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On top of the confusion and chaos that come from living through a pandemic, many are also experiencing loss. I personally have lost five friends in the past six months alone.
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Allie Light is no stranger to the world of filmmaking, having spent more than 25 years in the proverbial director’s chair over a filmography of 12 projects. But when she began production on her most recent project, she faced a cinematic challenge entirely different than any she had ever encountered behind the camera.
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Jonathan Gold’s death will continue to be felt for years, as his influence was so thoroughly fundamental to food media — especially in Los Angeles, the city he helped shape and put on the culinary map.
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Michael Fuss, a campus alumnus and activist, died July 10 from cancer. Fuss was 72.
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In honor of Shark Week, the Clog has decided to hype you up on anything but the stereotypical bloodthirsty, cold-blooded nature of sharks.
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The campus Muslim Student Association, or MSA, coordinated a vigil on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday evening to honor Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old Muslim teenager who was allegedly kidnapped on her way to her mosque in Virginia and later killed.
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This mindset creates dangerous misunderstandings about the value of literature and of the realities of mental illness.
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“I told her she was beautiful all her life. ‘Since birth — you’ve been beautiful since birth,’ I told her. ‘Your husband has such piercing blue eyes.’ ‘I know,’ she said. ‘That’s the reason I married him.’ ” My cousin sent my dad this text, and he, in turn, forwarded
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Last year, my grandfather passed away. My dad, his son, texted me the news the morning of his death. When he later called, our conversation was abrupt. It was the first and only time I’ve heard my father cry. This past Tuesday, my sister reminded me that it had been a
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In the wake of actor Robin Williams’ death, an outpouring of appreciation for his life and his work has swamped media outlets. As I read more about his early days — playing Mork, improvising as an irreverent military radio DJ and performing occasionally blasphemous and frequently raunchy stand-up comedy —
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