A couple of years ago, I got a concussion in West Hall. I just stood up and hit the ceiling. For those who were not there to witness it, it was quite a scandal -- a fire truck, an ambulance and two police cars all arrived on the scene. The Tufts medical team deemed me “incapable of making medical ...
So it’s that time of the year again in which we eagerly anticipate presents for Christmas and Premier League managers write to Santa (or their board) for a little something more. And then it’s up to their executives to decide if the managers have been naughty or nice.ArsenalSomeone to assist Francis ...
The only thing that might be more enjoyable than actually attending college is watching the countless television shows and movies that focus on the best four years of your life. This list goes over some of my favorite fictional colleges.Greendale Community CollegeNBC’s "Community" (2009-2015) ...
Well, we’ve certainly veered from the topic of body hair. You must be thinking, "Using the column to persecute spandex-stealers?! How dare she wield her power (?) and fame (?) for non-hair affiliated pursuits!"
Airports are human-crafted spaces that demand a special type of obedience resembling that of highly qualified military personnel. They require a certain uniform acquiescence inherent to forming long lines and waiting patiently. They test how easily you acquire the necessary knowledge of what goes under ...
The Philadelphia Eagles are an exploding train wreck drenched in failure. If Detroit can drop 45 points on them, it is scary to imagine what damage the Patriots will do. Start Brandon Bolden and LeGarrette Blount with confidence.The Broncos appear ready and willing to roll with Brock Osweiler at QB ...
This week, world leaders will meet in Paris for the COP21 conference on climate change. The goal is some sort of binding agreement to limit emissions, particularly in emerging economies like China and India.For President Obama, addressing climate change was a campaign promise. Through policies such ...
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: Dyed-in-the-wooladjective\dyde-in-thuh-WOOL\thoroughgoing, uncompromising I’ve been reflecting a lot lately. About my friends and family, how I’ve matured over the years and if all my life has actually led up to me becoming a monk in the Great Smoky Mountains ...
With a quarter of the NBA season come and gone, it's time to evaluate the production of the rookie class this season and determine who the frontrunners for the NBA Rookie of the Year award are thus far. Coming into the season, top draft picks Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor ...
Chick lit. Those two words instantly conjure up a whole host of associations with bright pink covers, desperately single heroines and love interests whose square jaws and rippling muscles are the most interesting things about them. I could talk for days about the problems with how this genre is characterized, ...
Dear Thanksgiving,I’ve never known exactly what to make of you. My family never had big get-togethers, and my being vegetarian tends to limit my turkey consumption. Plus, I’m guilty of framing you in my head as a pre-Christmas of sorts. But in recent years, I’ve started trying to give you more ...
Dear Everything Going On,A few days ago, I realized something. For the first time in my life, I felt worried for the world. In my 19 years, I’ve lived through a lot of ugly things; we are a generation who has been around for 9/11, the Iraq war, the Boston Marathon Bombings, the Sandy Hook shooting, ...
Running back has been by far the most difficult position to predict this season with an unusually large number of high profile backs suffering season-ending injuries. In their place, players like Thomas Rawls (30/209/1),Spencer Ware (11/96/2) and Darren McFadden (29/129) demonstrated an ability to ...
In America today, almost one percent of people are imprisoned. Look around you in your next lecture. Don’t see anyone behind bars? Then it’s you. You’re in jail. What did you do? I bet you pirated TV shows, you sick bastard.With five percent of the world’s population, the U.S. has almost 25 ...
Webster’s Word of the Day: fulsomeadjective \FULL-sum\1: aesthetically, morally or generally offensiveI spent my summer in a wormhole. Actually, it was an endless time of serving diners variations of sad looking chicken, watching guests enjoy the “original” yet egregiously cliché event photo ...
The Golden State Warriors have been off to a blistering start this year at 14-0 having just defeated the Chicago Bulls at home 106-94. Their 14-0 start marks the best start to a season by a defending champion since the Boston Celtics went 14-0 in the 1957-1958 season. With their win on Sunday night ...
Particularly when faced with poor poll numbers, politicians will say and do anything to get elected. The aftermath of the recent attacks in France is an excellent case study in this. Instead of discourse on attacks across the globe, from Beirut (this writer’s hometown) to Paris and what they mean, ...
Authors have been fascinated with the end of the world since the beginning of the world, and recently there's been a veritable epidemic of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. The world has ended by way of zombies, epidemics, nuclear accidents, corporate takeovers and anything that even vaguely ...
Someone asked me this week if NYSD was just Rebecca and me talking about our personal lives and whether that is considered an "advice" column. To this, my response was…obviously. Yes, Rebecca and I do primarily talk about ourselves, but what better way to get advice? A large part of advice ...
“What makes YOU feel sexy?”“What do YOU love most about your body?”I am tired of these questions. Part of me wants to say that nothing makes me feel sexy, and that I don’t really mind. Or that I don’t love my body, and maybe never will, because loving my body seems like it would require ...
