Blogs
Blogs
Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
Blogs
Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
2015
Demystifying the Giant Magnet We Call Home
Author: Melina Devoney A basement hallway of the Norris Chemistry Building is lined with peculiar caution signs about Occidental’s multi-million dollar nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The...
2015
Turbulent Markets
Author: William Pottenger I believe there are three notable aspects of the global economy at the moment: emerging markets, the anxiety leading up to the United...
2015
Episode 4: Blurry Lines Between the Impossible, Improbable and Impermissible
Author: Melina Devoney Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they...
2016
Johnny Football: Icarus 2.0
Author: Devon Deraad The story of Icarus flying too close to the sun and melting his wings, only to come crashing back to earth, is a...
2013
The Good, the Bad, and the Hairy: Emmy Awards Fashion
Author: Noel Hemphill TV's biggest night, The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, took place this past Sunday evening in Los Angeles. Just miles away from our college...
2014
Frying Nemo: The Australian government dredging up controversy in the Great Barrier Reef
Author: Jill Goatcher The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It's so big, in fact, that you can see it from...
2014
‘House of Cards’ season two review: Toppled
Author: Mike Cosimano The second season of Netflix’s original series “House of Cards” seems to view its story with actual contempt. It knows where it wants...
2014
The worst of the East and the West: Expatriates Debate the Nature of Their City
Author: Ben Poor I celebrated Holi this year in a magical neighborhood of Delhi called Haus Kauz. Considering its relative safety, high number of gelaterias and...
