by Jennifer Brown | November 16, 2009
(No Ratings Yet)From his rusty-red haircut and 70’s-style paisley pants to his feisty and fearless onstage antics, Boston University student and musician Dan Macdonald (Spitzer Space Telescope) keeps people on the edge of their seats. Spitzer’s musical path began at BU his freshman year when he played shows at BU Central open mic nights. His uncommon and energetic [...](read more...)
by Colin Scully | November 16, 2009 (No Ratings Yet)“I think that a lot of people feel like the point of life is to be happy, or comfortable, or something like that, whereas I am highly suspicious of those things. All other things being equal I like being happy, but the problem is, all other things are not equal — probably happiness comes at [...](read more...)
by Melody Tran | November 16, 2009 (No Ratings Yet)Many students were surprised to come back to campus this September and find large, lit up, red pillar-like figures pointing out campus destinations. The purpose of these incredibly high-budgeted pillars replacing the equally high-budgeted gold leaf signs that still adorn some of the buildings? The classic case of re-branding. As with any change to any brand, there [...](read more...)
by Emily Jones | November 16, 2009 (No Ratings Yet)Article by both Emily Jones and Heidi Lee Pumpkins, similar in growth patterns to watermelons, require an extensive network of vine to produce fruit. I remember the one softball-sized watermelon that caused undue happiness in our gardening family, even though our pumpkin vines never produced anything. Today most fresh pumpkins an American consumer will encounter are [...](read more...)
by Jackie Reiss | November 16, 2009 (No Ratings Yet)I’ve always been torn when it comes to paying the check on a date: do I graciously let the man pick up the tab? Do I offer to split the bill? Do I insist on paying? Recently, my internal struggle is more pronounced than it was in high school. As a constantly broke college student, [...](read more...)
by Gabe Stein | November 15, 2009 (No Ratings Yet)Feeling that we didn’t have a good submission for this issue, we asked for creative submissions at the last minute — just a few days before release — and although a number of talented artists submitted, the poem DNA by Joseph Forbes (SMG ‘10) in particular caught our eye. His poem contains a mix [...](read more...)
