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Experts on Greek life offer students tips on what to wear and what to post, in a bid to ‘smooth out the rough edges’I need more friends. Or, specifically, I need more photos on social media where I’m posing with my friends. That’s what Lorie Stefanelli, a sorority recruitment consultant who trains girls on how to get into the toughest houses in the country, would recommend if I were an incoming freshman. “If your whole grid is just you by yourself, it looks like you don’t have any friends,” she says, bluntly. Though in real life I am a boring...

The Democratic party boasts so many heroes, it’s sometimes hard to keep up. Recently, Rep. Andy Kim revealed that he will be donating his J. Crew wool suit to the Smithsonian Institute. An AP photographer captured the congressman in the Rotunda picking up some trash after the January 6 riots. ‘So I found a roll of trash bags, got down on my knees, and just started trying to clean up a place I love.’ This kind of courage begs the question — can an Emmy award be far behind? After all, not all heroes wear capes, but one definitely wore...

There’s a lot I don’t know about Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Representative who just announced that she wants to be the next President of the United States of America, but I do know she is great eye candy and, given the present occupier of the office, I would much rather look at her in the Oval Office than him. She is—and I say this with all due respect—a babe. Mitt Romney, with whom she is currently a “front runner” in the nomination sweepstakes, looks classically presidential. He is a handsome fellow with a winning smile. My guess, though, is that...

Our man in America talks turkey about shopping stampede and greed Wan Lixin wanlixin@shanghaidaily.com Editor's note: Shanghai Daily writer Wan Lixin is on a three-month study tour in Virginia, United States. This is the third of his impressions about the country. THOUGH we did not partake in any turkey last Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, many of us felt very excited in anticipating of seeing how early-morning specials and door-busters would make Americans go crazy on Black Friday. We were told three weeks ago when we first arrived here that the Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, which marks the...

Poor Ms Goose was quite offended when the President of France dissed her ! Did he not realize how vital the questions being put to him were ??

Talking with a friend in the comedy business today. He told me about the show he was involved in, "fighting the forces of evil." Shorthand for the Bush adminsistration, capitalism, militarism, etc. This is my response: I was wondering, what forces of evil are you battling? The ones that bring you air conditioning, automobiles, roads and cholesterol medicine? Or, the one that created the Internet? Or, are they all the same? You must feel very guilty, considering so many people sacrifice to maintain your wired lifestyle. I can understand why you feel guilty. Oh, and it must be hard for...