The Death of Religion and the Burial of Humanity Religion is good. Religion is useful. Now, before you label me a lunatic or religious fanatic listen to what I have to say. Life has never been so demanding for humans. Never in the history of the human race have we been demanded to do so [...]

HAVANA, Cuba – Fidel Castro has survived over 600 assassination attempts, according to the Cuban government. The Revolution started in 1959 and still persists in 2013. As we all know, like any other human being, Fidel will die soon enough and the future of Cuba could change dramatically. I arrived from Cuba yesterday and the [...]

Our nation’s capital has undoubtedly become my favorite city, after Boston of course. Last month, I had the pleasure of coming to D.C. for a much needed weekend trip. During this Spring Break, I was able to participate in a 3-day program with the Global Young Leaders Academy. The program featured students from different parts [...]

Financial District, Boston MA The Occupy Boston movement based itself in the heart and center of the financial district. A beautiful building, 89 South Street, houses a variety of non-profit and corporate organizations. In the lobby of the building, a “community organizing” room is present. Tonight over 10 different organizations and 20 individuals came together [...]

There are over 1,200 Latino undergrads at Boston University. Where are they? The Howard Thurman Center does a great job inviting, hosting, and serving as a home for multicultural students. But why aren’t Latinos showing up? The answer quite frankly – we are unorganized and decentralized. Most universities have a Latin American Studies department or [...]

Approximately 2/3 of Americans cannot name any U.S. Supreme Court Justices (Find Law Poll 2010). Only 21% of our population can name all three branches of government successfully (National Center for State Court). These are only some of the alarming facts that indicate a decline in civic knowledge and engagement. Despite these facts, guess how [...]

This winter break was eye opening. I started my winter break with a nice road trip from Massachusetts to New York. I drove with my two fraternity brothers, on the day break started. The traffic was horrendous. I was driving so my gluteus maximus was numb by the time we got to the concrete jungle. [...]

Cambridge, MA – 12/10/12 On Monday, I attended a meeting led by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) in Cambridge MA, with my colleague and Vice President of Boston University Political Action Organization (BUPAO). At the meeting there were a variety of other organizations present like the prominent ACLU. The meeting was focused on [...]

Finals That time of the year has come around again. As a BU student its tough to actually push through these last couple weeks because we have made it this far already and that in itself is an accomplishment! There’s something in us that says “yo you have done so much, why not actually take [...]

“I live in that useless patch of land between New York and California called America.” —Ned Flanders, “The Simpsons” I’m from Ohio, and everyone knows it. I will proudly yell “O-H!” to a passerby in a Ohio State University sweatshirt and I’ll defend the Buckeye State everyday to the crazy amount of New Yorkers that [...]