Crimson staff writer
Wendy K.X. Chen
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The Word: Intoxication
It was a brilliant azure morning in early June when I stepped into the Latin Quarter with little more than a name and a metro stop to guide me. I had arrived two days earlier, and Paris still felt like a city of pure, overwhelming sensation. I drank in its sights and sounds with the eagerness of a newly hatched bird.
Infinitely Lost: Following David Foster Wallace to Boston’s Back Bay
Standing at the intersection of Boylston St. and Mass. Ave. I realized that I was infinitely lost. Originally, I had...
Students on the Trail
To be at the center of a movement, to work in constant collaboration with a community of people who believe in one goal, with one election in mind—it is this larger purpose of the campaign that drives these students.
Rhetoric Watch: Bibi's "Red Line"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (known affectionately as “Bibi”) went for a direct hit in a speech at the United Nations last month when he sternly advocated for a “red line” to be drawn on Iran’s nuclear program: a point after which the program would no longer be tolerated.
Poetry, by Stacked Books
Inspired by artist Nina Katchadourian, FM Writers compile prose to make verse, creating poetry out of book titles.
Scene & Heard: Best Foot Forward at the ICA's First Fridays
Like so many birds of paradise, Boston’s pretty young things and cultured grand dames flocked to the Institute of Contemporary Art for its First Fridays: Fashion Forward event.
The Etiquette of Morning Manners
In order to avoid early-morning hatred for friends, blockmates, and not-so-innocent bystanders, you should first identify the type of riser with whom you are interacting and proceed to practic proper morning etiquette accordingly.
15 Cutest Pets
The cuties are coming! Yes, in just a few days, the 2012 Fifteen Hottest Freshman will be revealed. In the meantime, let's feast our eyes upon cuties of the non-freshmen variety.