The legality of MP3s is inconsequential. Telling college students not to download them is probably more ineffective than telling them not to smoke pot or drink underage–even the premeds are into MP3s. Go to article

This week’s article is the first in a series detailing the sights and sounds and inexpensive consumer goods available in eastern San Bernardino County. I meant to start this series earlier, but as it turned out I never went anywhere, unless you count that Saturday night I walked to the Green Burrito. Go to article

Every June, I do something weird. I put on my flimsiest shorts and my thinnest tee shirt, add my best dress socks and shoes, and go the football stadium of the university where I teach. Go to article

I spent my Tuesday leaning against a door at Alexander Hall, and I must say it was quite an experience. The very act of leaning on the door was quite intriguing because Campus Security had obtained access to Alexander through a basement entrance and our job was apparently to keep people from entering and leaving the building. Go to article

If you’re like me, and read Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides on a lazy summer afternoon in 1993 after Sassy magazine gave it a rave review, you might be a little puzzled by Sofia Coppola’s new film adaptation. Go to article