This summer - wow, that feels like decades ago already - I took a class at Tufts, and since I live about an hour away, this meant I had the distinct pleasure of commuting to campus four days a week.
This week is my third column, and as Schoolhouse Rock! famously put it: "Three is a magic number." For example, you've got the Holy Trinity, Three Little Pigs, Three 6 Mafia - that's the rule of three. It's an incredible number.
The rise of the Internet and social media has brought drastic changes to the music industry. Album sales are being displaced by free downloads, both legal and illegal, as the means for music distribution. Radio plays have given way to YouTube views as the measurement of an artist's popularity. Even the once indomitable record companies are losing their power due to the rise of independent artists and labels. All of these trends are making it easier than ever for an underground musician to "blow up" and reach an ever-expanding audience. And yet there are still exceptions. Sometimes all the talent in the world isn't enough to propel an artist to music's forefront. Case in point: Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T.
This summer - wow, that feels like decades ago already - I took a class at Tufts, and since I live about an hour away, this meant I had the distinct pleasure of commuting to campus four days a week.
The Federal Reserve controls the stock market. This may sound like a bold statement - and it would have been an even bolder one just a few years ago - but it has rung true since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007.
As happens several times a year, a benches-clearing brawl occurred in a baseball game this past week. Often the instigator in the fight has broken an unwritten rule. Wait, you may ask, how can you start a fight over something if it's not actually a rule?
Today is the final day in a two-week vote for part-time lecturers at Tufts to decide whether or not to unionize. I hadn't been paying much attention until some friends who have been involved with the unionization effort pointed me toward some interesting notes.
Twenty-four hours after securing a postseason berth, the Boston Red Sox clinched their division last Friday night with their 94th win of the season, a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. For the first time since 2007, the Olde Towne Team is tops in the American League East. Ah, it's good to be back.
It's wicked awesome," says the driver. And with that, he drives the bus into the water. I have a mini panic attack, and then it finally hits me: He is driving a boat in the water and a bus on land. Throughout the duck tour, I felt incredibly tourist-like as I turned to my phone to take a couple of snapshots (hello, Instagram), completely in awe of the beauty of Boston. I saw people running, slurping ice cream, jaywalking while speaking on phones and swearing if a vehicle was driving too fast or even too slow. I saw people dressed in business attire, munching on their granola bars while simultaneously pressing away at their iPhones and schoolchildren racing along on bicycles as the last one fell behind. All of these people were set against the backdrop of the beautiful fall color of Boston. It seemed as if I was transported back to Bangkok in the middle of the day, and yet everything and everyone was somehow different. Then I realized that I am beginning to feel at home, and most importantly, that I have to leave the Tufts campus more often.
With the rap world losing its collective mind over the leak of Drake's highly anticipated "Nothing Was the Same," I figured I would dial it back a bit this week and focus on a lesser known project. Originally released as a free mixtape back on Aug. 20, Rapsody's critically acclaimed "She Got Game" recently got a facelift with a deluxe, for-purchase version. The deluxe version is DJ-free (meaning none of those obnoxious DJ Drama promotions) and swaps out a couple guest verses in favor of new verses from the aspiring emcee. The deluxe version also comes with two new bonus tracks and two instrumentals from the original mixtape.
As our new freshmen are probably realizing (welcome, class of 2017!), no matter what your area of interest, there's pretty much no way you can avoid taking at least one or two giant lecture classes if you want to major in anything. (BIO 13, anyone? EC 5?) While some students might prefer cozy seminars or animated debates, there are some definite advantages to taking a huge class. To name a few:
Seven semesters ago, an ephemeral time period by any standard except perhaps one labeled "Kardashian Marriage," I began writing this column. Today marks my penultimate penning, the final weekly installment of "Live From Mudville." And there are so many people I would like to thank before the orchestral music plays me off the stage.
The standard definition of cloud computing is a service that allows you to store your files in the cloud (i.e., on a server connected to the Internet) so that you can access them anywhere, anytime. But of course, there's a little more to it than that.
For those whom Western medicine has failed, traditional herbs and cures can be an appealing alternative. Complementary and alternative medicine has been rising in popularity since the 1970s, in part because it seeks to treat diseases more holistically. In fact, some practices don't distinguish particular causes or symptoms and instead approach general wellbeing. In traditional Eastern theory, qi is the vital energy that flows through the body along 12 main meridians, named after Chinese rivers. Illnesses are caused by blockages in its flow. The practice of acupuncture is that of inserting small needles at some 365 basic pressure points in the body to correct imbalances in qi.
Think of the ingredients for your favorite recipe. There's probably butter, salt and other stuff you'd find in the various aisles at Stop and Shop. What about liquid nitrogen or sodium alginate? I bet your recipe needs a skillet - why not trade it in for a thermal immersion circulator?
On Patriots' Day, that glorious Massachusetts and Maine?only holiday when two states get to bask in our New England eliteness while the rest of the country suffers a painstaking case of the "Mondays," I undertook the most grueling task I have ever faced, one that promised to test - and likely break - my every will and push me to a breaking point never before experienced.
Dear Jack and Hannah, Due to a combination of lack of sleep and Adderall, my grip on reality has become increasingly tenuous. Given the number of surreal things that happen in college anyway, how do I differentiate between reality and hallucinations? Sincerely, Delusional in Dowling
