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Weekend wrap up: Lohan family drama, no "Glee" in parade

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Public Safety actions for the past week.

Badgley faces daddy issues in ‘Stepfather’

"The Stepfather" – hitting theaters this Friday, Oct. 16 – is based on an old-school variety of horror, but with a modern, Hollywood twist. Actor Penn Badgley plays an angry teenager forced to deal with his mother's new boyfriend, who–you guessed it–hiding a secret. In horror film fashion, terror ensues.

Johnston masters imperfection

Sporting a “9:30 club Talent” shirt, a tattered pair of sweatpants and some old sneakers, singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston took the stage, looking characteristically disheveled and wasting no time getting through a few of his songs. Johnston’s interactions with the audience were appropriately strange as halfway through his first song he asked the audience, “Are you still with me?” and got his answer with cheers.

Planning ahead helps ease worries in bed

Everyone has had their first time, second time, third time and so on. With every thrust, every lick or every kiss you learn what you want, who you desire and ultimately begin to understand your sexuality.

Farts still prove funny

Many have seen Nick Swardson in one of his hilarious and extremely out-landish roles, like the awkward, friendly Bed, Bath and Beyond employee in “Click,” the “Dance Dance Revolution” pro and uncomfortable virgin in “Grandma’s Boy” or the awkward and flamboyant repeat offender Terry on “RENO 911!” We could pretty much sum up Nick Swardson as one awkward individual, and he loves to flaunt it.

‘Citizen’ abides by Butler’s ‘law’

There is something deeply troubling about a genius who has been stripped of all moral limitations and will kill anyone. Gerard Butler is Clyde Shelton, a brilliant “tinkerer” and family man who had to watch helplessly as his family was slaughtered in front of him.

Radius’ New York pizza widens craving options

We take pizza for granted. Try to describe that iconic food, and inevitably the same general components come to mind: crust, sauce and cheese. But if you’re aiming for specifics, things get dicey. Sure, everybody has favorite toppings, but there is more to the intricacies of pizza than that: upwards of five unique styles of pizza are available within delivery range of AU alone.

Gossip show invites crowd to ‘Listen Up!’

The bass line cuts sharp and staccato through the crowd’s raucous shouts. Lead singer Beth Ditto pours her voice into a microphone, cadenced and smooth, singing, “Dimestore diamond/shines like the real thing, real thing, real thing.” Gossip are performing the lead track from their latest album, “Music for Men.”

Asian cuisine stirs up easy, quick menu

Stir fry is a quick and deceptively simple way to combine a little bit of meat with a whole bunch of veggies and have a tasty and relatively nutritious meal in about 30 minutes.

Fans’ wishes come true with ‘11:11’

Although there are only two guitarists, they sound like an army, strumming powerfully on their guitars. They are impossibly fast and completely irresistible. What’s strange is that they started off as a heavy metal band.

A positive pride flag resolution

AU Queers and Allies got politely turned down this week. The student group asked if the university would be willing to hang the gay pride flag from flagpoles across campus in honor of National Coming Out Week, which began this past Sunday. The Office of Campus Life told the group this was not possible, because it would violate university policy, but the office also proposed several alternative ways for Queers and Allies to show their pride.

AU’s sustainability score rises

AU received a “B” on the annual College Sustainability Report Card, a survey conducted by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, and improved its score for the third year in a row

AU to promote National GLBT History Month

Queers and Allies asked to hang the pride flag on AU’s flagpole this month, but was told it was not AU’s policy to do so.

Radical movement for ‘social justice’ is self-serving fraud

Is America plagued by an epidemic of hatred? Keep your ear to the ground on college campuses and you might hear the rumbling of angry movements struggling against this epidemic.

Panel explores role of youth in politics

Despite the social media phenomenon in today’s society, young people are more concerned over the content of political messages, rather than the way they are delivered, according to some members of Tuesday night’s American Forum panel.

Columbus controversy shows why winners can’t write history

I’ve always been tired of hearing about celebrities avoiding lawful punishment because of their Hollywood status.