By Molly Mirhashem Growing up an Iranian American was, originally, not all that momentous. When I was a young child, it simply meant that no one would ever be able to pronounce my last name. Of my parents, only my father is Iranian. He never successfully taught me any Farsi, and, growing up in New Hampshire, I certainly wasn’t exposed to much Iranian culture. So for a good while, I didn’t feel that connected to my heritage. People would frequently tell me, “You don’t look Iranian,” and honestly, for much of the beginning of my life, I didn’t really feel Iranian. In this regard, everything changed after the September 11th...
An open letter re: Greek Festival
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This letter is, first and foremost, intended to help the Greek Festival food truck parked at College Ave. and Talbot Ave. be the most successful food truck it can be. We are not in any way proposing that unfettered free-market capitalism is the true and right way for the world to be, and we find free-market capitalism in its essence to be a bogus and often socially harmful process. We are also not, in any way, calling out Moe’s. We like/love Moe’s and wish it the best. All that being said, we are really hurting as we watch this new food truck blow it in a big way, and we want to help. We have seen this campus drunk and hungry, and we...
Nonpartisan Nonsense...
posted by admin
Every four years, when a presidential election is around the corner, dissatisfaction with party politics resurfaces. After watching party members clobber one another for months, only to coalesce during the death-match with the opposite party, pundits and voters begin to wax lyrical about a...
Thoughts from Tunisi...
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What I saw and did not see in the streets of Tunis on the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution’s apex encapsulates nearly every major issue facing the country today. Just one year after a populist surge ousted former dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, the streets bustled with hopeful...
The (New) Age of Dis...
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At some point, everyone experiences that disappointing, moment when, for the first time, admired leaders let their veil of morality and wisdom slip, revealing their imperfections. This person might be a beloved teacher, an older sibling, a politician, a university administrator, or even the...
Life Through The Len...
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I can’t remember a time in my life before I had a camera. I’m sure there was one, but around the time I was able to start forming memories my parents gave me a present that would end up influencing me for years to come: a Fisher Price Perfect Shot. It had large handles on each side for...