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...cigar and a seat, congratulations – you’ve reached people-watching Valhalla. Even if psychology is not your forte, you’ll be drawn in by the social machinations around you. Of course, if you are female, you’ll get to participate first-hand. Over the course of an hour, FM met three different men, all of whom were named Guido. Yes, you will find una bella fuma (a good smoke) here, but the real reward’s the company...
Despite nearly 30 years of opportunity for serious reflection on hip-hop as a social and cultural phenomenon, there has been little meaningful intellectual engagement with hip-hop as it exists today. Lacking the first-hand knowledge or acumen to constructively evaluate the culture, hip-hop intellectualism has largely descended into romanticized reflection or hackneyed criticism. As both a hip-hop performer and intellectual, my goal with this series of pieces on hip-hop is to seriously delve into the culture without irresponsibly romanticizing it or unfairly denigrating...
Recently, Katherine E. Felkins ’08 got a first-hand experience while flying home for Veterans Day weekend from Boston to Philadelphia. At Logan Airport, she was selected for a secondary screening. Felkins says she was physically patted-down by a male screener who asked her to remove her sweater. Despite being forced to reveal a “tight t-shirt [that made it clear] I wasn’t hiding anything under it,” screeners decided “they had to pat [my] chest down and everything.” The whole process...
...Very few people have the kind of first-hand experience with the UN—its successes and failures—as Ambassador Gold does,” she said...
Thompson has first-hand experience in the volcanic field. She regales friends and acquaintances with the adventures she had while researching in Hawaii, especially the time she braved a renegade lava flow to rescue her team’s lava samples and research tools. She jokes that it is the only time that a movie has proved realistic—referencing Pierce Brosnan’s character’s girlfriend’s similar sacrifice in the notoriously awful Dante’s Peak...