Recent Entries
Nudity in the Floating World
I’ll kick off my final blog with the following image: hairy, shriveled phalluses and sagging, postnatal breasts. Hundreds of them. Everywhere. P... read more
Super Villains, Evil Geniuses and Mad Scientists: A Case Study in Salman Rushdie
Pop culture is riddled with stories of geniuses and psychopaths, the exceptionally brilliant pitted against the raving loonies. It’s a standard ... read more
Islam the Muslim-- Good Luck Not Getting Confused When You Read This (or, "The Cat Stevens Article")
I was a sophomore in high school when a petite blonde rock n’ roll groupie introduced me to Cat Stevens. I’d heard Wild World and other hi... read more
The Axis of Evil (Minus North Korea): Arab Students Speak Up
The last scene I expected to see when walking into the Arab Student Union's International Education Week presentation was of four men, turbaned and he... read more
Rushdie: Society is High, Deep, and Outta Here!
The image is endearing: an entire stadium of people stand on their feet as thousands of cameras flash, each fan holding their breath in anticipation o... read more
Sikh Experience in the BMU
At noon on April 30, 2008, I slumped into the BMU knowing absolutely nothing about Sikhism and wanting desperately to go home and eat a hot pocket.&n... read more
Off the Hook 'til Next Sunday Night
Satire. Parable. Cock-and-Bull Tall-Tale. Comic Parody. Th... read more
Fun with Earth Day
What’s better than two notoriously loud-mouthed, spotlight-craving politicians from opposing parties forced to sit beside each other on a beach... read more
Their Tired, Their Hungry, Their Poor: Peace Corps Volunteers Know They're "Wanted"
In 1980's comedy classic Airplane!, Peace Corps volunteer Ted Striker, after introducing basketball to a rural African village and ... read more
Pre-Ordainment vs. Freewill (with some A-list Starpower)
Picture this: Tom Cruise balances atop a speeding vehicle that is somewhere betwee... read more
