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The ComiQuad: Local Spotlight on Randall Trang

February 5, 2014February 6, 2014 - by Jon Erik Christianson - Leave a Comment

Boom! Wham! Pow! The ComiQuad , having (mostly) escaped the clutches of criminal mastermind “Senior Year,” has triumphantly returned! This time, it brings with it a new superpower: local artist spotlights! The CQ’s …

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Catching Up with Topaz Jones

February 4, 2014February 3, 2014 - by Evan Tuohey - Leave a Comment

Last October, New York-based hip-hop artist Topaz Jones performed at Boston University’s BU Central and was interviewed by The Quad’s very own Jon Giardiello. In that interview, Jones talked about …

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Why We Love the Humans of New York

February 4, 2014February 3, 2014 - by Andrew Olson Evans - Leave a Comment

The hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale once said: “Today you will meet a beautiful stranger. Actually hundreds of beautiful strangers. Everyone is beautiful and you know almost none of …

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Bay State: Not the Road, the TV Show

February 3, 2014October 25, 2014 - by Corinne Keer - Leave a Comment

Campus drug wars, prostitution rings, the tragic death of President Bennett (guest star Dean Elmore),  backstabbing and, of course, entwined love lives: Bay State—BU’s “guiltiest pleasure”—has seen it all. Part …

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Should the Smartest Voices in the Room be Silent?

February 3, 2014October 25, 2014 - by Jake Lucas - 1 Comment

Not a day goes by we don’t face value-based decision on what we eat or how we interact with the natural environment. Those choices are not always clear on a …

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SMG’s 14th Annual Casino Night: Greed, Glamour, and Giving Back

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 - by Michelle Cheng - Leave a Comment

There is endless appeal to wealth and glamour. The idealistic traits of our consumer culture attract us to the American Dream and repel us from its decaying moral values. Extravagance …

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Bursting the Bubble: Somerville

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 - by Vijayta Narang - Leave a Comment

You might ask yourself, “What’s so special about Somerville that I should make a 40-minute commute through the Arctic tundra that is the outside world at present to get there?” …

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The Importance of Diverse, Women-Led Shows

February 3, 2014October 25, 2014 - by Brie Garcia - Leave a Comment

Do you happen to remember watching The Proud Family when you were growing up? Maybe you even caught a glimpse of That’s So Raven? I know when both shows came …

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Annual amateur Super Bowl live blog show great job!

February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 - by Jake Lucas - Leave a Comment

That’s it folks. Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos, 8. For the first time, the Seahawks have won a Super Bowl. Thanks for reading. I hope you learned something. If not, …

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Over the Top: An Interview with Patrick Collins of Dirty Dirges

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 - by Charlotte Holley - 2 Comments.

It seems appropriate to begin this piece with a joke about the grit and grime that is Allston, MA. From its dark, sweaty basements to its charming population of cockroaches …

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Celebrity Schadenfreude: Rejoicing At The Failures Of People We Don’t Even Know

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 - by Yasmin Gentry - 1 Comment

The late American writer Gore Vidal claimed: “It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”

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That’s a Wrap: Celebrity Burrito Roller Showdown at Anna’s Taqueria

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 - by Carly Sitrin - Leave a Comment

There’s only one place in Boston where a ballerina, columnist, Top Chef competitor, lead guitarist, @bostontweet, and RadioBDC personality convene and compete in a burrito rolling showdown. Anna’s Taqueria, a …

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