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How-To: Shop Retail & Get the Best Discounts

Scoring that discount at corporate-run retail shops can be difficult, but following these tips will make nearly every sales associate vouch for you. Now it's that much easier to exchange broken items and get the best deal on new ones. Try out these tips from a veteran retail worker and see the amazing results.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Music for a soon-to-be-grad

A reliable coping mechanism as I apply for countless jobs is listening to some bands I haven’t yet explored. Uncharted territory on all fronts, I enter this next phase of my life with an indefinite question mark drawn across the coming months.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

The power of positivity

]]> The English language is an amalgamation of several cultures, histories, tragedies and successes.

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Seattle's APRIL Festival Celebrates Independent Literature

Over the last year or so, I have fallen in love with the city of Seattle. From the beautiful city skyline, to the nature surrounding it, Seattle radiates beauty, innovation and art. Seattle is also home to one of the largest independent book festivals in the nation: the APRIL Festival.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Your personal runway

The clothes don't make the person, but sometimes, they make the person feel better about being who they are.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Giving praise to Shakey Graves

Shakey Graves—or should I say Alejandro Rose-Garcia—is more or less the king of Americana, the one-man band and the suitcase kickdrum. (Yes, that’s apparently a thing.)

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Album talk: It's music season

It’s a good time to love music. A couple of weeks ago, Lykke Li decided to drop a spontaneous bomb on Facebook with the unexpected news of a new album for the first time since 2011’s “Wounded Rhythms.”

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Expanding my love for film at the Sedona International Film Festival

The week of February 22 to March 2, filmmakers made Sedona their home as they shared their films at Sedona International Film Festival. All of us—the festival’s general audience, the press and the filmmakers—were here for a single purpose: a love for film. It's a love that seems even more special in a place with such unique energy.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Poet Ariana Brown knows how we feel

Ariana Brown's spoken word performance "Volver, Volver" call out all different people in society and help them face the music.

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Find frivolous intrigue in the Rococo period

“They’re Singing Ro…co…co, Ro…co…co, Rococo” Excuse me for my awkward Arcade Fire reference, but every time I see this period in art, that song pops into my head.  Rococo, aside from being Arcade Fire’s muse, is also my most favorite period of art history.

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Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez.

Kings of Leon and venue talk

My comfort zone dwells somewhere near the stage, surrounded by meshing conversations and the lingering scents of beer and cigarette smoke. Assigned seats miles from the stage—who needs them?

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