On-campus students basically live off Flex. The idea of “free” money to buy food on campus instead of actually having to spend cash is an extremely welcome thought to a lot of students. The thing is, Flex is not actually free. Someone has already paid for all the Flex on your student ID and you Read More
Slowly but surely, a language virus of the most virulent kind has worked its way east from the valleys of California, carried on the air by television and radio, until almost no one under 40 years of age is able to express any sentiment that is less than “total.” I noticed it a few years Read More
Have you ever wondered who all those people are sitting around the celebrities at award shows? A lot of them are industry members or talent agents, but most of them are professional seat-fillers or talent fillers, and I am usually one of them. I started seat-filling professionally for award shows in Nashville, Tenn., in 2012 Read More
As many human rights supporters know, Illinois legislature passed a bill to become the 15th state to legalize gay marriage. While I’m elated that a state so close to us made the decision to support equality, I still had to do a double take at Illinois Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Edwardsville) and his complaints about the Read More