Due to some unfortunate scheduling conflicts, I was unable to hit up any wild beach parties this spring break. I was forced to trade a week of hedonism and bikini-ogling for one of sequestered paper-writing, and was not at all happy about it. But determined to not let the break be a complete bust, I … Read more
From an American perspective, one could be forgiven for thinking that the French don’t understand freedom of expression. After all, it was only last year that a bill banning the public wearing of a burqa or niqab drew the support of roughly four out of five French citizens. Denying the Holocaust has been illegal in … Read more
Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discorsi may have become one of the seminal texts of modern political theory, but it was originally a gift to his close friends Zanobi Buondelmonti and Cosimo Rucellai. The three of them would talk politics in the Oricellari gardens of Florence and in their equally fertile letters. Prefacing his work in the third person, … Read more
I recently watched Act of Valor, an action film about Navy SEALs in which the soldiers were played by actual Special Forces operatives. The movie, marred by stilted acting and a shallow plot, currently has a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. SEALs may not need stunt doubles, but they certainly need acting ones. While some … Read more
Students and community members gather at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, to protest for Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old teenager who was killed on Feb. 26. By 6:15 p.m., over 100 protesters assembled at the Harvard Square T stop. A student from Tufts University shares her family’s experience with racial profiling in south Florida. … Read more
My first response to Project X was positive. It met the expectations set by previews and was thoroughly entertaining. During spring break’s suspension of the work and worries of college, I felt justified and satisfied in watching the crazed party. My response changed after I read about a party, inspired by Project X, in which … Read more
1,144. This number represents the number of delegates that one of the four remaining Republican nominees will need to reach to avoid a brokered convention. In the news lately, we have heard a lot about this scenario, where Republican delegates would fight to the death to sway voters from one candidate to the other. However, … Read more
Bulgakov’s masterpiece, “The Master and Margarita” is a masterpiece of Russian literature, one unlike any other Russian masterpiece. Set in the mid ‘30s, it does not dwell on social corruption or existential questions. It does not have long descriptions, nor a complicated plot. It is written in a fairly simple language and can be enjoyed … Read more
My first response to Project X was positive. It met the expectations set by previews and was thoroughly entertaining. During spring break’s suspension of the work and worries of college, I felt justified and satisfied in watching the crazed party. My response changed after I read about a party, inspired by Project X, in which … Read more
Bulgakov’s masterpiece, “The Master and Margarita” is a masterpiece of Russian literature, one unlike any other Russian masterpiece. Set in the mid ‘30s, it does not dwell on social corruption or existential questions. It does not have long descriptions, nor a complicated plot. It is written in a fairly simple language and can be enjoyed … Read more