As war rages on in Eastern Ukraine, the territory that caught western attention in 2014 remains turbulent. Despite Russian President Putin’s promise to protect citizens of the Crimean peninsula post-annexation, Crimean Tatars are being “treated … as if they are the second-class people,” says ...
If you've been a reader of my column for a while now, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of out-of-the-ordinary and unconventional books. They’re an enjoyable break from cookie-cutter stories that can flood the bestseller lists, and the hackneyed tales some authors can churn out in just a few months. ...
Dear Midwesterners,I missed you. Hailing from the state that’s round on the ends but high in the middle (Ohio, you goons) comes with its own colloquial oddities and simplicity that I often forget about while studying on the East Coast at Tufts. Going back to Cleveland for the week turned out to be ...
The Brewers’ Mike Fiers leads off my list of starting pitcher sleepers for the 2015 season. He had a tremendous minor league career and a solid rookie season in 2012 before he imploded in 2013. Last season, the Brewers’ No. 4 starter was lights out at both the triple-A and major league levels. I ...
I’ve thought seriously about to when in time I’d travel back if given the opportunity. A few decades come to mind – maybe the 1470s, so I could chill with Da Vinci while the Renaissance was in full swing, or perhaps 500 AD so I might see exactly how the Nazca Lines were made.I could probably ...
As I prepare to make like a bird and migrate south for spring break (Miami Beach, here I come!), I am shocked to see that with little more than a month left in the NBA regular season, the Boston Celtics are fighting for a playoff birth.I can't believe it. The Celtics, who weren't a particularly ...
As some of you may be aware (or not -- isn’t it still snowing in Boston?), the first day of spring was this past Friday. Everyone tells me that spring is the most beautiful season in Paris, and I’m inclined to believe them, though we haven’t seen much real evidence of growth and rebirth yet. The ...
Last semester at Tisch, Pooja and I ran in to one of the editors of the Daily, Nick Golden. He asked us what our article was going to be about and we said it was called “Over*Cher*ing.” He replied, “Over sharing, isn’t that what you do every week?”Pooja and I realize that we share quite a ...
Last week, I took my first economics exam, and in the true model of an exemplary student, I dropped all else to cram for it for the preceding 48 hours. (This is, of course, the best way to succeed in life -- nothing like a time crunch to get those brain juices flowing!) While this approach hopefully ...
Dear SWUG,I’m so pumped to get off of this snowy campus and leave on a jet plane to someplace warm. Can you give me some tips on how to have a v SWUGGY spring break?- Spring Break Foreverrrrr Dear Spring Break Foreverrrrr,It’s finally here! A break from the madness! If you’re anything like me ...
On Feb. 4, 2012, the Knicks beat the Nets 99-92. The teams had both started the shortened season under .500. The Knicks were 9-15 after the win, but had lost 11 of its last 13 games. The game seemingly meant nothing -- besides crosstown bragging rights -- in the grand scheme of the NBA, especially ...
Undulating, twisting and floating, Calder’s mobiles create perfect symmetry from imperfect objects. Odds and ends of metal painted in blaringly bright primary colors produce this mesmerizing mixture of media. Tangibly dense yet seemingly weightless, Calder’s mobiles gracefully orbit.Revolutionizing ...
Younger generations are a significant threat to oppressive regimes. A driving force behind revolution, the student population is both at risk of repression and formidable in its opposition. Far too often student protests end in bloodshed and government crackdown.We were reminded of the risk and significance ...
Most Tufts students seem to know by now that the word "slut" is bad. The anti-slut-shaming movement has become too big to miss. From “SlutWalks” in cities worldwide to events at Tufts such as The Vagina Monologues and sex-positive presentations by SexologistOh Megan, embracing the word ...
One of the most frustrating parts of learning a romance language is that often words that look like an English equivalent don't mean the same thing. We call these "false cognates," or in French, faux amis (false friends). If that terminology makes you think of backstabbing frenemies, ...
If some egregious person sneakily helped himself to my last magic biscuit, bashing his head with a rock might feel warranted. If some buffoon unleashed his “domesticated” lion, running away might feel pretty darn natural.
While the essence of the craft -- reporting, writing, angling -- remains largely intact, conventional journalism is moribund, if not already dead, its trappings razed by technology.Sports journalism, more so than its sister genres, has been undergoing a drastic transformation. When the Internet opened ...
Dear Spring Break,Finally, your presence has crept up on us. And I’m not talking about the iconic "Spring Breakers" (2012), Riff Raff kind of spring break. I’m talking about the week of solace colleges offer, characterized by a mass exodus of student to different locations and activities. ...
Due to the sheer volume of viable fantasy outfielders, I will only be discussing several sleepers and busts for your upcoming drafts.Jorge Soler has been discussed for a long time in fantasy circles, but he belongs on my sleeper list because ESPN has him listed as their No. 38 outfielder. I have him ...
I watched “Napoleon Dynamite" (2004) not too long ago. At one point, as Napoleon’s grandma is preparing for a day of ATV shenanigans down at the dunes, Napoleon asks her what he can have to eat while she's gone. Frustrated, she tells him to make “a dang quesadill-a” if he gets ...
