On Nov. 1, primetime television viewers were reminded of the meaning of musical virtuosity when Prince took the SNL stage with an eight-minute set of new material backed by the female power trio 3rdEyeGirl. The seamless transitions between songs and a glimpse of what landed him on Rolling Stone’s ...
Amidst midterm season, things other than studying and ordering food to Tisch seem to fall by the wayside. Personal upkeep is often the first thing thrown overboard. Personally, I have not seen the inside of the gym for three weeks. My first midterm killed my gym momentum (and also the fact that summer ...
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are the best rivalry in Boston sports, and it's not even close. The Red Sox and Yankees haven't made the playoffs concurrently since 2009 and haven't crossed paths in October since their historic 2004 ALCS. The Lakers and Celtics were both terrible last year ...
Ironically, I wrote last week’s piece on the merits of getting out and exploring spaces beyond Tufts, but this week I am all about the merits of bringing people to you and the weirdly satisfying joy of sharing your day-to-day experiences with another. Throughout the past two weeks, between hosting ...
Dear Clean Freaks,Don’t worry, I’m not here to criticize your “irrational” obsession with sanitation. I swore that I would never become one of you after living with my mother -- who vacuums the walls of our house just for fun -- for 18 years. But upon arriving at college and suddenly being confined ...
I hear that course registration for the spring semester starts this week. I’m studying abroad again next semester so I won’t be joining you for that fun process, but it takes me back to my own comical registration process here in Ghana -- a veritable scavenger hunt which, believe it or not, made ...
Of all the topics in sports this week to write on, the one that came way too close to materializing in this column was the return of Mark Sanchez. In true Sanchez fashion, when Nick Foles was knocked out of the game by Texans linebacker Whitney Mercilus, he mustered a halfway decent performance en ...
Hey everybody. This is usually the part of the column where I make some kind of silly, zany remark to grab everyone’s attention. This week, for reasons that will soon become very apparent, I’ve decided to take a more serious tone.I’ve never been one for trigger warnings. I’ve always thought ...
Because I’m usually the guy you hate on Halloween (the one who hoards candy and critiques jack-o-lantern designs, all under the pretense of wearing a costume that’s really nothing more than a “festive” hat), I wanted this year to be different. I wanted to be justified in my snobbery.My plan ...
For those of you who find English classes to be the spawn of all that is evil, I’m sure the first question asked when beginning a new book is, “Why do we have to read this?” It’s a common enough question, often one with more than one meaning. It could be you’re asking to figure out why the ...
I hope everybody savored the latest edition of Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning. The two have now played against each other 16 times in their careers, and the coverage associated with the games is bigger than ever. The week leading up to a head-to-head matchup between the two always seems to come with ...
If there’s one thing I can’t stand (ha! That there would be only one!), it’s people who pretend to be experts on things they know nothing about. Luckily, in this column I’m pretty good about limiting myself to topics on which I am the absolute authority (although, of course, that doesn’t restrict me much). But today’s topic is one very near and dear to my heart: coffee.
The NBA season tipped off last night. Let it sink in. A season full of intrigue and exciting moments is upon us. Instead of offering a preview, as I did last week, I am going to highlight some of the more interesting games of the regular season. NBA.com has released its list of the top ten “games ...
My first experience with the Davis Square CVS Pharmacy was in April of my sophomore year. The first of several bouts of tonsillitis had kept me in bed for a few days before I eventually managed to drag myself to Health Services. After the usual “Why didn’t you come in sooner?” conversation -- ...
Dear SWUG, How does a SWUG celebrate Halloween? -- Senior Washed Up GhostDear Senior Washed Up Ghost, To quote "Mean Girls" (2004), a.k.a. the greatest film of all time, “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is ...
I probably had unfairly high expectations for the movie "Boyhood" (2014), as every movie critic raved about its universality and originality. In some ways, it was worth the hype. I remained captivated throughout the entire three-hour film. The characters were dynamic, the dialogue was snappy ...
There are a few things we have lost in the wake of the popularity of electronically downloading music: the release of a new album seems less profound if you can’t physically hold it, the special cabinets my parents had custom made for our records and CDs are now obsolete and less attention is paid ...
The Boston Celtics open their season against the Brooklyn Nets at home tonight, which means another boring, listless basketball season is about to get underway. Forgive me if I'm not overly excited about their surprisingly solid 5-3 preseason, but those games don't count, and I'm not optimistic ...
The other day I learned what FOMO meant. After my friends had a decent laugh over my confusion of modern-day acronym slang, they clarified, “It means fear of missing out.” “Oh.” Damn. We have a whole phrase in our lingo to compress this fear. We have a whole generation of speakers harping on ...
As you guys know, it is hell week. So we’d like to make a shout-out to those actually taking the time to read this column (we love you). Since there’s not much interesting going on in life these days, apart from Tisch evenings and Eaton nights, I thought I’d write the introduction of today’s ...
