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