By Alia Al-Chalabi Growing up with parents from another country is amazing because of the different foods I get to try. My mom is from Istanbul, Turkey and the thing I miss most about home is the elaborate breakfast spreads she would prepare. It’s the perfect thing to eat in the morning, and it’s super […]
Read More →It wasn’t until I started college three years ago that I first celebrated Thanksgiving; here are my thoughts on this holiday.
Read More →If your family is anything like my family, you’ll be bringing a ton of Thanksgiving leftovers back to college with you. But who wants to eat a turkey sandwich every day until winter break? No one. I’ve found a few recipes to transform your leftovers into something you might want to eat every day. […]
Read More →Patty Jenkins made history this summer when she became the first woman to direct a superhero movie. But women have been making a splash in the independent film world for quite some time. Here are six films directed by women that are perfect to watch on a chilly fall day — all you need is […]
Read More →1. Stuffing This is a food I will never understand. People use Thanksgiving as an excuse to consume a mass of soggy bread that successfully incubates every pathogen that should be cooked out of a turkey. Additionally, the fact that you have to shove said stuffing into the turkey from the bottom up is incredibly […]
Read More →By Claudia Pascual As a Hillary Clinton supporter, I ask myself not what she can do for this country, but who will join her to govern the country. Hillary alone cannot change America: it takes a team to decide and shape its norms and future values. I hope she chooses a team of powerful women […]
Read More →It is a scary time to be a Muslim, and it’s an even scarier time to be a Muslim woman of color. This election season, harmful rhetorics about these aspects of my identity are spewed around mindlessly by politicians. The most disappointing part about this is the support they garner and the racist voices that […]
Read More →We have entered the era of one episode never being enough. We live in a time where we can never be satisfied with not knowing what happens next, but how has this constant yearning for knowledge developed into such an extreme case of binge-watching? Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services have let us into the […]
Read More →The Atlantic’s Kathy Gilsinan published what the magazine calls an “A&Q,” a spinoff of the traditional Q&A. Rather than directly answering the posed questions, Saturday’s A&Q explored the complications and convolutions of a given subject matter. Gilsinan’s A&Q focused on the complex topic of terrorism. Specifically, she wondered how the world should be responding to acts […]
Read More →By Sanah Faroke, Staff Writer @sanahfaroke Thanksgiving is the one time of year when you can eat as much as you want and not feel guilty about it. Naturally, it’s one of my favorite holidays. There’s so much to choose from at Thanksgiving dinner; from turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to arroz con gandules, ensalada […]
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