On June 13, 2015, a recently completed memorial on the southernmost tip of Roosevelt Island came under the national spotlight. The newly-announced presidential candidate Hilary Clinton had chosen to kick-start her campaign at the Four Freedoms Park, a memorial dedicated to President Franklin Roosevelt and his famous Four Freedoms Speech from 1941. By evoking Roosevelt’s … Read more
French artist Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Indeed, it is precisely this characteristic that has allowed art to become a key component of various aspects of our lives—including politics. Just ask the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, whose caricature of the Prophet Mohammad ultimately led to … Read more
After taking the last final of every semester, I fall into a routine. Its start marks the end of a marathon of papers and exams that only seems to get harder each year. And each time it culminates in one of the most rewarding realizations. It’s 12:01 P.M. on the last Saturday of the fall … Read more