Feb '11: Bring Kid Cudi to GW by The BLACK ACE Magazine

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Co-Editors In Chief Kwasi Agyeman Samuel Collins, Jr. thenewace@gmail.com

POLITICS 4 SA RECAP BUSINESS 4 TAX BENEFITS/ REWARDS CULTURE 5 ‘STUFF GW PEOPLE LIKE’ INTERVIEW ACE 2ND ANNIVERSARY ACE 2010 RECAP MUSIC 8 THE MAN ON THE MOON’S JOURNEY: KID CUDI FEATURES 9 BRING KID CUDI TO GW SPORTS 10 COLONIALS IN 2010/ 2011 PREVIEW OPINION 10 SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS

Assistant Editors In Chief Imani Bentham ibentham@gwmail.gwu.edu Maya Frazier myfraz@gwmail.gwu.edu Politics Samuel Collins sam.collins.89@gmail.com Business Josh Joseph josh.joseph11@gmail.com Culture Abike Kamson akamson@gwmail.gwu.edu

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Music Eric Peavy epeavy@gwmail.gwu.edu

CREATIVE WRITING 11 COLD WAR MELVIN GELMAN

Fashion Erin Levy levye@gwmail.gwu.edu Sports Nkwa Asonye nia22442@gwmail.gwu.edu Creative Writing Patrice Laquinte pl71290@gwmail.gwu.edu

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In our last issue “For your Pleasure: Sex, Love and Relationships,” we tackled the issue of sexuality and how it effects us all. We aimed to give our readers an insightful and stimulating view into the lives of college students that often deal with issues pertaining to sexuality and relationships. This ranged from tackling issues such as the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda, to lighter topics such as the profiles of GWU’s Top Bachelors and Bacherlorettes. This issue also stood as the first time our magazine collaborated with and promoted nearby businesses. We did a business profile on Pleasure Place, an adult sex store, and followed up by hosting our release event there. It was a great success. The place was packed and we had a great turnout of students. Whereas our last issue featured an often taboo and hushed topic of sexuality, our newest release ‘Bring Kid Cudi to GW!’ is all about student activism. As opposed to telling our readers how to get involved, we as a staff wanted to find a way to engage the student body. Our music editor, Eric Peavy, began a grassroots group with other students to bring hip-hop artist, Kid Cudi, to GW. What started as a mere hope has turned into something much realer. Now there’s a growing buzz on Facebook. Our staff wanted to document this growing movement. We dedicated our January issue to the campaign to bring Kid Cudi to Fall Fest 2011. We cut the amount of pages from 28 to 12 and increased production. This issue features more than the ‘Man on the Moon.’ It also shows our entire magazine catalog spanning three volumes. We hope our readers enjoy it as well as the insidescoop on Gdubb’s newest celebrity, the anonymous blogger behind ‘Stuff GW People Like’ who sarcastically points out the funniest pitfalls of life as GW students. This mini-issue is serving as a launch pad into our March issue, where we will highlight Black History Month. We will feature some great African-Americans ranging from, Cornell West, who visited GW a few weeks ago to, Michael Jordan, who ended his career in Washington D.C. Youngest In Charge Kwasi Agyeman Five Star Journalist Samuel Collins, Jr. Next in Line Imani Bentham The Visionary Maya Frazier

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ACE Magazine Staff would like to extend a hand of applause to the participants of the MLK Award Ceremony. The people listed before were noted for their excellent and devoted selfless for our GW community. Staff “King Award” Mayra Espinoza, Student Activities Center Graduate Student “King Award” Brian Hawthorne, Graduate School of Political Management Undergraduate Student “King Award” Andre Lamar Smith - Psychology and Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance Catherine Zatorsky - International Affairs with a minor in Emergency Health Services Cameron Bell - Women’s Studies Adam Layne - Finance Bianca Neeri - International Affairs Undergraduate “King Commendation for Service and Leadership” Ernesto Apreza - Joshua Bailey - Meshach Cisero Sam Collins - Samantha McLean - Rachel Mckenley Tiffany Yim - Jake Miner - Jason Lifton

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By Samuel Collins, Jr.

