Madonna stakes continued claim in pop world with album


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Madonna is pop music’s matriarch. Since her explosion into music in the ’80s and her “Like a Virgin” era, she has continually reinvented herself to last through wave after wave of music. Her newest release, Rebel Heart, has the veteran unapologetically asserting dominance in her genre. To start, Madonna managed to get some of the […]

HeforShe reaches wide audience


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This past Sunday marked more than just one less hour of sleep. March 8 was the 107th annual International Women’s Day — a date heralding the forward progression of our clocks as well as that of the feminist movement. Naturally, the woman that Elle UK has crowned the “fresh new face of feminism” was at […]

CREAM: The delicious taste of novelty


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CREAM’s opening this past weekend saw mountains of delicious ice cream, decadent cookies, and inhumanly long lines. Oh, the lines. The opening of CREAM drew humongous crowds for many of the same reasons that it will become the popular ice cream sandwich place: mostly, it’s delicious and also cheap — the sweet spot that launches […]

Five tips for student backpackers


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This spring break, I spent my time a bit differently than I would in the United States, and embarked on the classic four-countries-in-ten-days excursion with nothing but a backpack and iPhone camera in tow. In just over a week, my traveling buddy and I managed to make our way to Germany, Austria, Hungary and the […]