Illustration by GRACE HUANG/Daily Bruin By Evan Marcus This is ridiculous. Someone needs to inform the teeny boppers that. Britney Spears is no Madonna. She never will be no matter how many comparisons the media makes. Read more...

Farahmandpur is a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies By Ramin Farahmandpur It is believed that with the help of the clandestine efforts of a “fifth column” in Florida, consisting of loyal contingents of button-down storm-troopers ““ the Secretary of State, Kathleen Harris and the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush; the five supreme court justices who ruled against counting ballots; and the predominantly Republican state legislature of Florida ““ George W. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Byrd  Editor in Chief Michael Litschi  Managing Editor Jonah Lalas  Viewpoint Editor Barbara Ortutay  News Editor Amy Golod  Staff Representative Timothy Kudo  Staff Representative Brian O’Camb  Staff Representative   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Ettekal is a third-year business economics student. By Yashar Ettekal Most of us take for granted the luxury of leaving the lights on in our apartments, blasting the stereo, or never turning off computers or the TV. Read more...

  Nicole Seymour Seymour is in a band called The Blood Arm. E-mail her at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Nicole Seymour It’s a really old story that gets retold every few months, when the Next Big Thing goes from virtual unknown to household ““ or at least campus ““ name. Read more...

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  Brenden Nemeth-Brown Nemeth-Brown is an economics and political science student who enjoys long walks on the beach. E-mail him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Brenden Nemeth-Brown Stuck in traffic over this glorious but ever-so-short break, I found myself confounded. Read more...