8th Issue A Super Bowl Play-by-Play From the Mind of an Ad Student by Lindsey Frick | February 8, 2010 6

By the end of reading this article, you will be presented with a naked girl. Still reading? Good. … I lied. Still Reading? …. …………… …………………….. … Darn. Hi mom. I knew you’d still be here. Clearly, I don’t have GoDaddy.com’s touch, but they’ve done it again. They taken the seemingly boring world of web [...](read more...)

8th Issue Undiscovered or Forgotten: Good Food on Campus by The Quad | February 8, 2010 0

By Nicole D’Alessandro, Rachel Stine, and Heather Vandenengel We all know the feeling. It’s dark and cold outside, but it’s late and you’re hungry. You don’t feel like going very far, so you opt for the old standbys: the GSU, Raising Cane’s, Uburger, Panera, Qdoba. Don’t get us wrong; that stuff is good. But there [...](read more...)

8th Issue Stay Safe for V-Day by Jackie Reiss | February 8, 2010 0

Valentine’s Day is pretty much synonymous with crazy, no-boundaries, twist-your-body-into-unnatural-positions sex. It’s also assumed that if you have a lover, you’re probably going to want to take multiple romps in the sack. But while Americans have been educated on preventing pregnancy and the contraction of sexually transmitted infections, there are multiple maladies you can contract [...](read more...)

8th Issue The Small Screens of Boston: Movie Venues Outside of Fenway by Monica Castillo | February 8, 2010 2

It used to be that going out to the movies was a nice, inexpensive way for you and your friends to hang out or an affordable getaway with that special someone. But thanks to soaring prices and ho-hum movie options, you’re more likely to have fun just staying home with a well chosen Netfilx option. [...](read more...)

8th Issue It Isn’t Just Once a Year: Romantic Courtship in the Animal Kingdom by The Quad | February 8, 2010 2

By Caitlin Clancy and Rebecca Tarvin As Valentine’s Day approaches, an old cliché comes to mind: Love is in the air. Yet what is seldom appreciated is that love is always in our genes, our chemistry, our evolutionary past, our very nature. This is true of many animal species, who appear to partake in some [...](read more...)

8th Issue Working Against the Literary Stereotype by Patricia Ball | February 7, 2010 1

On a recent episode of the popular television show “How I Met Your Mother,” the protagonist, Ted Mosby, laments on the perils of the dating life. He says, “When you date someone, it’s like you’re taking one long course in who that person is, and then when you break up, all that stuff becomes useless. [...](read more...)

8th Issue For the Love of TV… I Guess by Bailey Sheats | February 7, 2010 4

The verdict is in. Don’t be embarrassed, I won’t tell anyone, just be honest. How much television do you watch per week? I’ve tallied my votes and yes, this is my final answer: I have a whopping 15 hours of TV that I must watch every week, not counting the hours upon hours of just [...](read more...)

8th Issue Creative Submission: Portraits of Strangers by Rachel Stine | February 7, 2010 3

The task is simple: Use a continuous line to draw a complete stranger.  Draw anything about that stranger: his or her face, hands, entire body.  Draw anywhere: on toilet paper, on post-its, on windows or chalk boards.  From that one line, a shape is created, then a face, and at last an entire drawing and [...](read more...)