Author Archive for Ali Dubrow
Sin City Here I Come: A (Not -Too) Late Birthday Present
THE WAY I SEE IT: Before I even turned the much-anticipated age of 21, I told myself (and so did my mother) that I would go to Vegas and be the best 21-year-old I could be. Translation: drink, gamble and do all of the reckless things I would not be able to do in a few years. This, however, never happened, and it was not long before I found myself in the same old routine: school, the occasional visit back home, the rare house party and the infrequent satisfaction of purchasing my own alcohol. Then I turned 22, and decided that this little “ring around the Vegas” had gone on long enough.
A Not So Hypothetical Situation: The FB Dilemma
The Way I See It: I’m going to veer a bit off course from my previous columns because I need to get something off my chest. It’s been going on for a while, this whole sleeping together with no strings attached thing.
Healthy Eating Alternatives on a Campus Full of Outlet-Stealers
The Way I See It: A few days ago, I was at Peet’s Coffee (which, for some reason is much more appealing than its predecessor, Diedrich’s Coffee), mindlessly sipping my latte while glaring (not so subtly) at two guys hogging the outlet.
Be a Bad Ass and Break All Relationship and Dating Rules!
The Way I See It: For the majority of my life, I was always that slightly irritating girl who always followed the rules.
The Six Superpowers Every Woman Should Have
I was flipping through Glamour last week (a women’s magazine, for people living under a rock), and amidst all of the do’s (trendy haircuts on guys? Really?) and don’ts (apparently, over-the-knee boots are so last season), the spring style countdown (khakis, bangles, blah, blah, blah), a feature on how to get a brand new butt [...]
A Corny Winter Quarter Ode to What Matters Most: Friendship
Winter quarter, hooray! (That was a whole lot of sarcasm.) I hope you had a fantastic winter break. As for me, my break was mostly spent sleeping in, nearly being blown away (I hate the Santa Ana winds) and finding myself extremely bored. The lack of excitement during my winter break is the cause for [...]
