With college admissions getting more and more selective, inevitably, more and more students will receive the dreaded apology letter that comes with a rejection from their choice university. It’s no secret...
Over the last year, I've seen a fair amount of posts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram making jokes about “basic” teenage girls. According to these posts, the average basic girl wears...
One of the most divisive social debates of our time could soon be coming to a close, at least from a legal standpoint. The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the legalization of same-sex marriage in June,...
The native Māori people of New Zealand traditionally introduce themselves in their native language of Te Reo by first describing the geographical features of their home environment, such as a mountain...
Well, I did it. I actually managed to get through my first semester of college mostly unscathed. In just a few days, I’ll be on a plane back to south Florida, not worrying about homework or how many...
I got the idea to write this weekly column for The Daily Free Press during a pensive moment in the shower last semester. I had just landed a full-time co-op position with The Boston Globe as a metro correspondent,...
A Harvard Business School professor had a meltdown after discovering he was overcharged $4 for Chinese food from Sichuan Garden in Brookline. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what minor annoyance...
The applause directed at Rolling Stone magazine for documenting the story of “Jackie,” a University of Virginia student who was allegedly gang-raped by several fraternity brothers at a house party,...
I’ve already exhausted my one Britney Spears joke for the semester, but here I am at a crossroads.
The whole matter is weighed down with a grim awareness: perhaps for the first time in my life, this...
After a legendary career starring in television classics such as “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids,” “The Cosby Show” and “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” Bill Cosby, at age 77, was in the middle...
All semester, I have been sharing my opinions on various public health problems and why they are so important. For my last column of the semester, I am going to tackle a bigger question: why do we need...
As of Saturday, the 2014 midterm elections are finally over. Louisiana closed out this election season with U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) defeating incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana)....
