Author: Qiong Wang

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  • Carnival done Italian-style

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    Francesca Cavallo February in Italy is infiltrated by masks, confetti, colors, and lights that create a very exciting and unique atmosphere. Carnival is a huge winter festival celebrated 40 days before Easter and ends on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday. It is not a single day or event, but a…

  • Culture Corner

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    Landscape Into Art: Thoughts on the book Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape (by Christopher S. Wood), and the film The Revenant (directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu) Bernie Langs Caution: spoilers ahead! The inspired ideas and emotions one experiences when taking in the sights of nature, reading about the subject, or seeing a film…

  • Facing the Music: Life as a Born Again Musician

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    Owen Clark When I was twenty-eight I had a third-life crisis. Well, let’s be honest, my whole twenties were a series of quarter to third-life crises, but for whatever reason, this one stuck. I’ve always been prone to obsessions. Some on the fairly bizarre end of the spectrum—collecting pipes and cigars when I was nine…

  • The Face Behind the Mask

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    Guadalupe Astorga Do you remember the Greek myth of Narcissus? It’s the story of an attractive and arrogant man that fell deeply in love with his own face reflected on the water, to the point of losing all interest in life when the reflection was not visible. He died looking at the pond, with no…

  • Christmas Holidays in Italy

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    Francesca Cavallo This is my favorite time of year. There are so many great aspects to the Christmas season: good food, good music, and the special traditions that come along with the “reason for the season.” Come experience and discover how Italians celebrate the holidays. The Christmas atmosphere is really felt in the Bel Paese (beautiful…

  • New York State Of Mind

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    Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Stefannie Moak, Research Assistant, Gilbert Lab. How long have you been living in the New York area?  Seven months now. Where do you currently live? Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in the Upper East Side and my favorite neighborhood is SoHo. What do you think is the most overrated…

  • New York City Dialect New York-ese

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    Aileen Marshall Hey, how ya doin? Or in other words, welcome back to our series on learning the New York City dialect. Hopefully by now, you have your ears trained to pick up more words you hear about town. To recap last month’s lesson, the G is dropped in words ending in “ing.” Our vocabulary…

  • Quotable Quote

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    Where after all do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood we live in; the school or college we attend; the factory, farm or office where…

  • Crossword

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    GEORGE BARANY AND FRIENDS The three politically themed puzzles that follow come to you from a consortium of progressively-minded friends of Rockefeller alum (1977) George Barany, who is currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.  Prepare to laugh and cry.  For more information, including links to the answers, visit here, here, and…