I spent my Thanksgiving in the Amherst area with my family although I have no family from the area. My younger sister is a sophomore at UMass Amherst and in the interest of doing something different (and to perhaps avoid the stress of cooking) my family decided to come up to Massachusetts instead of having [...]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from the Occupy movements that have been happening in cities across our county is that people are feeling disgruntled and discouraged. Everyone’s displeasure in the current state of economics has manifested itself into a national movement but no one seems to know where the movement is heading. Students are [...]

The sun rises slow Glowing like my computer The screen, my mind, freeze

Growing up near New York City I have been spoiled by an abundance of food trucks. Ice-cream, cupcakes, tacos, burgers, falafel — all conveniently street-side and waiting to be sold from a window. Lately it seems that food trucks have become more and more trendy, especially in Boston. I hadn’t noticed or heard of food trucks [...]

Libraries are synonymous with books but all of that has slowly been changing as libraries enter the digital age. Libraries have been making the shift from the physical to the digital for some time. For example Boston University’s libraries now use a digital database to catalog books, as opposed to a card catalog. Additionally many [...]

This past Sunday the Papercut Zine Library in Somerville held a volunteer day, during which people could pop in and help clean and organize the library. I attended with a few friends and helped clean shelves, categorize and organize some zines. On Papercut’s website zines are described as “an underground publication that is independently produced [...]

Sharing the road is not always a harmonious endeavor when it comes to bikes and cars. Lucky for Bostonians, Mayor Menino has been a major advocate for bicycle safety, awareness and participation. In the past three years that I’ve lived in Boston I’ve seen new bike lanes created in areas where they are desperately needed [...]

After years of planning and saving my family was able to finally go on our dream vacation to Italy. My mother’s father is originally from Pesco-Pagano, a small village in the mountains of Italy about an hour or so outside of Naples. My mom has never been to Italy and was excited to share and [...]

Earlier this week I got an email from my Mom warning me that iPhones and iPads have been collecting data on users whereabouts without permission from users. It is unclear what this data is being used for but in the words of my mother, “It is scary that they are enforcing Big Brother against our [...]

While doing work today in the library I ran into Recycle Guy. He was kind enough to let me follow him around today on Earth Day and watch him in action. Recycle Guy may be Mugar’s own recycling superhero but you don’t need to be a superhero to be super green. There are lots of [...]