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The MadCap: ‘The Flood’
This week’s episode of Mad Men saw one of the era’s darkest days–the day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. After these past few weeks of tragedy in a year …
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The MadCap: ‘To Have And To Hold’
Mad Men has, to some degree, always been about transactions. More specifically, Mad Men is concerned with the buying and selling of happiness. Don Draper is a merchant of joy, creating desire where …
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Allston Pudding’s Marathon Relief Mixtape is a Good Thing
Boston has made it through an unimaginably horrible week. For five days, from the explosions on Marathon Monday, which claimed the lives of three innocent young people, until Friday night’s …
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The MadCap: ‘The Collaborators’
“What do you have to be guilty about?” “I’m a horrible person.” Characters on AMC’s Mad Men are falling back into old patterns, as they have done over and over again. It’s …
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The MadCap: ‘The Doorway’
“They ruined it, they ruined everything. I can’t imagine it getting any darker.” The MadCap is back, and the world of Mad Men is a dark one–and getting darker still. Teetering …
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Invisible Wounds: Mental Health and Stigma in the College Community
College is an intensified environment where students are at high risk of mental illness and emotional distress. Fortunately, many universities are taking steps to adjust to the changing needs of students, to make sure that they leave school in one piece and are ready for the challenges ahead.
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FASHION S(QUAD): Marching Forth
Welcome back from spring break! We at The Quad hope that your week was a sunny, Harmony Korine-esque fantasy filled with swimsuits and drinks with slices of fruit in them. …
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FASHION S(QUAD): Sick Duds
Sometimes it just takes one great piece to take an outfit from passable to head-turning. A great hat, a beautiful pair of pants, or a bright shoe are just a …
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FASHION S(QUAD): Playing Around
This weeks’s style scouting found BU Terriers having fun with fashion, mixing textures and colors like mad geniuses and even experimenting with shape. A voluminous coat in midnight wool made …
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Charlotte Free Defends Terry Richardson, is Part of the Problem
We at the Quad are not Terry Richardson’s biggest fans. He’s a creepy, threatening figure on the scene who has been accused multiple times of sexually assaulting his photographic subjects; …
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FASHION S(QUAD): After The Blizzard
The snow melted quickly after Blizzard Nemo’s record snowfalls last week, the weather becoming downright balmy throughout this week with 40-degree temperatures and lots of sun. This is a male-heavy …
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NYFW Fall Ready-To-Wear 2013: A Cast of Characters
New York Fashion Week for fall ready-to-wear collections never disappoint. These are the shows that explore the limits and variety of what we wear every day–they are brash, unexpected, and …
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