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LAURA JOHNSONAssistant Life Editor Fat ladies, Viking horns, “Xena Warrior Princess” gear and a lot of loud crazy vibrato is often what the opera connotates. This brutal combination of over-the-top spectacles are not things that often entice the younger generation to go for a pricey seat at the opera. However, as it is in the real world, these stereotypes should be forgotten, … [Read more...] about The unheard voices of Opera

LAURA JOHNSONAssistant Life Editor Oscar will need a walker to roll on stage Sunday evening, as he will be turning 80. In the inky blackness that the movie business has created this year, the stars will finally be able to shine on this night, none so much as those nominated. For some, it is hard to care about a ceremony in which none of the films being awarded were even in the … [Read more...] about Academy Awards will be out for blood

ALEXIS SEBRINGLife Assistant If you are driving around one day and hear an opera singer in the car behind you, it is most likely senior Amanda Gregory. This talented and driven young woman has studied voice since she was 7 years-old and began opera her freshman year in college. Graduate school is just around the corner for her, and her performance, “Bartered Bride,” at … [Read more...] about Artist among us: Amanda Gregory

Laura Johnson Below is a selection of the best urban terms donated from my friends, family, public high school and urbandictionary.com, that are Pep appropriate, of course. Enjoy and maybe impress others by using one in a sentence, or even a paper – your teachers will swoon. Yo. 10. Kadunkadunk: Someone in possession of a large posterior. Also known as "junk in the … [Read more...] about Best words in the Ebonic Dictionary

NICOLE KLIESTstaff writer How many roads must a man walk down before he finds a Bob Dylan exhibit? A quick trip on the 405 freeway will reveal the Skirball Cultural Center’s “Bob Dylan’s American Journey 1956-1966” exhibit, which is on display through June 8. The visual, aural and interactive collection focuses on the first decade of Dylan’s celebrated career recounting his … [Read more...] about Bob Dylan rocks Skirball Center