Feeling inspired by the Boston Marathon? Desperate to get in beach body shape for this summer? Sick of your usual hometown road races? Check out these summer races in and around Boston, mark your calendars, and start training! The One Run (Boston, MA) – Saturday,…
Only at this moment can I begin To fully understand and comprehend Where I have been and hope to be When this whole thing comes to an end. Now those times when I felt lost, And failed to account for the cost Of actions (even…
“No matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home” – Creed Bratton TV finales are tricky. Comedy series are even trickier. While dramas tend to go out with a bang that series…
In my suite this year, Law & Order: SVU marathons became a habit. With 272 episodes of the hit crime show available on Netflix, my roommates and I would crowd around the television and press play. Sometimes the intention was to watch just one episode as a study break,…
You know how there are “military brats”—the kids that have lived everywhere from Alaska to Indonesia, and almost every military base in between? Well, I guess you could call me a university brat. Now, I can’t say I’ve lived anywhere as interesting as Alaska (though…
Time is a tricky little devil. This morning, while eating breakfast at my parents’ kitchen counter, I came to a couple of shocking realizations. I’m just as far from high school graduation as I am close to Commencement at BC. All of those cool juniors…
A thought occurred to me the other day during class in a building I had grown accustomed to over the past four years: I’ll be a freshman again next year. For many that reach this point, school appears to have been a vicious cycle of beginning from…
What do John Kerry, Amy Poehler, and Barack Obama all have in common? For months, they have been the subjects of fierce debates around Mod kitchen tables about prospects for this year’s commencement speaker. Amidst arguments over John Kerry’s alma mater, the significance of My…
For months, I thought about how it would feel to run the Boston Marathon. Now, two weeks after the tragedy that occurred at the finish line this year, it’s still hard to me to process. As I approached mile 25 with two of my friends…
Before I dive into the mushy stuff, I just wanted to clarify that this is not my last article. Being a second semester senior and an English major, finals would not be as bearable without some recreational writing. There won’t be a “last article” either.…
On Tuesday morning, our field reporter and her cohort waited in line for Macklemore tickets, risking life and limb for a chance to meet the esteemed tag-popper. This is a log of her entirely unnecessary saga. 4:30 AM: I am roused by traditional battle hymns…
There have been dozens of fast food ads promoting the higher quality of their products. Many of these emphasize the importance of the fact that their products are in fact “real” (that was the subject of an edition of Bothered last year). Dominos has taken…
I recently wrote an article my visit to the Shake Shack. The food was quite good as was the milkshake, but I expressed some disdain for the high price of my meal. It’s not exactly news that the price of food, especially desserts, has skyrocketed…
5 Summer Races to Keep You Moving
Feeling inspired by the Boston Marathon? Desperate to get in beach body shape for this…
Before the Finish Line
For months, I thought about how it would feel to run the Boston Marathon. Now,…
Thoughts on The Office Finale
“No matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this…
Falling into the Trap of TV Marathons
In my suite this year, Law & Order: SVU marathons became a habit. With 272 episodes of…
