“As I tapped the green Spotify icon, my phone slowed, froze, and—knowing the all-too-familiar next step before it occurred—my screen turned black.”
Recognizing BC Exceptionalism
“More nefarious, however, (and more controversial) are the ways in which our BC Exceptionalism blindly trains the next generation of American exceptionalists.”
ACC Has Its Contenders, but Perhaps It’s Not as Good as We All Think
The ACC is frequently labeled as the toughest league in all of college basketball by fans, players, and coaches alike, but, once again, the conference has been exposed when it matters most: March.
The Benefit of Imitating Our Idols
“When we neglect the possibility of drawing inspiration from the personas and atmospheres that precede us, we refuse to acknowledge the splendor of any life before ours.”
How Medical Authorities Contribute to the Opioid Crisis
“It is not until the entire public understands the complexities of the circumstances from which addictions arise that we can begin to approach solutions and treatment with a sense of compassion.”
In Wake of NCAA Recruitment Scandal, One-and-Done Rule Must Go
Yahoo! Sports’ recent report, detailing the NCAA recruitment expenditure scandal, is a sign that now’s a better time than ever for the NBA to get rid of its one-and-done rule.
Protecting Free Speech in College
“In the Twentieth century, radical leftists were ostracized, but today, people target anyone from a moderately right leaning politician to a classical libertarian.”
Respecting the “Can Lady” in The Mods
“Clearly the cans and bottles outside the Mods are a reliable form of revenue for desperate people, but that doesn’t mean we can treat the people who collect them like trash.”
Appreciating BC After Studying Abroad
“Soon enough, you’ll be tossed into the world as a new graduate with a full time job and rent payments, and you will crave those study days in O’Neill with stacks of case studies to read alongside your goofy best friends from freshman year.”
Mattress Firm’s Name Is Officially Not a Pun
“I don’t know whether it bothered me more that she had used a dictionary against me, her “fine friend;” that she had turned part of the response into a marketing opportunity; or that she used the pun bed-ginning—mediocre at best—after spending an entire paragraph telling me that Mattress Firm wasn’t a pun.”