Student Association President Jason Lifton and Executive Vice President Rob Maxim came before the Senate early last fall and revealed an agenda tackling several internal problems. The agenda reflected different perspectives and promised to bring about change in the upcoming year. All students are eligible for a 10% discount on their graduate school exams once they enter a code given by the SA. Last October, over 700 students participated in free practice exams administered by Kaplan Test Prep including the GRE, MCAT, and LSAT. In addition, this administration has worked closely with library administrators, President Knapp and the Office of the Provost to ensure the Gelman Library renovation project is of the highest quality. According to Lifton, vocal students can apply to participate in a Gelman renovation advisory board. Details are coming soon. The reform of the Student Judicial Services review system was perhaps the SA’s most progressive and controversial initiative this past fall. EVP Maxim and Tara Pereira, Assistant Dean of Students, collaborated to address concerns about the Student Code of Conduct and transparency within the judicial process. “With a new dean of students [Peter Konworski], communication and reform has been much easier,” said Maxim in a phone interview. “We are working to make sure these policies work for students and not against them.” Still in the beginning stages, The SJS reform initiative takes lower level offenses like drinking and marijuana possession out of the judicial process and adds an educational component through CADE or the GW Counseling Center. Under new EMERG amnesty policy, students EMERGed a 2nd time and those who drink with the student will not face severe penalties seen in the past. Maxim hopes to

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ultimately see the amount of ‘mundane’ cases passing through SJS decrease. With the start of a new semester and election season quickly approaching, this administration quickly moves to complete its agenda. Under the new diversity and inclusion initiative headed by Sally Nuamah, Vice President for Academic Affairs, students will have a chance to tell the SA about diversity on campus through a survey Nuamah is creating, according to Lifton. The survey will cover several aspects of the campus experience. EVP Maxim, who won last year despite no experience within the Senate, thinks diversity in the SA is beneficial and encourages all students to become involved whether or not they are inside the SA. “Student elections are for every member of the GW community and having a wide selection of candidates will only strengthen the elections,” said EVP Maxim. “If you are thinking about running, I recommend that you do.” In a town hall soon to be announced, students will have a chance to talk to President Knapp, members of the SA, as well as Sodexo officials. Lifton hopes this will be the beginning of a new chapter in a fight for better dining. “Our goal is to put together a dining hall plan despite our partnership with Sodexo and see what is the ideal outcome,” said Lifton. “At this point the sky is the limit. The university is more receptive than ever.”

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By Alix Montes

President Obama wanted to push a tax plan to ensure the middle class could begin the New Year with a tax cut. The plan included a payroll tax credit for workers, a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits, a lowered estate tax of 35% on estates of more than $5 million, as well as credits for families with children and students in college. These parts of the plan came paired with an extension of Bush’s tax cuts for wealthier Americans, essentially a compromise to get Republican support for the bill.

Taxes and You While many students who file are still claimed as dependants on their parents’ taxes, they should still file for taxes. Filing early helps students keep more money. Below are a few tips for filing taxes: 1. File early: Take some time as soon as possible to get the right forms together and to get an idea of your parents’ financial situation. It’s recommended to set aside a weekend to fill out the right forms. Also, the earlier you file, the more time you have to seek out the right help. 2. Practice on Paper (If filing online): This allows you to make sure you have calculated everything right before submitting your forms to Uncle Sam. You would hate to cheat yourself out of a nice refund due to a mistake that could have been corrected.

3. Know the source of your tuition money: Knowing where your tuition money comes from is very important. There a lot of tax credits that you or your parents can claim on your tuition, depending on who is footing the bill. Also, it’s

good to know that “free money” in the form of scholarships and grants are usually tax free meaning it does not need to be reported on your taxes. Also, students are also allowed to deduct the interest on student loans. 4. Know where you live: For students who are attending school out of state and working at home, different states have a claim to your tax dollars. First find out which states have a state income tax. Then look at the qualifications for residency in that state. For those of us at GW, we should be sure to file DC taxes, if you don’t qualify as a resident, you should be exempt from DC income taxes.

Forms: • W-4: The form you fill out before you start a new job so your employer knows how much to deduct from your taxes. • W-2: You are supposed to get this from your employers by February 1st of the new year. This is an income statement stating how much you made from a particular job in the given year. • 1040EZ: A form you fill out if your taxable income is under $100,000. The form is for single and joint filers with no dependants. This form is where you take standard deductions. • 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ: This is the same as the 1040EZ, except it is used for nonresident aliens who have been in the United States for less than 5 years.

