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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...

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...

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...

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...

Alternative to the alternative vacation: Eco-agro tourism in the Galapagos

Author: Ella Fornari Over the past 20 years, the Galapagos have become synonymous with eco-tourism. The Charles Darwin Research Station reported that the number of visitors...

Why do we learn foreign languages by writing?

Author: Lena Smith On my first day of French class in seventh grade, I learned a simple exchange: "Bonjour, ca va? Oui, ca va bien." I...

All-Blacks All the Time

Author: Tim O'Donnell The first thing one notices (aside from the familiar faces of Elijah Wood and Peter Jackson telling Air New Zealand passengers to fasten...

Lipstick, Nylons, and a Queenly Identity: On Susan Pevensie of Narnia, Feminism, and Humanity

Author: Eileen Lee Disclaimer: There will be much nerdery in this post, and it will become quite evident that some person in particular is a very...

Gringa in Havana

Author: Jane Drinkard First, I want to preface this blog series by saying that if you're looking for commentary on Cuban politics, this is not the...

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Author: William Pottenger According to an Oct. 6 report from the Financial Times, the twelve members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) reached an agreement on an...

Central Bankers

Author: William Pottenger Paul Krugman, an American economist and op-ed columnist for the New York Times, wrote an interesting piece this past summer about how central...

Super Bowl 50 and The Year of Cam

Author: Devon Deraad Cam Newton is the star of the moment and has been on his fans' consciousnesses for five years now — it's thus time...