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Munching with Max: Choose your own adventure

By Max Druckman | September 16

Normally, after long gaps between columns, I would begin with a mildly humorous, sarcastic comment — most likely featuring a sports reference — to kick off another semester of munching. Instead, as there is serious business to discuss (that business being pizza), I will begin with some direct answers. I have no further time to dispense for pleasantries. Yes, I did study abroad. No, I did not write this column while doing so. Yes, I did eat while doing so. No, I am not starting as quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons next week (there’s your sports reference).

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The Full Court Press: The price of playing with someone else’s money

By Noah Goldstein | September 14

It was an expensive summer in the world of soccer, and not only because of the obscenely price-gouged World Cup ticket prices. On the club level, FIFA has reported a record-breaking $9.89 billion spent on player transfer fees across more than 12,500 deals. Five moves entered the list of the most expensive transfers ever, together worth $775 million.

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In the Crease: An offseason to remember

By Zachary Gerson | September 10

In an offseason full of both surprising and unsurprising moves, new-look teams are getting ready for training camp to open this month, followed by preseason games and then the highly anticipated regular season. But before that begins, let’s take a look back at some of the most consequential offseason moves from this past summer.

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The Bagel Beat: A hole lot of fun

By Sadie Roraback-Meagher | September 10

In 3500 B.C., the wheel was invented. While I was not present in ancient Mesopotamia at the time, my gut instinct tells me it was a pretty big deal. Fast forward to today, and the wheel is everywhere: cars, Zambonis, unicycles, those annoying electric scooters, etc. Undoubtedly, the wheel can be regarded as one of the most important inventions in human history.  

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A Jumbo’s Journey: One last time

By Ben Rachel | September 8

The situation I am in while writing my last first column is interesting. I’m currently writing in the car with my family, on our way back from dropping my sister off at Dartmouth. A young freshman. Yesterday, my family helped me move into my senior, off-campus house. I bet you can deduce which move-in was more taxing…

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Sharper Advice: Is there a ‘right way’ to do college?

By Harper Stone and Sophie Penenberg | September 8

Q: I’m a freshman, and it’s my first week here. My roommate already has a whole friend group and my orientation leader keeps saying “It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” like that’s supposed to help. I’ve already eaten alone at Dewick twice. Am I doing college wrong?

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The Bigger Picture: Goodbyes aren’t the end

By Linda Huang | May 16

I’ve appreciated the opportunity to write about my amateur thoughts and comments on movies in the past year through this column. While stressful at times — thinking about having to watch a new movie to write about or anxiously trying to pick an old movie to revisit — this process has been deeply fulfilling to me. Through writing and revisiting certain scenes, key ideas and motifs from media that have shaped a part of my identity or changed a certain way I think about things, I have learned so much about myself, what I value and the significance that films hold in my life as a pastime.

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Road to the World Cup: Seniors and the World Cup

By Antonia Toro | May 13

Only 25% of college students graduate during a World Cup year. Thus, the Class of 2026 is statistically rare, but what makes these four graduating seniors unique isn’t timing. It’s the question they all hold: How do you celebrate the world’s most unifying sporting event when the world feels anything but unified?

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Road to the World Cup: Safety concerns mount ahead of World Cup

By Antonia Toro | April 28

With less than 50 days until the World Cup begins, the tournament’s two most prominent host nations have each faced a shooting incident in the span of a week. This timing is difficult to ignore.

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A Jumbo’s Journey Abroad: Slipping through my fingers (year three)

By Ben Rachel | April 27

Well, here we are once again. My final publication of the school year. Wow.

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The Bigger Picture: How ‘The Drama’ missed its bigger picture

By Linda Huang | April 24

The new A24 film “The Drama” (2026), directed by Kristoffer Borgli and starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, looks good on paper: It has a likable cast, great humor, engagement with social issues and a theme that extends beyond the generic plots romantic comedies often embody. All in all, “The Drama” seems to check many of the boxes that would typically appeal to viewers. Yet after watching it, I was left completely unfulfilled.

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The Full Court Press: Making the World Cup great again

By Noah Goldstein | April 24

In less than 50 days, the world’s biggest sporting event will come to American soil. It will arrive with a fair share of complications. The host nation — or rather, one of three — has instigated a vastly unpopular conflict with one of the participants. Haiti qualified for the first time in 50 years, and their fans can’t get into the country to watch. Hotel prices in host cities have dropped by a third. Somewhere within all this, Gianni Infantino is smiling — or trying to stop fecal matter from falling down his leg, or maybe something in between.

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Another Bites The Dust: Finding love in K-pop is cancel-worthy

By Jachin Lam | April 24

When talking about fan-celebrity culture, K-pop fans, particularly the “ARMY” (BTS’s fanbase), do not have the best reputation online. Many of them would go to great lengths online for their favorite group or idols. However, it is also a norm within that culture for K-pop idols to appear ‘single’ for their fans. So when they get caught being in a relationship, scandal ensues. As a long-time participant in these fanbases, I wanted to use EXO’s Chen’s cancellation to highlight this phenomenon and what it says about parasocial relationships, because obsessive fan behavior is not exclusive to K-pop, especially when we live in a loneliness epidemic where people are desperate to seek out any form of attachment, even with someone on a screen.  

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An Everyday Art Tour: Living history

By Sophie Herron | April 23

Tufts alumnus Henry Cooke (A’79, AG’84), founder of Historical Costume Services, discovered his passion for history while trying to bolster his college application. Cooke worked throughout high school to pay for college, which didn’t leave him much time for extracurriculars. Because of his interest in history, his school counselor suggested he join a newly-formed minuteman reenactment group. 

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Moments ‘til Madness: The off-season is here

By Owen Short | April 22

It has now been three weeks since the Michigan Wolverines became the 2026 National Champions in college basketball, but you could argue the sport is even more hectic now than it was during the tournament. With the season over, free agency has begun for both players and coaches.

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A Jumbo’s Journey Abroad: A post, a picture, a memory

By Ben Rachel | April 22

I have been on a lot of airplanes over these past few months. As someone who has a goal of traveling to as many new places as possible, flying has almost become a weekly routine. This is all very ironic considering that I despise airports and airplanes in general. Let’s just say my time studying abroad has only affirmed my dislike. F--- you, Ryanair.

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Sharper Advice: One final debrief before you black out (academically or otherwise)

By Harper Stone and Sophie Penenberg | April 22

The sun is out, and Prez Lawn is the hottest spot on campus for athletes who think that shower shoes are an appropriate everyday choice and whose newest spring accessory is a 128-ounce plastic water jug. However, with that comes finals that quietly creep over the horizon, signalling that the semester is coming to a close. It’s bittersweet, as our time with you is also coming to an end, and we’ve truly enjoyed every minute hearing about your naughty little lives. For our final week, we’d like to offer you a rapid-fire advice session on all the questions and confessions we’ve accumulated over the course of the semester that have not yet seen the light of day. 

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