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STUFF GW PEOPLE LIKE By Sydney Green

Seeing as your blog has students talking all over campus, would you mind telling us a little about yourself? I’m a freshman, I don’t know what my major is or anything, I’m undecided. I’m from Chicago. And I’d rather stay unknown. I don’t really want any extra attention from people I don’t know. I like the mystery.

7 notes How and when did you come up with the idea to make this blog? To be honest I was just kind of bored at the airport waiting for my flight to go home for break and I just started writing at the airport. This whole thing was actually like a joke and I was actually kind of surprised when people started reading it. I want it to be clear that I do like going to GW, when I’m writing I’m also talking about myself. Anything I post isn’t meant to be taken negatively. I was expecting a lot of negative feedback but I’ve only received 2 negative comments.

What criteria do you use in selecting what to post 3 notes and what not to post on your blog? I try to keep it really broad, because from seeing the people that actually follow my blog it’s not just GW students. I have parents of GW students, sibling of GW students, high school students who are considering GW, and even students from other schools. So I write it in a way that you don’t have to go to GW to understand. I could easily write about “Hating J Street” or “20th and I”, I would get it and everyone at GW would get it, but not all of my followers would be able to relate.

How would you describe the ideal GW student? That’s a tough one. I’ll start with the girl, in the winter she’d be wearing uggs and if it was raining she’d be wearing her Hunter rain boots. She’d preferably be wearing some black leggings and a pretty long shirt that maybe stops right below the waist, so you can still kind of see her butt, and she’d wear a pair of Ray-Ban aviators and or wayfarers. She’d have long brown or blonde hair; she’d be on her blackberry BBM’ing up a storm. She’s probably in a sorority, or she plans on rushing just because “it’s a great way to meet people”. The typical straight GW guy would wear a nice Polo shirt, Sperry’s, and some nice khaki’s maybe. He would have to like politics, has many opinions, constantly voices these opinions. And he was probably the awkward person in high school, but when he got here he seemed normal so now he’s really living his life up. A gay GW guy is essentially the same as the straight one, but he likes males and maybe wears slightly tighter pants.

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Ace Magazine got an exclusive interview with mystery blogger. We got all the answers you’ve ever wanted to know about GW newest celeb.

You have a Facebook group can you tell us more about it?

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I made the group myself; I just wanted to see what would happen. I made it on Sunday night and as of now it already has like 500 likes on Facebook, I don’t even understand how that’s possible. I guess everyone’s on Facebook all the time, so I figured it was an easy way to get the blog out there because I wouldn’t even know what a Tumblr was. And within the first week when I started the blog, I typed in “Stuff” on the Facebook toolbar and the link had been shared like 2,000 times already. I honestly thought I’d have maybe three followers, I really like writing but I had no idea any of this was going to happen. Technology is crazy.

You hint on diversity in a handful of your posts, would you consider GW to be diverse?

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Well yes, because of the size of GW, it’s not a huge school but it’s fairly large so inevitably there’s going to be some degree of diversity. I think there is a fair amount of diversity among religions. But I feel like people still group together. It’s kind of segregated, and by “kind of” I mean it is segregated. As a whole you could say that GW is diverse, but I don’t think groups really associate with each other. The concept of diversity is just something to think about. Have you thought about writing for maybe a magazine or newspaper at all?

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The obvious thing to do from this would be to become involved in journalism, but once people are actually telling me what to write and when to write it, it’s just not really fun anymore for me. I used to write for the Hatchet, but I realized I just didn’t care about anything they asked me to write about and the deadlines just made me nervous. My old editor actually wrote to me and wanted to interview me. The blog is good for me because I can just write whenever I feel like it.

Full unedited version of the interview is available at our site, theacemagazine.org

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THE MAN ON THE MOON’S JOURNEY: KID CUDI By Kwasi Agyeman

According to the U.S. Government, man landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. However, students at The George Washington University are still waiting for the ‘The Man on the Moon’ aka hip-hop rapper Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi to land here on our Foggy Bottom campus. Colonials may not have to wait any longer for the famed ‘Moon Man.’ A rising grassroots movement has been sparked by a few students to get the famed artist at GW Fall Festival 2011. This movement has set ablaze a budding interest through the social media world, with over 900 attendees registered on Facebook for this possible event in October 2011. The group is also pushing a petition site with the goal of gaining 3,000 signatures to show the college administration that Colonials want Kid Cudi to perform here this fall.

in his life he was living in New York City in an effort to stake his claim in the music industry. He was homeless in NYC until he got a job as a sales assistant at a Soho sneaker boutique, called A Bathing Ape. He relentlessly pitched his mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, to many industry buffs; all ignored him and he was stuck at a dead-end job. Things changed the day Kanye West, multi-platinum hip-hop artist, walked into the store Cudi worked at. The rest is history.

