GIRL, 20: She’s a Leo, all right
On July 27, 1992, I came into this world (okay, into St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, if you call that the world) slightly premature under a constellation that resembled a lion, right in between my lunar and rising signs, Cancer and Virgo. I was destined to embody an astrological sign known for its audacity, creativity, [...]
FONTANA: Safe travels
Lauryn Gilroy and Anne Whiting: These two have been pestering me for years to write a column about them. So my last piece for the FreeP seems as good a time as any, I suppose. But what’s so special about them? Well, on the outside they appear to be just two normal American girls. They [...]
MARK: An unbroken series of successful gestures
“The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.”-Daniel Webster Conclusions are the easiest part of any essay. I love writing conclusions because it’s where you can make grand sweeping statements. All the technical maneuvers of the body are [...]
SMITH: Gay rights and the American athlete
In the last several months, the U.S. has had some of its most meaningful discussions on the issue of gay rights. It started before the 2012 elections, when President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to declare his support for same-sex marriage. It then continued into 2013 with the widely publicized Supreme Court hearings [...]
MARASCO: It must have been aliens
I winced when I saw the comments the mother of the Tsarneav brothers made last week about the Boston Marathon bombings — how it was all fake and her sons were being framed because they’re Muslim. Oh boy. Really? You really believe that? The conspiracy theory mentality is absolutely fascinating. How are people able to [...]
