Reality shows like MTV’s “The Real World,” where people expose every detail of their lives for the entertainment of viewers, are outdated. The new method for obtaining that oft-desired “15 minutes of fame” is to runaway from your own wedding. You’ll get more attention splashed on you than any “Real World” character ever did, and all those embarrassing personal factoids will surely get national exposure. Jennifer Wilbanks, a.k.a. “the runaway bride,” now has her entire life thrown in front of… Read more

From the moment we set foot on CSUN’s campus, we never stop thinking about graduation. For four years, or upward of five or six for most of us, the time does not seem to pass quickly enough. The closer we come to the finish line, the longer the days seem to become. Then all of the sudden, it happens. The moment we’ve been waiting for. We begin the first day of our last semester. Or so we thought. For many… Read more

Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson. Is there nothing else going on in the world except for Michael Jackson’s child molestation case? Forget about the Los Angeles mayoral race. Forget about California’s budget crisis. None of that news, which might actually affect our lives matters, because we have Jacko to worry about right now, and what would we do without all of his shenanigans to keep us entertained? Whether I’m on my way to school listening to news radio, or… Read more

W hen I first began high school in 1995, I expected my life would be just like that of the kids on “Beverly Hills, 90210.” I would be as popular as Kelly, and I would have the greatest, most handsome boyfriend in the world (Luke Perry), just like Brenda. It didn’t take me long, however, to figure out that even though there was a lot of drama for me in high school, it was nothing like what the teens on… Read more