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This column was inspired by an essay prompt from Professor Douglas Kriner’s PO 317 course on American Presidential Leadership. The comparison between Presidents John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Barack Obama is …
Read MoreChristmas has its fair share of interesting yet impractical technological gifts. But, this one just might take the cake for Nuttiest Christmas Gift of 2009. And no, I don’t mean …
Read MoreLast year, without Kevin Garnett, the Boston Celtics were unceremoniously booted from the NBA’s Eastern Conference Semifinals. This year, a hungry Garnett helped guide the C’s to an 8-0 start. …
Read MoreAh Thanksgiving. A tradition started by Pilgrims and Indians so many years ago. Though their first dinner paved the way for many more bellies to be filled with delicious food, …
Read MoreFrom all of us at the Quad. We hope you’re home stuffing yourself with all kinds of delicious goodness. But while you’re doing that, we’re working hard on our fifth …
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While personally debating the cute quality of one Miss. Taylor Swift, I stumbled upon a shocking fact: HER DATE OF BIRTH. It seems that Taylor and I were both born …
Read MoreI can’t stay mad at a movie that features a sentient CGI swimming pool, a zombie Santa Claus, and Cameron Diaz with a deformed foot and a fake Southern accent.
Read MoreThe local band The Novel Ideas just finished their new album The Sky is a Field, and they’ve decided to release it on the Internet for free. Led by Boston …
Read MoreIt’s as American as apple pie, voting for celebrity dancers and engaging in protracted overseas conflicts: watching football on Thanksgiving! As tradition dictates on every last Thursday in November, Americans …
Read MoreMy personal taste in movies has varied greatly during my short twenty years on this earth. But to tell you the truth, I really don’t understand the world’s obsession with …
Read MoreWARNING: This review begins with a Limp Bizkit reference.
Read MoreLast night, Woodstock, New York natives The Felice Brothers played a show at the Paradise with folk compatriot Willy Mason. Mason’s set was okay but not great- a pretty standard …
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