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Author: Amalie Steidley

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Best Books for Winter Break: Presidents, Romance, and Lots of Weed

December 17, 2012October 25, 2014 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

The past few weeks have passed in a blur of caffeine, exhaustion, and highlighted text. Classes are drawing to a close, and brains are throbbing as students attempt to stuff …

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Men And Feminism: A Personal Essay on Finding a Common Ground

November 19, 2012October 25, 2014 - by Amalie Steidley - 5 Comments.

The word “feminist” is a loaded one. For some, the word is associated with hairy legs, burning bras, and aggressively intolerant women who march through the streets crying out for …

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The Gender Gap and the “Great Recession”

October 22, 2012October 25, 2014 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

Women’s employment is a hot topic. In the last presidential debate, Mitt Romney set the Internet ablaze with his response to a question about women in the workforce. His “binders …

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CGS is More Than Meets the Eye

September 24, 2012October 25, 2014 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

If you walk into the lobby of the College of General Studies sometime in the next few days, you’ll hear a voice floating through the air. A video plays on …

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Gotta Have That Swing: A Guide to Getting Your Groove On in Boston

April 2, 2012April 1, 2012 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

Everyone needs to get down every once in a while. Luckily for Boston University students, Beantown is the town to get down. Whether you like to shake a tailfeather, bust …

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The Invisible Wounds of War: Mental Health in the Military

March 26, 2012January 20, 2013 - by Amalie Steidley - 2 Comments.

In the early morning hours of March 11, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales walked off his combat outpost in rural Afghanistan and allegedly murdered 17 people, assaulting six more. He was formally …

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All My Politically Empowered Ladies: A Discussion of Women in Politics

February 12, 2012February 12, 2012 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

Abigail Adams’ letters to her husband are the stuff of legend—none more so than the letter that famously exhorted her husband to “remember the ladies.” For thousands of years, the …

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Don’t Print That: An Interview with the Dear Abbeys

November 11, 2011November 11, 2011 - by Amalie Steidley - 1 Comment

The Dear Abbeys may not need an introduction. The all-male acapella group is well known on campus, to say the least; they routinely play to standing-room only audiences. Many a …

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BU Stories: Project Mailbox’s Nick Dougherty

October 31, 2011October 30, 2011 - by Amalie Steidley - 1 Comment

What is red and white and made for change? Project Mailbox, a 3 ½ ft-tall cast iron mailbox that has taken up residence in front of University Grill. BU Stories …

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Book It to the Boston Book Festival

October 17, 2011October 17, 2011 - by Amalie Steidley - 1 Comment

Books, quite frankly, are awesome. They are doorways to other worlds; they are reservoirs of knowledge. They are almost always better than the movie. The Boston Book Festival (BBF) was …

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The Best of All Possible Shows: Candide at the Huntington

October 13, 2011October 13, 2011 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

Take a sunny, bright-eyed optimist. Throw him in a world full of warmongering Bulgarians, bloodthirsty Portuguese and thieving Dutch. Mix in one true love, some lecherous clergy and a few …

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Boston University Students Occupy Boston

October 11, 2011October 12, 2011 - by Amalie Steidley - Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Boston University students joined hundreds of other college students in an Occupy Boston march protesting corporate corruption and the rising cost of college education. The BU students gathered in …

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