this vicious cycle of debt and depression, and instead take solace in our … [Read more...] about How to pretend you had a good Valentine’s Day (even though you didn’t!)