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The Fictive Kin Identity and The Importance of Being a “Bro.”

Sociologists have a term for it: fictive kin. It’s a symbolic relationship, but it may be essential to your survival. Continue reading

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Being ALIVE!

I’ve seen the great heights, Reminding me… that I’m alive, I don’t wanna die, I don’t wanna waste another day, Or night, I know there’s something more, Than what we’re living for, I see it in the stars, I feel … Continue reading

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My Hands For War

It was 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Along the brownish yellowish hill, covered with brush and dried bushes spread through desert-like conditions are run-down buildings. They looked as if a bomb had landed and incinerated all life, and all that remained were … Continue reading

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A Life-Changing Love

What exactly is love? Countless of people from philosophers to psychologists to poets and musicians have tried to define it, but perhaps the concept is just too difficult to define or to grasp. Yet it exists somehow. Some define it … Continue reading

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God, I’m Fat. God, Are You?

I recently went running with Michael, my fraternity brother, around the hills of Westwood. As some of the expensive-looking cars drove through Sunset Boulevard, I couldn’t help but wonder which celebrity had passed by and saw me catching my breath. … Continue reading

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