College Clippings

Written for a seminar with Pulitzer Prize winner Margot Jefferson. Published in Tommy Magazine during my tenure as Editor-in-Chief.
My favorite piece written for the Daily Trojan. The Greek system isn't all bad.
A true story.
Written for a seminar with Pulitzer Prize winner David Shipler. My first real stab at social satire. Dave Barry liked it — I've got the postcard to prove it.
Winner of the Art Buchwald Award for Satire. Written in 45 minutes.
Nothing like projectile vomiting to get your day started!
My favorite column written for the Daily Trojan.
Going on twelve years now!
A good one. People in California cannot drive when it rains.
I wish I'd known my grandmother more. I also wish the paper hadn't recycled a piece I submitted in August 1997 to fill space.
A writer talking about writing. It's like a painter watching paint dry, except less exciting.
Hooters, the national chain restaurant well known for hiring large-breasted women, must now hire men as waiters, but is this a turn for the better?
Winner of the Art Buchwald Award for Satire. Written in 30 minutes.
Reveling in a rivalrous attitude toward that 'other school' is a long-standing tradition that should never be neglected.
Written in 10 minutes when the other columnist bailed on his deadline. And it shows.
I would rather slit my throat than beta test another game.
I love my family, but nothing's changed in ten years.