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I Set Up My OKCupid Profile, as a Dog: The Responses Were Pretty Hilarious
Last February I started an OKCupid profile as a chocolate labrador named ‘Waffles’. The profile was received with mixed reviews. Some said I was an innovator, some said I was a fraud, some wanted to scratch behind my ears, but OKCupid said “One or more of your photos was flagged

Win A Global Grub Kit: Pre-Assembled World Cuisine @ Your Fingertips
Don’t cook “ethnic” food often enough? Get mystified by all the “ethnic” spices listed on your screen when you’re looking for a curry recipe? Ready to step up your Hamburger Helper game? Then these pre-assembled kits are perfect for the average Joe Schmo (uck)! Choose a cooking kit, stocked

Win Tickets To See: Sharon Jones + The Dap Kings
“While many artists have come and gone, why have Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings only continued to grow steadily in popularity around the world? How can they continue to sell-out huge theaters, headline festivals, and sell hundreds of thousands of records year after year with neither major label support nor a

Win $100 Gift Card for American-Made Goods @ Oakland Supply Co.
Oakland Supply Co. is a new retail concept shop from Oaklandish, and is now open in the historic waterfront Jack London Square district. This showroom features quality American-made goods as well as the finest local wares from Oakland, CA. Product selection includes fine leather items such as wallets, bags,

Win Two Tickets: Echo & the Bunnymen @ The regency Ballroom
Legendary Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen were formed 36-years-ago in 1978. And now they’re returning to the U.S. to support their first studio album in five-years! You can purchase tickets here…or ENTER NOW!

Win Two Tickets: Treasure Island Music Festival!
We have your attention, don’t we? We’re giving you an entire month to enter this Treasure Island Music Festival giveaway. This is your chance to win two tickets to two days of: Outkast, Massive Attack, Zedd, Alt-J, TV on The Radio, Janelle Monáe, The New Pornographers, Washed Out, Jungle, Banks, St. Lucia, White Denim

Advice to the Independent Financial Aid Student: FAFSA, BOG Fee, EOP&S
Some of us aren’t lucky to have parents financially secure enough to pay for our education. Others aren’t lucky enough to be completely destitute to the point where we can have a good portion of our entire education subsidized by the government. Some are in the middle; making just enough to scrape by, but making