So it seems Venice-area Orthodox Jews are in quite a conundrum. According to an Oct. 25 article in the Los Angeles Times, an Orthodox synagogue wants to enclose much of Santa Monica, Venice and Marina del Rey within a religious boundary known as an eruv. This barrier will consist of[Read More…]

While the ineptitude and inadequacies inherent in the “No Child Left Behind” act are readily obvious, the reasons behind the insistence of the Bush administration to continuously pursue such inane legislation were baffling – until recently. An article in the Oct. 22 issue of the Los Angeles Times revealed that[Read More…]

We’ve all heard the phrase “non-fat, no whip grande caramel macchiato” in our lifetime, haven’t we? Even if we don’t exactly know what it means we know where this person is: he or she is at Starbucks, of course, ordering a pretentious sounding, ridiculously expensive coffee, on the way to[Read More…]

While getting your groceries is usually a bore, a band of Los Angeles-based artists decided to make getting your fruits and veggies a fun experience. Best of all, it’s free. The Fallen Fruit project is a work in progress for a group of Angelenos tired of seeing decorative shrubbery adorn[Read More…]

Rick Warren is one of the most successful reverends in America. He is the founder of the 22,000-member Saddleback church in Lake Forest, Calif., and is the author of the blockbuster spiritual guide, “The Purpose Driven Life,” which has sold more than 25 million copies to date. He is a[Read More…]

The Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted the annual Fast-a-Thon in the University Student Union Ballroom Thursday to raise money for the homeless on Skid Row. Lina Nasry, the public relations and marketing chair for MSA, said they raised more than $400, and all of the proceeds will go to “Humanitarian[Read More…]

College students are notorious for their excessive television watching. While our parents are often too busy with housework and errands to watch television and our little siblings are restricted from watching too much television, we appear to be not only the generation with the most free time on our hands,[Read More…]

So it’s been two weeks since the fatal E. coli spinach outbreak and unfortunately, things are not looking up as we’d hoped. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its warning against eating spinach, we now have a new leafy problem to deal with: lettuce. Yes, a popular[Read More…]

The ongoing atrocities in Sudan are undoubtedly tragic and, according to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, they’re only going to get worse. According to an article in the Oct. 6 issue of the Los Angeles Times, Sudan has warned the global community that sending United Nations peacekeeping troops to quell the problem[Read More…]

So have any of you seen the adorable Gerber ads on TV? The ones with the interracial babies, the soft lullaby breezing through the background, an ad created to make even the most emotionally void weep a little inside. These ads aren’t for babies or baby food. No, they are[Read More…]