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Navigating the Bully Pulpit

Few authors are as iconic, as respected, and as universally lauded as Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a young White House intern in the Johnson administration, […]

January 24, 2014

Always Stick to the Buddy System

Dear Rebecca, It’s my senior spring and I need to pass a science credit. But I intend to spend all my time outside of class watching Netflix hungover in bed and wooing the cute junior I just have to get with before Last Chance Dance! What do I do? xoxo, Humanities Hillary

January 17, 2014

The View from the Farm

Farms can play home to a variety of crops and animals. Those who know me well might think that I am referring to the yak farm I spent some time on last year. However, over 400 acres in the Hudson Valley, there is a farm that raises something stranger than hairy beasts--art.

January 17, 2014

Low Resolution

We wake up on New Year’s Day believing that yes--yes!--this is the day that we will kiss all our flaws goodbye. Suddenly we start tallying up everything we don’t like about ourselves. Hello again, insecurities! We imagine our year will only be successful if we become better people immediately.

January 17, 2014

AARON Z. LEWIS
Dreaming of a White Wine Christmas

  My older sister Kiera’s wine preferences have long been the butt of many family jokes. Ever since she began drinking wine like that on […]

December 6, 2013

Matthew McConaughey: Rom-Com to All-Out Dram

It’s hard to overlook Matthew McConaughey’s devilishly good looks, and it would be remiss to say that his chiseled features and Adonis-like golden locks haven’t […]

December 6, 2013

The Election of 2012: Up Close and Personal

For months — years, perhaps — political junkies and bored randos waited with bated breath for the latest book by veteran journalists Mark Halperin and […]

December 6, 2013

PUSHING THE PALETTE KNIFE: Locking Out the Competition

No, I don’t want my cousin’s best friend’s brother’s preschool girlfriend to sleep in my room this weekend.

November 21, 2013

HER GRACE'S TASTE: Drop the Bass, Not the Football

You woke up with a song in your heart this morning because the WKND you’ve been waiting for all year has just begun. Yes folks, it’s the Harvard-Yale game. Though I trust you are already singing Cole Porter’s “Bulldog” and “Bright College Years,” the real question this WKND is — what other tunes will be blaring from your speakers? So here’s a guide for all you musically challenged people to make sure your best H-Y WKND ever will have the best soundtrack ever.

November 21, 2013

ASK REBECCA: A Different Kind of Face Time

I’m so glad you asked me about this. Your question is particularly timely, because we all know that next weekend at The Game, no one’s phone will get reception in the tailgate area. So let me help you prepare yourself for a phoneless Saturday next week. And, if it goes well, I highly recommend that you make time away from your phone part of your routine. What would it be like to go without technology one day a week? Well, I can’t exactly answer that for you, but I can share my experiences.

November 15, 2013

SPLIT | SCREEN: Sympathy for the Devil

It’s hard to do TV horror; maybe there’s something about its rhythms of terror and catharsis that doesn’t mesh with hour-long serialized programming. The most well-known examples are long gone but enduringly buzzy, and even these can be tough going. When my sister and I tried to dive into the iconic and fetishistic “Twin Peaks,” the first pair of episodes was so emotionally exhausting that it turned back our best faith efforts. Should’ve checked it out on Hulu before getting her the DVDs for Christmas. Shouldn’t have watched it at night.

November 15, 2013