The holiday season: a merriment of lush greens, candles and tacky lights, chintzy paper snowflakes and, most fickle of all, gift-shopping. For many modestly-financed, brokering college students, the holiday season is not only a time of unusual things coming back into trend (hello, ugly Christmas sweaters and family board games) but a time to re-evaluate what it means to get someone a “good gift.” The average, poor college student living off of work study dollars has to reinvent that meaning to get someone a “not-sucky gift.” Here is your official guide.
With a career spanning over 15 years, current reigning queen of pop is once again ruling the charts with her eighth studio album, “Britney Jean.” Released under RCA Records yesterday and posed to be Britney Spears’ ‘most personal album yet,’ “Britney Jean” is a perfectly diverse record, boasting co-written song credits to Spears herself. The album combines classic Britney ballads, electronic dance music (EDM) heavy club bangers and mid-tempo songs that, when incorporated together create another sure-hit for the worldwide pop superstar.
In my travels as a college student, I’ve noticed that inebriated 20-somethings can be fairly predictable when it comes to topics of conversation. Movies from the 90s (particularly Space Jam) and the rules of beer pong are crowd favorites, but no subject causes more controversy among millennials than Kanye West. Brought on by a Kanye track playing in the background or an off-hand Kardashian reference, the almighty Yeezus debate can divide rooms of friends quicker than Moses and the Red Sea.
With temperatures dropping, it’s time to pick up your coziest (and ugliest) sweater and head over to the Radio 92.9 Ugly Sweater Party. Get in the holiday spirit and get ready to rock out with DJ Petro as he plays some of the greatest rock and alternative hits. There will also be festive games and contests throughout the night. Winners will receive prizes like ski trips, concert tickets and Johnny Cupcakes merchandise. Grab an ugly sweater, or buy one from Goodwill, and check out this night of festivities and holiday cheer.
The world’s fastest growing app-based taxi service, Hailo, celebrated its first year in Boston on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The company commemorated its first Boston anniversary by announcing their expansion to Brookline, giving out Kickass Cupcakes and offering $15 off promotional codes.
Only within the past six decades have Japanese bamboo weavings and ceramics been considered a form of high-brow art, according to an exhibit celebrating dozens of new acquisitions at the Museum of Fine Arts.
As a teenager, Lorelai was not popular. She desperately wanted a boyfriend. She was curious about sex. To cope with the anxiety and confusion, she wrote her most private thoughts and desires in her diary.
It seems that these days, Facebook is just a forum to share BuzzFeed, Thought Catalog and even the occasional Her Campus article on our friends’ timelines. I can’t say I hate it. I, just like 98 percent of the human race on the Internet, enjoy lists.
Different cultures have never been this delicious. Enjoy the convergence of the Jewish festival of lights and the American day of thanks at the Beat Hotel’s Thanksgivukkah celebration. Taking place on the eve of Thanksgiving, the event features special menu items like smoked beef brisket with challah stuffing and cranberry pumpkin tzimmes. While you treat your taste buds to some new cultural dishes, treat your ears to the vocal talents of contemporary jazz singer Tammy Scheffer. Raised in Belgium and Israel, her unique sound blends perfectly with the cross-cultural theme of the night.
This upcoming weekend is Homecoming weekend, dedicated to welcoming back all Northeastern alumni. There will be a wide range of athletic and cultural events happening across campus this weekend to bring the university community together.
“The Book Thief”: a World War II movie told from the perspective of a little girl who finds her voice through words. Sounds like a spin-off of the heart-wrenching tale of Anne Frank. But it is not, rather far from it actually.
