November 2, 2009

Articles

Monday, November 2, 2009
Creative Nonfiction

I’m not that creepy Facebook dude!

The marginal effects of your Facebook fans and statuses.

Opinion

American Girl releases “homeless” doll

How the American Girl franchise is capitalizing on homelessness.

Fiction

The regular

The sirens hadn’t been on when the policemen drove up to the bar, but now they screamed through the night.

Halloween

Sweet, sweet leftovers: What to do with all that extra halloween candy

How to make the most of all the leftover candy from All Hallows’ Eve.

Writing

In-Seine asylum

Celebrating Halloween Parisian-style.

Health

The most common eating disorder you’ve never heard of

The most common eating disorder is the one that’s never talked about.

Blog entries

Mad Men: “Dead Presidents”

One of the questions that has lingered in my mind since the beginning of Mad Men was how the show would handle the JFK assassination, arguably the biggest news story of the decade. Now that the event has come to pass, I am pleased that the creative forces behind the show tackled the subject matter [...]

Ugly Betty: “The Weiner, the Bun and the Boob”

Perky, endearing protagonist Betty Suarez is back for season four, decked in even wackier ensembles (only Betty could pull off the combination of teal, fuchsia, bright yellow and aubergine) and faced with new challenges at the ever-snide fashion enterprise, Mode magazine. In episode three, Betty struggles with the increased workload of her recent promotion [...]

30 Rock: “Stone Mountain”

Liz Lemon may never learn that hygiene matters. This week’s episode opened with her curiously sniffing her pits, lifting up her shirt and nonchalantly attempting to use a scented candle as deodorant. But her complete disregard for personal upkeep is more than okay; after all it is one of the reasons people watch week after [...]

Flipside paints the Rock: Nov. 2

Members of the The Northwestern Flipside, a satirical student publication, painted the Rock early Monday morning. The group, which is currently running an advertisement on North by Northwestern, updates its Web site with fake news stories and will distribute 3,000 copies of its latest print issue this week.

Kari in Florence: Nine days, six girls, three cities

Kari will be in Florence, Italy until Dec. 17.

For over a month, almost as soon as I had arrived in Florence, plans for fall break had been in the works. Five other girls and I discussed every detail and booked all of our flights, trains and hostels, and the intention was to visit Dublin, Amsterdam [...]