Category: Extracurricular Activities

  • Culture Corner A Visit to the Musée national du Moyen Âge (Paris)

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    By Bernie Langs By roundabout way of introducing this museum review, there is a funny scene in Woody Allen’s film comedy Midnight in Paris when, after having visited the Rodin Museum accompanied by a know-it-all art history buff, Owen Wilson returns there alone and asks the docent (Carla Bruni) if she remembers him from the…

  • For Your Consideration– Best Picture Check-In Edition

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    By Jim Keller I dare not take a stab at the ever-changing supporting actor categories when several of the films that could very well give us our nominees haven’t been seen, so stay-tuned to fyc next month when I’ll offer my thoughts on the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories and conclude the four part…

  • Football (The American Kind)

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    By Aileen Marshall Have you ever wondered what your lab mates are talking about when they discuss Sunday’s football game every Monday morning? Or have you seen a game on television and tried to follow it? Have no fear, football is a very exciting and entertaining sport that can be enjoyed by all. The season…

  • Culture Corner: A Visit to the National Gallery (London)

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    By Bernie Langs I sometimes joke that the value of world currency should not be pegged to the dollar or to gold but to something truly valuable: paintings, drawings, and sculpture. And the arts of greatest value, in my opinion, are those from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. What, one may wonder, is the basis…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch Vol. 2 Edition

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    By Jim Keller Last year around this time, I covered the Supporting Actor and Actress races in this column in order to save the Best Actor race for last, since it’s generally much more exciting. The trouble is the Supporting races really don’t begin to take shape until later in the season, making them difficult…

  • The Fourth of July

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    by Aileen Marshall This month we celebrate the Fourth of July. But do you know what we are really celebrating? It’s not just a day of picnics and fireworks. The holiday is also known as Independence Day. It marks the day the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, signifying America’s independence from the United…

  • Skulls and Specimens: The Mütter Museum is Weird and Worth It

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    by Claire Warriner A similar version of this article appeared in The Incubator In April, I found myself in Philadelphia as a guest at the wedding of two people I’d never met. In addition to stuffing myself with Crab Rangoon and avoiding eye contact with the groom’s mother, I visited the gruesomely fascinating Mütter Museum…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch Vol. 1 Edition

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    by Jim Keller First, an apology to the one or two of you who read this column regularly and who don’t mind that it’s virtually devoid of science, for my hiatus since May. But luckily, I’ve returned in time to begin the first of a four part Ones to Watch series. As was the case…

  • Summer in the City

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    by Aileen Marshall New York City has been called the “Capital of the World.” There are so many exciting things to see and do here. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most expensive cities to live in or visit. That makes it tough for those of us in the academic sector, who don’t…

  • Culture Corner Television Review: “Da Vinci’s Demons” (Starz network; Fridays at 9:00 p.m.)

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    by Bernie Langs Having seen the previews, I decided to watch the first episode of the British-exported television series “Da Vinci’s Demons” with the idea in mind of writing a scathing review of the show for its comic book depiction of one of the world’s greatest geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), hero of the Italian…

  • Creating Space

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    by Carly Gelfond On a recent evening in April, I sat in a bar in Brooklyn across from an old friend from college. She’d quit her job the week before, citing stress and a lack of career advancement. She’d also had a brief stint in the hospital for an illness she attributed to the stress.…

  • Memorial Day: A Brief Overview

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    by Daniel Briskin A few years ago, I found myself sitting with friends before class. We were discussing the upcoming exam schedule and our study plans, when one of us pointed out an approaching three-day weekend. Quickly, we realized that none of us knew the cause of the school holiday; we only knew the ever-important…