Many in Southern California have heard of Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, equipped with men with swinging chain saws, cackling Chuckie characters, and unforgettable lengthy mazes that reach to the darkest corners of your nightmares. Universal’s gore kings and queens will be opening their doors to this fantastic Halloween extravaganza this Friday, September 19th at 7pm. Walking through one maze...

The fans who filed into the second day of the Made In America music festival knew who was as the headliner for the night. Shirts foretold the coming of Yeezus and basketball jerseys proudly bared the name and number of an unheralded player, "Bound 2." As The Beatles' "Come Together" played over the Marylin stage sound system, the anticipation rose...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is not a novelty. Reaching about 1.2 million hits through Facebook videos and 2.2 million hits on Twitter between July and August, the phenomenon of so many charitable donors and volunteers willingly pouring ice cold water over their heads in support of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients (ALS), became “the thing” of this year’s summer. But why...

At first glance, Associated Students President Ali Khan seems like the most busy human being on the planet as he walks through the already busy AS office, approached by anyone who needs his help with something or another. This first impression of him is not deceitful. Even as he sits down at his desk, he promises to help his fellow...

When Peter Frates was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) he was forced to give up his baseball career and live the remainder of his life in a wheelchair while speaking through a computer keyboard. Rather than letting the disease defeat him, Frates instead fought to develop a fundraising tool for the ALS Association that has become a worldwide phenomenon,...

The fighting between Israel and Hamas has ravaged the Gaza strip in violence in recent months, with over two-thousand Palestinian casualties, and 67 Israeli deaths, according to a graph in the New York Times. Currently, both sides are in an agreed ceasefire, though it is feared that one side or the other will make an aggressive action and the ceasefire...

August 19th may have been just another day for everyday students but for our Earth it was probably be the most important day of the year. Earth Overshoot day, also known as ecological debt day, is a marker to commemorate the day that we have used up all of the natural resources our Earth can produce in one year. This...

The state of California has been through so much lately from protesting, to electing new city mayors, to numerous earthquakes, to a drought. Back in January, Governor Jerry Brown issued a voluntary statewide reduction in water consumption when water levels dropped to dangerous record lows. Though harsh legislation was passed aiming to decrease water usage by implementing $500 fines, water...

Dunkin' Donuts, the East Coast's perennial donuts and coffee chain, has made its West Coast debut in Santa Monica. On Tuesday, September 2, the chain's first California store opened on Wilshire and 12th street at five in the morning. Already a massive line had formed around the block and would remain so for the rest of the day. The great...

“A love that can last forever takes but a second to come about.” This is a Cuban proverb that had proven itself to be true the moment I arrived on the Caribbean island. I was hanging out of the crooked car window of an old American vehicle that had been renovated over a dozen times. My hair was dancing in...