The 64th NBA All-Star game took place on Sunday night in New York City, and the Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars in a high-scoring affair, 163-158. Since the NBA has taken a break and some players have returned to their collegiate stomping grounds, I too will take a peek into the college ...
As an Environmental Studies and International Relations (IR) major (probably), I’ve discovered that there are a few topics you’re bound to encounter in almost any class that addresses the politics of the environment. One of these topics is “overpopulation.”In my Introduction to International ...
Rebecca: “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape,” is one of those positive self-talk quotes. The man who coined this phrase (Michael McGriffy) has never met Pooja, nor has he seen her in Power Yoga. This semester, Pooj insisted we take yoga, reminding me that she had ...
While we in the US ate chocolates and celebrated love, Bahrain commemorated another occasion. This year, Feb. 14 marks the fourth anniversary of the most recent revolution. Unfortunately, the repression continues, and this Valentine’s Day is marked by more forceful responses to continuing protests, ...
Harvard. Our illustrious neighboring academic institution proves more than an academic rival. Pushing aside the cliché of Harvard exclusivity, the university houses a newly remodeled collection of its three art museums, the Arthur M. Sackler, Fogg and Busch-Reisinger, that are open to the public. The ...
As the New England Patriots make their latest victory tour, I can't help but feel incredibly blessed. In my 22 years on this planet -- every one of them spent living in Massachusetts -- I have witnessed Boston sports teams win nine titles. The Hub of the Universe has become the Hub of Sports Championships. ...
In lieu of a typical column -- 600-ish words written by someone who has a genuine interest in a thing that is genuinely interesting -- this week I will be sharing something I wrote with a friend. It’s not particularly pertinent, radically relevant or especially excellent, but it was a lot of fun to write and maybe a little fun to read.
In the New York Times last week, writer Jon Ronson chronicled the swift demise of a woman named Justine Sacco at the hands of a ruthless Twitter mob. With each successive tableau, Sacco makes her way gradually from antagonist to victim, her situation reaching a nadir, perhaps, when she is disowned ...
Paris is changing me.It’s probably for the better, to be honest -- though I’m unsure whether or not I’m eating healthier overall, there is one culinary item on which I have cut back a lot: coffee.At Tufts, I was known to drink three or more Hotung coffees per day, a habit which made me much ...
With the Patriots winning Super Bowl XLIX in heroic fashion a mere week-and-a-half ago, writers everywhere discussed the greatness of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick as a duo. After all, they have won four Super Bowls together and were NFL runner-ups on two other occasions in 2008 and 2012. Despite what ...
Happy Thursday, Jumbos, and welcome to the shortest week ever (seriously, blink and you’ll miss it). I think Elsa might have been a little pissed I called her last week, because since then she’s been throwing the tantrum to end all tantrums. And the result? Boston is buried under mountains of snow, ...
Pooja: As a third-year survivor of Massachusetts’ harsh winter conditions, there are some lessons that I have learned along the way. Firstly, a standard answer for the typical, “What’s your biggest fear?” questions: hands down, BLACK ICE. For those of you that don’t have it as your top-priority ...
For approximately the first seven years of my life, I didn’t realize the significance or limitations of gender. I knew that I was a girl because I was told that I was a girl. I even thought that being a girl was better than being a boy because we were allowed to wear both dresses and pants, and could ...
Since I took my last column to look back at the Goya exhibition, this week I chose the Klimt and Kokoschka works that are currently on view at the MFA.Diverging from the darkness which characterizes Goya’s work, a permeation of light defines Klimt’s manner of creation. Klimt creates a fantasy world ...
Reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba has been one of Obama’s most controversial actions in office. New policies will affect everything from economics to immigration, and most importantly, human rights.Under the embargo, Cuba’s isolation made it insusceptible to US pressure, but the Obama ...
Perhaps Morocco took its cue from Governors Christie and Cuomo. Unlike the governors, however, Morocco will be made to pay -- literally.On Sunday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) $1 million for reneging on its commitment to host the 2015 ...
When I was a kid, I learned that if you don't have something nice to say about someone, then you shouldn't say anything at all. I think that's why I've actively avoided writing about the Boston Celtics as long as I've had this column. That, and I just flat-out stopped caring.Sorry ...
After class the other day, I went to a sandwich shop I hadn’t tried yet, intent on buying a cheap lunch and doing some coursework. The man behind the counter was friendly and seemed to know many of the students also eating there, and he smiled at me as I ordered my sandwich. As I handed over my money, ...
Last week I tackled the question of whether or not I’d melt like a belieber clutching the Biebs when meeting my own teenage crush, Cyborg the Teen Titan (given that, of course, Cyborg could crush just about anything).
