In the first edition of Citizen Shame, we'll be taking a look at a movie that features Nicolas Cage talking weirdly. You might be inclined to ask: isn’t that every Nicolas Cage movie? You would be correct, of course, but in "Con Air" (1997), his voice somehow manages to be even weirder ...
Content Warning: This column mentions sexual violence.Hello, is this thing on? This is a column where I take a stab at the good, the bad and the ugly of pop music. Last year I kicked things off with a Kanye throwback, so let’s start with the complete opposite: whatever the heck Taylor Swift is ...
Today marks a milestone in every semester for The Tufts Daily — the start of daily production. From now on, you’ll be able to start every weekday by picking up a copy of the Daily. And with the first week of daily production now underway, so comes the first week of Daily columns. It is my pleasure ...
My view from the third row in the Cabot Center's ASEAN Auditorium made it increasingly possible for me to dismiss the sheer size of the room I was in. As my watch ticked nervously toward 10:30 a.m., more students continued to shuffle into the room. Some were visibly anxious, others were beaming ...
In an early and pivotal scene in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Julieta” (2016), the young version of the titular character (Adriana Ugarte) rebuffs a conversation with an older man on a train. As she leaves and strikes up a conversation with fisherman Xoan (Daniel Grao), the train stops suddenly. With a ...
-Saturday afternoon, 55 days to graduation, Whole Foods, San Francisco-“What's the difference between achievement and fulfillment?” My mind wondered. As I closed my eyes and prepared to enter a nice nap, I found myself naturally reflecting on the journey so far.Many of us remember that feeling ...
I wasn’t supposed to enjoy the poem as much as I did. That’s the sense I got when I first read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915) as an assignment for my AP English class. The famous poem by T.S. Eliot is filled with obscure allusions, and the images are jarring. (Eliot compares the ...
"I’m sick of this whole job application thing where I have to fit in a specific mold, measured by GPA and resumes that do not define who I am."
Why should you play "Screencheat" (2014)? Because it is a perfect example of when developers observe a flaw with a standard and then use it as a tool.'Split-screen multiplayer' refers to local multiplayer games dividing the single screen that players are looking at into zones, each ...
Last summer, a few of my friends and I decided to start a book club. It was nothing original — mainly an excuse to get together once a week and eat brownies. The club withered after we made our first selection (a 600-page novel, which only half of us even started). After that, we hung out and snacked ...
Today, when people mention the name Alexander McQueen, one of the most celebrated and successful designers of the past few decades, many are reminded of his clothes that often featured skull prints and patterns. The British couturier, however, has left an incommensurable legacy to the fashion world ...
The other night, an old buddy named Fear Of Missing Out, or FOMO, gave me a surprise visit. I was planning to go to a party with a group of good old friends starting at 9:30 p.m. I finished my work at 10 p.m., and by then I was a bit tired. Should I still go?Whenever this FOMO buddy comes, he always ...
Through March 26, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA) is showcasing “The Artist’s Museum.” The exhibition includes works by 12 contemporary artists in various mediums including film, sculpture and photography. “The Artist’s Museum” explores the human impulse of collecting and ...
A tour of Tufts is never complete without a stop at Tisch Library’s roof. With Boston’s skyline in the distance, the expansive vista makes the city’s proximity to Tufts seem tangible in ways that subway maps or shuttle schedules never could. Yes, Tufts exists at the periphery of a bustling metropolis, ...
Why should you play "Spore" (2008)? Because it’s five games in one and each is equally a fun gaming experience and a learning opportunity. "Spore" is a game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in which the player creates their own organism with parts they collect by exploring the ...
“Where should I put this?” a guy in my bed asked recently, having slipped his hand under my sheets and emerged holding a slim red copy of Adrienne Rich’s "The Dream of a Common Language" (1978). How sloppy of me, I thought, leaving the person I’d gone to bed with the night before still ...
Once upon a present time, there were two Jumbo seniors. One of them is a well-known campus figure whom many people look up to and go to for advice. Walk with her across Professors Row, and you will find her smiling and waving, while you step back and bask in her glowing halo. She tries her best to ...
Moreover, it is also interesting to consider the controversial aspects of Tisci’s designs and the similar contentiousness of the work of many contemporary artists. It truly seems that in order to achieve a certain level of success in the arts one must be, above all, controversial.
At the risk of trivializing our species’ anatomical complexity, I believe that each of us (bodies, brains, blood and all) communicate with the world by sending out biological “text messages.”Take the shivers, for example (a “text” we’ll all be getting in the next few weeks). Your body texts ...
We made it. Twenty months ago, on March 23, 2015, Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for the Republican Party. As of last night, the next president of the United States has been elected (Surprise! It’s not Ted Cruz). In December 2015, 11 months ago and a mere nine months into the 2016 election, a report ...
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