This is the story of how the ‘Man on the Moon’ came to be and why a pit stop at Foggy Bottom, Washington D.C. will be forever The most recent Fall Fests have left students wanting more. In the past, we have had better artists. We had The White Stripes remembered in history. and Jason Mraz in 2003, Kanye West in 2004, Common and Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi was born and raised in Cleveland, Talib Kweli in 2006, and Regina Spektor in 2007. If students Ohio. His early songs tell the story of a boy who grew up as want a particular artist and the artist is willing to come here, a social outsider, with things getting worse as he got older. we can make it happen. Asides the amount we pay for our ‘Super paranoid, like the sixth sense / Since my father died, tuition, the mere concept of the student body uniting for a fun I ain’t been right since.’ His childhood weaves between him cause that benefits the school should be a good enough reason. dealing with the passing of his father when he was 8 years old Kid Cudi has performed at several schools, most of them and trying to run away from the pain with the use of drugs. smaller and lower in regards to notability. We as Colonials can ‘I tried to piece the puzzle of the universe / Split an eighth of make this happen, by simply signing the petition and emailing shrooms just so I could see the universe.’ Most people have Program Board - concerts@gwpb.org faced a similar pain and its the raw emotional truth he shares Let’s fast forward to October 2011, Fall Fest at George unlike most hip-hop artists that first pulled fans towards Kid Washington University. The show is starting, the sun is about Cudi’s lyrics. His mixtape, ‘A Kid Named Cudi’ made music listeners realize he was a different type of artist, far out of the to set which leads into a nice orange glow spreading across a fully packed University Yard. Kid Cudi walks on stage and the constructed box of hip-hop music. crowd goes wild. Everyone is having a great time and there’s His first mixtape showed the music world that not only was he a great buzz of school sprit as he mentions our school. George willing to express his emotions; he also was talented at singing. Washington students deserve a grand show. He displayed an array of memorable hooks on the songs, Maui George Washington University, Colonials, G-Dubb, let’s help Wowie, Pillow Talk and Heaven At Nite. These songs showed bring Kid Cudi to our school. Add yourself on the Facebook that Kid Cudi had other things to talk about besides lurking childhood emotions. The last in the trio, Heaven At Nite, fills in group ‘Kid Cudi to GW’ and sign that petition! In the Moon as the ultimate mood booster, ‘Have you ever been to heaven at Man’s on words, ‘Embrace the Martian, embrace the Martian, I come in peace, but I need ya’ll rockin’ with me’ night, closing your eyes the feeling so right.’ During that time Man on the Moon: End of Day

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BRING KID CUDI TO GW By Eric Peavy & Kwasi Agyeman

Why do you like Kid Cudi? And when did you first hear of him? Why would anyone not like Cudi? Besides being a talented musical artist, he is a genuine person and it’s reflected in his music. Pillow Talk was my first exposure to Cudi’s music in high school. The song, like most of his, was chill and melodically hypnotizing. The level of vulnerability in his music is rare in the hip-hop world. When is the last time you heard a rapper say, “I’ve got some issues that nobody can see?” That’s what makes an artist great, that they remain human and show their emotions. Who is working on this initiative? Honestly, I don’t know how to answer that question. As cliché as it sounds, I consider everyone who signs the petition to be involved and working on this. I’m just the guy who happens to have started the petition and the Facebook event. How does that make me any different from the person who signs it and tells his or her friends or posts it in his or her Facebook status? Thankfully, some connected people have been willing to lend a hand. For instance, the Ace Magazine, have graciously taken it upon itself to cover this story and make it the cover story for the January issue of The Ace. Then there’s Madison Cooke. She invited me to a listening event, and it was there that I had the idea to start the petition. Madison has put forth a lot of effort for this movement, and without her, I don’t think we would have half the signatures we do now. As for the others, my friends Vandy Ayyar and Suheil Thadani took it upon themselves to send out requests to all of their friends on Facebook. Like I said, it’s a hard question to answer because no one person will be responsible for getting Cudi to perform at Fall Fest. Why are you are doing this? I’m tired of hearing my friends brag about the performers that headline at their school’s homecomings, fall festivals, or spring events. Where’s our Kid Cudi concert? Since I’ve been at GW, we have had Travie McCoy, Wale (2x), and Sean Kingston perform at Fall Fest. While Fall Fest ’10 was pretty good, I believe we can do better – much better. Sean Kingston? The majority of the student body is older than him, while Wale and Travie McCoy appeal to niche audiences. I want to have a concert to brag to my friends about, to remember for decades, and a concert to rage at. Fall Fest 2007 - Fabolous - “ good choice, wrong year” - 3 / 5 Aces Fall Fest 2008 - Wale - “ GW gave the hometown hero much deserved exposure” 3 / 5 Aces Fall Fest 2009 - Sean Kingston - “ He was booed off stage...has not been to D.C since” 1 / 5 Aces Fall Fest 2010 - Travie McCoy & Wale - “Two for one combo, great improvement” 4 / 5 Aces

