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“A Groundhog Day Presidency”

Obama’s place is at the podium in today’s America. Last Tuesday night at the IOP, I booed President Obama. Of course, I cheered wildly at much of what he was saying, too. His practical, logical...

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Counterpoint: Use Your Common Sense

Why Ron Paul is the wrong choice in 2012. Let’s play a game. Don’t worry, it’s easy! It just takes a bit of common sense to answer these questions. Do you remember what happened the last time that the...

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Point: Tidbitization Is the Way of the Future

Read the opposing opinion here. Most of my friends make fun of me for actually appreciating and using Twitter. “It’s unnecessary,” they say. Some think I’m a Belieber (a member of the shapeless mass of...

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The State of Shameless Racism Today

America’s racists are still here, and they aren’t going anywhere soon. “I don’t have a problem with people using food stamps.” She’s pretty; her long, straight hair bounces in a few triangular points...

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Too Warm a Winter?: Yes

As I write this, the digital weather station that sits on my parents’ coffee table is silently blinking out some very bad news. “3.15.12. 18.2ºC PRESSURE FALLING”. It is showing us a crude drawing of...

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Dr. Faustus: An Academi-Comedy

Studying comedy, satire, and humor at an occasionally unfunny place. From a literary perspective, comedians have something unique to offer their readers; they present the world in an unusual light,...

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Repopulating Washington

What awaits America in the 2012 election? Courtesy of Jarek Tuszynski. It seems as though the quadrennial event that all Americans eagerly await has already been decided—at least within the liberal...

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Pooh’s House To Be Torn Down

Horror of horrors: the Faust administration, colluding with the diabolical forces of Yard Operations, has decided to cut down perhaps the most important tree in our little Hundred Acre Wood (or,...

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NYT Launches Chinese Site; Cambridge Tourism Guide Among First Articles

Well, I mean, it makes sense. Check out the article and see what you’re missing as you wander Cambridge and Boston. Translated (from the original English version, posted last November): To some extent,...

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SOCH’s Off

Couches, candy, and comfort at Harvard’s new student center. Photos by Gary Gerbrandt. Danny Bicknell addressed a small crowd of students, administrators, and confused Quadlings attempting to study in...

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