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Fashion in Action: Workout apparel at Chapman

With Undie Run and bikini season approaching quickly, Chapman students arrive at the gym in pulsating fashions. Bright neon colors and intricately strapped tops dot the campus fitness centers with summer hues that make exercise just a bit more...

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“Life on a Rock” too islander for country

When you first click on Kenny Chesney’s newest album, “Life On a Rock,” you’ll want to momentarily forget you’re a Californian. You’ll pretend your Prius is a four-wheel Ford truck, and that your soy chai latte is actually a whole-milk...

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Professors insist meaning behind mandatory classes

Adam Harris is a junior public relations major. He wants to work in the creative department of a fashion publication, but he has produced multiple films on his camcorder alongside film students for a class grade instead.  He said he only did...

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A generation embraces awkwardness

McKenna Bernosky, a freshman business major, locks eyes with someone on a skateboard. Then, she walks into class late to have everyone stare at her. Later, she says hello to someone who doesn’t see her. It’s all just too awkward. Bernosky is one...

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Phoenix releases peachy dance-pop album

After a four-year hiatus, Phoenix is back with a vengeance. I would make a metaphor about the band rising out of the ashes, but its last album was so commercially and critically successful that a statement like that wouldn’t be accurate at...

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Wedding disaster plot makes for decent film

  “The Big Wedding” is every couple’s worst nightmare, but every romantic comedy lover’s dream. The film follows the crazy, dysfunctional families of couple Alejandro (Ben Barnes) and Missy (Amanda Seyfried) as they prepare for their...

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The new bleached blonde

The Dark Ages are over. Black skinny jeans disappear from campus as students wear the faded denim that’s as synonymous with California beaches as fishtail braids and pastel beach cruiser bikes. Top designers like Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger...

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Sophomore cancer survivor sews her creativity

White, mesh medical bandages stretched to cover Katie Murphy’s upper arms. A PICC line, a tube threaded through a vein leading right above her heart, was visible through the shear fabric. Whether she went to a restaurant, school or any other...

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Orange High School: More than a street away?

Jeff Cruz is a Panther — an Orange High School Panther. After the bell rings, he lobs tennis balls in the courts behind the tall, wire fence that outlines the high school. Nearby, teenage couples paw at each other’s hands in the lawn, boys flip...

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