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The Ace Magazine Music Editor Eric Peavy sits down and discusses his ever-growing movement to bring Kid Cudi to Fall Fest 2011 and why GW needs ‘The Man on the Moon.’ Tell me about the Facebook group. The Facebook group was started to get the word out about the petition. It has around 900 people all together attending. Facebook is the standard formula for getting any message out nowadays. With the endless connections on Facebook, the word about the petition can get out as far as we allow it. We’ve kind of run into a wall with it though for a few reasons; Facebook is cluttered with other events and messages asking for people’s attention, people aren’t responding to the messages as well as we hoped, and some people respond negatively because we have become “annoying.” However, Facebook is the best way to communicate with the majority of the student body in a simple way. I’m thinking about starting a Kid Cudi Wednesday or something like that where you turn your Facebook profile picture into a picture of Cudi. This movement is strictly about the students, and we’re willing to do all we can to represent them like they deserve to be represented. Does Program Board know about this movement? They do. When I first started the petition, I emailed the chair of the student organization to present the petition to him. Not designed as a slight to the Program Board and their authority, the petition was created simply to voice the opinion of the student body. To start a petition to bring an artist to campus is one thing, but to start one to undermine the power of the Program Board is another, which is what I don’t intend on doing. I respect Program Board to the fullest, which is the reason why I emailed them to make them aware of the petition, and I want to work with them to ensure that they acknowledge the support for bringing Cudi to Fall Fest, given that we have a reasonable amount of signatures. If we had 400 signatures, I wouldn’t blame Program Board for ignoring the request. But if we have 3,000+ signatures, it would be difficult for them to overlook the petition. The petition is just to make that process easier. This is who we want. This is who we, 3000+ students, want to see him come this fall. How can we get in contact with Kid Cudi’s people to make this happen? Well, I took to Twitter when the petition was first started and tweeted the owner of DatNewCudi.com. Being more than generous, he told me he would forward whatever information I gave him to Cudi’s tour manager. That right there is like having a golden ticket. If enough people are dedicated to getting him here for Fall Fest, it can happen. I don’t personally know anyone connected to Kid Cudi, but someone out there might. If you research, I’m sure you can stumble upon something. Just don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Google like crazy and just ask. It never hurts to try.

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COLONIALS IN 2010 / 2011 PREVIEW By Nkwa Asonye

Sports in-season • The Men’s Basketball team (8-6) has gone through an up-and-down non-conference schedule (which ends at home on January 12th vs. Harvard) since the likely season-ending foot injury to sophomore guard Lasan Kromah. However, they started the New Year off right with an 85-50 win over the Howard Bison at Burr Gymnasium. The men then followed that up with a victory over the LaSalle Explorers in their first conference matchup, 72-67. They have won six of their last seven games.

Fall Sports • The Women’s Volleyball team (1715, 6-9 A10) missed the Atlantic 10 conference tournament for first time since 2006. • Both sides of the soccer program suffered disappointing seasons. The Men’s Soccer team (3-15, 1-8 A10) missed the conference tournament for the sixth straight year since winning the conference crown back in 2004. The women’s program also stumbled down the stretch losing its last six matches after a 9-3 start. The team finished 9-9 (3-6 A10) and missed their conference tourney. • Megan Hogan continued to run through the record books as arguably GW’s best cross country runner ever. She won an Atlantic 10 individual cross-country championship and placed 8th in the NCAA Championships. She’ll be competing in the world championship this summer.

