“I go to Barneys; I go to Gucci, Louis, YSL. I go everywhere — Rodeo Drive, Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Joyrich. I’m all around,” Russel Westbrook said to Steve Marsh of GQ in April 2013. Once upon a time the likes of Allen Iverson sauntered out of NBA stadiums in sagging jeans, an oversized shirt and dripping in bling. Then 2005 happened. David Stern couldn’t have … [Read more...] about Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada
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The Journey of a Recruit
Photo by Paola Ramos An athletic team is only as good as its athletes, and at a four-year college the pressure is even higher for coaches to literally and figuratively be on the ball about recruiting. Case in point: at the time he was being interviewed, men’s basketball Head Coach Marty Wilson was en route to the airport in Texas. He was about to scout out a potential … [Read more...] about The Journey of a Recruit
My uncle’s cooler than yours
Art by Sacha Irick Why the “big bad wolf” isn’t really that bad at all Lately the world has been attacking the United States for its military involvement in foreign regions. Although critics have made many reasonable arguments against U.S. military expansion, s citizen of a country that hosts a United States military base, I have a few things to say against the … [Read more...] about My uncle’s cooler than yours
Twitter dawns in Tehran
Iran’s new president may be charting a new course Amid the political posturing and rattling of sabers, which threatened to boil over in the Middle East over news of alleged sarin gas attacks in Syria, a surprising series of tweets from Iran overcame the latent hostility. As President Barack Obama called for military action against the Bashar al-Assad regime, media outlets … [Read more...] about Twitter dawns in Tehran
Calling all Freshmen!
Let’s talk about the freshman 15. I’m not talking about entering high school as a 15-year-old. Doesn’t that seem like forever ago? I’m talking about that dreaded concept of weight gain during the first year of university. The phenomenon sounds something like this: Freshmen experience a 15-pound weight gain during the first semester of college and then work the next several … [Read more...] about Calling all Freshmen!