Have yourself a crafty Christmas
(12/01/23 5:00am)
If you're anything like me, the onset of consumer-driven holidays such as Black Friday or Boxing Day may leave you conflicted.
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If you're anything like me, the onset of consumer-driven holidays such as Black Friday or Boxing Day may leave you conflicted.
If you haven't found your Halloween costume yet, don’t panic! I was just at Target the other day, and I think I saw a few Barbie costumes left.
Chances are, if you're reading these words on The Chronicle’s website, then you’re probably using an Apple device to do so. No need for statistics to back up that observation; a quick look around our campus tells the story. Apple loves college students so much that they offer an education pricing discount that drops a $2,499 laptop to just $2,299! Oh wow — a whole $200 discount! I'm not even going to apologize for being snarky about it: Most student discounts are at least in the double-digit range. In case that slam-dunk education-pricing deal isn’t enough to get you in those shiny glass doors of an Apple store, what if you could now feel good about buying a new laptop? No, not through your wallet, silly, but your conscience!
Every year, an unlikely mix of Patagonia-wearing, Silicon Valley-residing ‘tech bros’ and countercultural celebrants put their differences aside and make an annual pilgrimage to Black Rock Valley where they can escape the woes of capitalism — albeit just for a few days. It is here, in Rural Nevada, where this unlikely alliance will engage in the collective construction of a temporary residence known as Black Rock City.