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• The Women’s Basketball team (5-9) has also had a tough non-conference slate as they enter their first conference matchup at home on January 8th against the Richmond Spiders. They wrapped up non-conference schedule with a tough 60-50 loss against Rutgers after leading by as much as 11 in the first half. Although in much better shape (both roster and record-wise) than last year, they have had injury woes nonetheless with the losses of second-leading scorer sophomore guard Megan Nipe, classmate Shi-Heria Shipp, and junior guard Kye Allums.

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By Lenworth James & Lauren Tateosian

Hi Lauren, I’m in an off and on again relationship with my boyfriend and the sex is really good. But every time we get back together and things get better, he gets really clingy and jealous. I don’t know what to do. Should I leave him and settle for someone who can’t turn me on in bed or stick with him and put up with it.

Hi Len, There’s this girl I really like, we’ve been talking for months and I want to get closer to her, especially physically. I usually take all the right steps, but somehow I can’t close the deal even when it’s just us in my room. I’ve been known to come off as shy and I’m not much of a smooth talker, please help me??

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I think the first thing you need to realize is that there are more options than you are presenting here. Although I’m sure your boyfriend is good in bed, he’s not the only talented man out there. It might take a while to find, but you never have to “settle” for someone who is bad in bed. What it sounds like to me is there are a lot of trust issues in your relationship that are unresolved and you need to decide together if you can get over them. Maybe there are things you can do to help him feel more secure and less jealous. If not, move on to someone else who can please you both in and out of bed.

Because you are shy, the first step is to talk about this topic before you actually try anything physical. This is to avoid any awkward situations that would arise in person. Hopefully this talk goes well and you hear the answer you were looking for. After this you should feel more comfortable, since you are not alone in wanting to make the relationship physical. Sometimes being shy works in most instances when the feelings are held by both parties. If you bring it up casually in conversation then you won’t actually be putting yourself out there for failure. Maybe bring up a kiss. Say you want to kiss her but you are nervous. Girls love honesty and maybe your shyness will make her more attracted to you.

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On boots, coats, hats, etc.; it’s fashionable and functional

3. St. Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub: An aggressive approach to getting rid of that weather-worn dead skin

4. Hunter Wellies: Definitely ol’ faithful when it comes to keeping those piggies warm and dry

MUSIC

3. Cashmere Wool Scarf: Sophistication; an easy way to dress up an outfit

4. Kiehl’s Facial Fuel: Straightforward, durable, invigorating facial moisturizer for men Long or short, they’re practical and classic and the toggles add another dimension as opposed to run-of-the-mill button

Smells good, feels good

CULTURE

Durable, yet more interesting than Timbs

5. Toggle Coats:

5. Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Lotion:

POLITICS BUSINESS

2. Sperry Chukka Boots:

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CREATIVE WRITING

Cold War Patrice Laquinte

Here I am as I face the cold front which I am presented Oppressed by the strong winds and cold chill as I am opposed My heart beats quietly and my spirit has froze allowing me to gesture in a pessimistic pose I am at war with bombs of emotion and military objects which must later be disposed. My armor is engaged as I explode in Arctic rage roaring like any animal trapped in a cage

Melvin Gelman Emily Manning

I want a boy that’s born from a library One with a seven-million volume love story heart, An aorta pumping ink to lifeless limbs long since forgotten. He’ll be the one to teach me how to dance among Dewy Decimals, The doors of his sternum always open To every sidewalk prophet that needs a smile just as badly as a cigarette or a dollar. His spine won’t be straight, but worn in. Like my father’s cherished copy of A Separate Peace, his puzzle pieces will be separated by scholars studying the ancient truth in his intonation, the angle the sunlight hits his prism eyes and shines.

He’ll smell like old books, Parliament cigarettes, and Jolly Ranchers, My past, present, and future blended together seamlessly— I come apart at the seams When we crack open our sarcophagus rib cages and reveal the real treasures, Letting every simultaneously occurring library whisper echo from the caverns of our frames, ricocheting off the walls like bullets piercing our insides with promises bore on the backs of paper cranes that perch on H Street’s branches Yes, I want a boy like Melvin Gelman.