Dear SWUG, Exams and job interviews aside, is there anything you can't show up to slightly buzzed? -- Sloshed in SomervilleDear Sloshed in Somerville, You could probably get away with being slightly buzzed at both an exam and a job interview, but from experience here are the things you definitely ...
When dealing with economic issues, countries have two approaches at their disposal: fiscal policy and monetary policy.Fiscal policy is usually what comes to mind when people think of economic policy as a whole. Balancing the budget, adjusting tax rates and income brackets and government spending -- ...
In my Intro to International Relations class, I learned that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was established in 1994 to improve trade relations between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.In my anthropology class on indigenous rights, I learned that on that same day in 1994, an armed rebellion ...
It’s about that time of year. The NBA regular season begins in a mere five days, and the storylines could not be more intriguing for a league that is coming off an eventful offseason. Be it free agency, a new TV deal, ownership changes or a gold medal in Spain, it’s time for real NBA basketball.Where ...
On a cold and lazy mid-October evening, my good pal Brennan and I decided to go geocaching. You see, long before the world of iPhones and Androids, adventurous little rebels formed a community where strangers created these “geocaches,” containers ranging from Nalgenes to fake rocks to small plastic ...
Amidst the midterm haze, the sweatpant craze, the Tisch cookies and the late night study rookies, we all are secretly searching for that something to get us through the day. Whether it’s bumping into that person you hooked up with on Saturday night, making eye contact with that Zach Galafianakis look-alike ...
Avid music bloggers and Strokes fans have been in a tizzy lately trying to figure out how Julian Casablancas actually feels about brunch after crass comments regarding the culture surrounding this union of two meals.He has finally put the controversy at bay, saying that he’s “not against the concept ...
The World Series started last night, and you might have noticed that the Boston Red Sox are not in it. If you're Ben Cherington, general manager of the Olde Towne Team, how do you re-tool to give them a shot at making next year's Fall Classic? What do you do?Because let's face it: You've ...
In the late 1980s, the 1990s, and well into the 2000s, David Stern grew the NBA into something of a colossus. Stern, with a little help from Michael Jordan and a colorful, if fractious, Celtics-Lakers rivalry, made his brand into an international household name, setting up shop in 13 countries on ...
Dear Keurig coffee brewer,Hey babe. I’d like to remind you that you are simply the best. Your love is my drug, as the young muse Ke$ha once quipped. I also now think of K-cups as a legitimate currency. But only the good K-cups, none of that Costco Kirkland brand crap. In short, your existence has ...
Your teens and twenties are a particularly existential time. How many of the conversations that you have at college revolve around what you’re doing with your life? (Most of them.) How often will you doubt your major, wonder if you’ll ever get a paying job or ask yourself if you’re doing enough, ...
Ah, Halloween. That wonderful time of year when friends gather round the TV, drink pumpkin spiced lattes and scare the ever-lovin' bejeezus out of each other with horror movies. There aren’t many holidays that I love more than Halloween. Maybe Christmas -- but I mean, come on, everlasting salvation ...
It’s one of life’s major decisions: new and hip or classic and cool? To join the herd of “kids these days” or indulge in counter culture-esque defiance, basking in the hipster street-cred it yields?Nowhere in my life has this eternal struggle been more relevant than last summer. I was pestered ...
When an athlete does something wrong these days, you hear about it. There is an initial rumor of wrongdoing, a confirmation of the wrongdoing, a team or league mandated suspension, an (often unsuccessful) appeal, a long wait and finally a return. Each stage of the process seems to come with its very ...
Let’s begin with a quick survey: Think of how many nonfiction books you’ve read in the past two months. (And no, books required for classes don’t count!) Although I have no way to collect data from everyone reading, I’m willing to bet most of you would answer with a big, fat zero. On the other ...
I’m very tempted to open this column by telling you that Mother Nature and I have a love-hate relationship, but that would just be false. The truth is there’s no “love” in our relationship at all; I just really dislike nature.Side note: was that really so hard? No, no it wasn’t. For some reason ...
The Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets will play a preseason game on Sunday in a matchup of Atlantic Division rivals. Normally, the game would not mean much more than a chance for players on each team to mesh styles and get more playing time together.But not this time.Instead of the standard 48 minutes ...
Dear SWUG Does a SWUG have to be a girl? Can you be SWUG if you are a guy? -- #leftoutHey #leftout, Don’t feel left out! Here are the three determining factors to see if you are a SWUG: 1. You must be a senior. However, you can be on your way to becoming a SWUG as early as freshman year. For example, ...
“What’s wrong with the world, mama / People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas / I think the whole world addicted to the drama / Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma.” So sang the great will.i.am in the equally great Black Eyed Pea’s hit single “Where Is the Love?” ...
Tufts students, both male and female, sometimes lament how feminist dialogue on campus doesn’t provide a “space” for male opinions. All these women talking about patriarchy make men feel uncomfortable, some say, and this prevents them from joining the dialogue.Since when is feminism supposed to ...
