The average college student probably isn’t the best chef in the world. But with one of the biggest feasts of the year a couple days away, it doesn’t hurt to make friends with your kitchen. Prepping a full-blown turkey is pretty intimidating. But there are other Thanksgiving favorites that are simple enough to make. Last night reporter Laura Moeini got a Thanksgiving cooking lesson from Daily Bruin A&E Editor Maryia Krivoruchko, who writes a weekly column called “Fire in the Kitchen.” The quick and easy dish of the night? Cranberry sauce.

Less than 24 hours to go until it’s time to vote in the 2010 midterm elections. Tonight we look at more propositions.

Parking permits, Westwood robberies, and local breakfast options.

With the renewal of a grant, a team of researchers at the Radiation Oncology Department will continue focusing its efforts to find treatment for radiation damage.

On this week’s show, Political Science Professor Andrew Sabl joined us to talk about how the upcoming elections. We also spoke with UCLA Extension Student Timothy Tau, who won second place in Playboy’s annual College Fiction Contest.

“Like the blind man whose hands are precursors that push aside walls and glimpse heavens, slowly, flustered, I feel in the crack of night, the verses that are to come.”

Jorge Luis Borges and translating Jorge Luis Borges – a conversation with Comparative Literature professor Efrain Kristal.

But first. the news.