Recognizing Dating Abuse

Like most college seniors on the cusp of graduation, Hilary’s thoughts are everywhere, a clutter of graduation announcements, commencement concerns, post-bachelor’s degree plans and excuses for such a rambling state-of-mind.After transferring to UCLA from PCC two years ago, the 22-year-old women’s studies/English double major is receiving a degree in the traditional four years, a seemingly impossible task in this age of extended collegiate stays.

REVIEW: Dirty Projectors Go To New Heights With ‘Bitte Orca’

In Bitte Orca, the most recent work from Dirty Projectors, comes a consistent blend of unusual styles that have the potential to appeal to a wide range of listeners. Considering the band’s usual use of nonlinearly uncommon song structures and flexible vocal melodies, it’s safe to say that previous works by Dirty Projectors, such as Rise Above, are not as accessible and easy listening as Bitte Orca.

Former AGS President Makes Crown City His Own

Hanna Petro is always on time. That Germanic timeliness has served the 20-year-old Middle Eastern and North African studies major well over the last couple of semesters, whether he was cutting out time for his duties as vice-chair of the Academic Commission or corralling AGS Honor Society members to volunteer for the PCC flea market with a stentorian voice as club president.

Prop 8 Ruling Divides California

The California Supreme Court’s 6-1 decision upholds Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage while maintaining that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed prior to last November, prior to the ban, remain valid. The result of this decision is contradictory and gives rise to inequality by dividing California’s citizens into three separate groups under the law, each with different access to a valid marriage.