The hardest part of writing is deciding when to stop.
It doesn’t matter where you start, as you can later retain
or discard any of your first words, phrases or even numerous pages.

Just after the white tents are taken down and vendors and
artists pack up from this weekend’s annual L.A. Times
Festival of Books, another unofficially annual literary event is
scheduled on campus ““ an appearance by author and humorist
David Sedaris.

We need to talk. I know that sounds serious, but it is.
We’ve had a good year and a half together, but it’s
time to move on.

I once went out with a guy who insisted we split everything down
the middle. We split pizza tabs, the cost of miniature golf games
and $4 ice cream sundaes.

Last Saturday night it was pouring rain, but three of our group
of five being British, a little precipitation wasn’t going to
keep us from a night on the town.

Studying abroad can be one of the most rewarding experiences you
can get from a university education. You get to see and learn about
new places, meet fascinating people, and basically have your world
turned upside down.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Again. And so the
question pops up for nearly everyone: What should I do?
I could tell you to finally ask your crush out on a date, or I
could say to find a single friend to be your Valentine so you
won’t be without a special someone on Valentine’s
Day.

Being in a relationship generally requires a lot of effort
““ you have to balance your schedules, make sure you
don’t neglect your friends, and occasionally resolve disputes
and miscommunications.

I often hear students bemoaning their single status with the
cry: “It’s so hard to meet people!”
The problem is, many of us are looking in the wrong places.

Friends with benefits. It sounds like the ideal arrangement,
doesn’t it? After all, if both parties promise not to get
emotionally attached, it seems sensible that two people can get
physically involved and leave commitment and jealousy by the
wayside.