Ah, spring. Love is in the air. Specifically, two kinds of love are in the air: self-love and the love for others. What’s that, you say? Self-love is a bad thing? Goodness, you’re right! In that case, we’d better take pains to ensure that everyone on campus knows how selfish they are and how selfless we are. But how in the world are we going to do that? Well, after much … [Read more...] about Just be your selfless
Life & Arts
My life on the Z-list: Back to the future
Yesterday afternoon, a rugged FedEx worker, mid 50s, but surprisingly built, accosted me. He looked terrified (and oddly familiar), almost as if he were delivering orders for his own execution. After I signed for my package, he clumsily dropped his pen and ran toward his truck while he screamed, “Keep it, you monster! It’s only a company pen, anyways!” I picked it up and looked … [Read more...] about My life on the Z-list: Back to the future
Culinary Corner: Cake for days
This week’s recipe was inspired by my high school days. During my senior year in high school I started working at a Baskin-Robbins. Although I would never work at a Baskin-Robbins again, at the time it was a pretty good job for someone in high school. It required little-to-no brainpower, I got to work with a lot of my friends, and I ate ice cream every day. One of the things … [Read more...] about Culinary Corner: Cake for days
Q&A with Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs is, according to her blog, a “singer, songwriter, natural history enthusiast, and lady” from Montclair, New Jersey, now based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Graphic caught up with her before her Mar. 2 San Diego show and found her to be all of those things, plus a talented and generally lovely human being. She’s currently touring her third (and best) album, “An … [Read more...] about Q&A with Jenny Owen Youngs
‘Sounds from Nowheresville’
Four years after their debut album, English musical duo The Ting Tings released their second album “Sounds from Nowheresville” on March 13. After canceling the release of their second album in 2010 fearing that it sounded too mainstream, The Ting Tings duo Katie White and Jules de Martino held off the release and got back in the studio for another two years. Formed in 2007, … [Read more...] about ‘Sounds from Nowheresville’