Howard Ho hho@media.ucla.eduClick Here for more articles by Howard Ho  A man walked into a bar. Ouch. This is the largely unmemorable educational column, ready to fight the barbarians at the gateway to your brain. It is precisely gray matter which I wish to discuss today. Memories are formed every second of life and […]
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Boycott links profit margins, policy change
Shirin Vossoughi Click Here for more articles by Shirin Vossoughi  Kamal Hamdan enjoys smoking Marlboro cigarettes. But lately, every time the Lebanese economist goes to light up, people are giving him a hard time: “What, still smoking American cigarettes?” The boycott of American products is picking up in many Arab countries ““ people are […]
COLUMN: Be unique, find your claim to fame
Bonnie Chau bchau@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Bonnie Chau  Fame is a funny thing. Every once in a while, someone brings up the theory that every single person wants to be famous. I have always regarded and dismissed it as just another expendable conspiracy theory of sorts. Until now. Wielding the small […]
COLUMN: Irrelevant soundtracks miss out on movie magic
Mary Williams mwilliams@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Mary Williams  Film soundtracks are supposed to have songs from the films whose names they bear. However, as we can see from soundtracks released in the past few years, this is not often the case. “Music From and Inspired by Spider-man” has nothing to do […]
Internet diaries create webs of intrigue
Sharon Kim skim@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Sharon Kim If you saw someone’s diary lying around, invitingly open as if calling out to you, would you read it? This is the premise behind online diaries, a new breed of Web sites I’ve noticed lately. They’re garnering an increasing amount of members who sign […]
So many bowl games, too many bad teams
Gilbert Quinonez gquinonez@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Gilbert Quinonez What will you be doing this Christmas? I’m guessing you won’t be watching the Hawaii Bowl, featuring the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Alabama-Birmingham Blazers. Yes, unfortunately, it’s that time of year again, when the lords of college football decide to add even more […]
Men become sexier, classier, more refined with age
Sophia Whang swhang@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Sophia Whang The term “older man” is often synonymous with dirty. He’s a dirty old man, they say. Relationships with them are seen as scandalous, and in a community outside the entertainment world, it is still considered to be taboo. Youthful beauties like Catherine Zeta-Jones and […]