Rib Beef: Tickling
Tickling is a weird concept. On the one hand, you may have memories like your parents making you feel warm and fuzzy inside, laughing until...
Secondhand Embarrassment: Creative Coping
As someone burdened with the curse of secondhand embarrassment, I feel awkward and uncomfortable on others’ behalf more often than not. This can interfere with...
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Social incompetence.
by Ali MacLeod Not twenty minutes ago, I was in one of the single-occupant restrooms in Andrews. Doing what, you ask? Oh, you know, just...
Life Explained by An Amateur Sociologist: Hookup Culture
I am a sociologist. Okay, fine. I’m a sociologist-in-training. Okay, fine, I’m concentrating in Literary Arts and I’ve taken two sociology classes. Okay fine, one-and-a-half....
(Not Really) Confronting Your Roommate
Roommates are a hallmark of college living, as are the conflicts that naturally come with sharing 200 square feet with another human. But what do...
DAAAAAAMN Daniel, You’re Way Too Young
I’ll admit it. I hopped right on the band wagon of the viral Internet sensation, “Damn Daniel.” I found the whole premise funny: strategically filming...
Teaching Assistants and You
Teaching assistants. We all have them. We all simultaneously love them and hate the subject they teach. We can all thank them for providing incredibly...
30 Things That New York City Did to Me
I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Yes – within the city limits. I’m no suburban poseur. I’m not scared of urbanity. I’m a...
The Pablos of Life
So, Kanye’s album finally dropped, and in a very non-Kanye fashion, the album seems to be about not Yeezus himself, but some guy named Pablo....
How to Stalk Like a Parent
College introduces a lot of independence and freedom into most people’s lives. That means that breaks spent at home re-introduce restrictions that can sometimes be...