Balloons. Jell-O. Kites. They’re three fairly innocent things you could find at a child’s birthday party. They’re also things that Roz Chast is afraid of. Chast, an author and staff
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What is on the walls says a lot about a place. Traditionally, blue walls indicate a boy sleeps and plays there, while pink walls indicate a girl. A wall covered
I don’t know who the Kardashians are. When I admitted this to a friend, she looked at me like I was crazy. Now, thanks to Google, I know that they’re
This week, the Internet hacktivist group Anonymous made its name known after claiming to be responsible for closing down the United States CIA website. The site was shut down Friday,
A violent buzzing pulled me away from some drowsy studying at my desk at 1:40 a.m. I glanced down at my phone to see who was calling and saw my
I’ve been around this campus for more than 11 years and watched it grow tremendously. Gone is the parking lot that splayed out between the CAC and Davis, an environmentally
Who is Lana Del Rey? It’s a question I found myself asking in a media law class last week after my professor oh-so coolly dropped her name. Remembering an essay
I discovered Pinterest a few weeks ago. It’s a website, kind of like tumblr, but with more pretty pictures per capita and without all the words muddying up my feed.
As out-of-work recessioneers headed back to college looking for a leg up in the competitive job market, politicians, too, looked toward higher education for economic answers. The pillars of the
Like USF, I have a name that confuses people. When friends or family unfamiliar with the Bay area ask me where I attend college, and I say the University of