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HTML

<select id="sort"> 
    <option value="?order_by=date">Recent</option> 
    <option value="?order_by=popular">Popular</option>
    <option value="?order_by=random">Random</option> 
    <option value="?order_by=staff">Staff Picks</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('#sort').change(function(e){
    var locAppend = $(this).find('option:selected').val(),
        locSnip   = window.location.href.split('?')[0];

    alert("Redirecting to: " + locSnip + locAppend);
});