Last Friday, as I emerged from the Harvard T-stop at ground level to join the throngs of tourists and students hurrying through the square, the
“If it bleeds, it reads” is the mantra that US marketing and media live by today. The media knows that it exists in an increasingly
The generation of millennial hipsters is notoriously progressive—or at least it pretends to be. According to a recent research study conducted by Harvard, this generation
A local health board’s proposal to ban the sale of all tobacco products made Westminster—a small town in central Massachusetts—a surprisingly fierce battleground in the
As most women age, wiry hairs crawl across their scalps, marking the snowy passage of time. They’re white dwarves, stars in their final evolutionary
Out of injustice rises powerful resistance. The Oslo Freedom Forum, held each year in Norway, gathers the leaders of human rights campaigns and political movements
My lips graze the water and my toes graze the floor, kicking at the wall of the neighborhood pool. I return to the air and
The entertainment landscape is dominated by spectacle; violence, gore, and gratuitous sex are preferred. In the news media industry, which ostensibly has the onus of
As Americans, there are a number of things we associate with Iran: fundamentalism, oppression, deception, irrationality, and brutality. America and Iran are fundamental opposites: they
As we ride the Joey towards Davis Square, Tufts students risk missing a monument to mortality just outside the bus windows. Doherty Funeral Home’s position
As the number of Tufts applicants continues to rise, a different number holds steady: the four percent transfer rate. Despite the school’s surge in popularity,