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...

  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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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...

  Michael Schwartz Schwartz is a fifth-year sociology student who can be reached at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Michael Schwartz I don’t really feel like taking part in the “healing” now that the election is over. Read more...