After spending approximately a year in this great nation you call “‘Murica,” I looked back at the first column I wrote this semester. Oh, how naive I used to be. If only I could have written myself a guide on what life entails here for a freshman girl at college.
Entry of the Week: Monday, April 15
With the city basically shut down for Patriots Day, what better to do than cheer on the runners of the Boston Marathon? Participants will wind their way 26 miles through the city, starting in Hopkinton and ending near the Hancock Tower in Copley Square. The race begins at 9 a.m., but since it will take runners anywhere from two to seven hours or more, spectators can show up any time during the day to cheer runners on. The Cityside Restaurant and Bar will be open with an upstairs patio where spectators can watch the race. For those 21+, $3 Bud Lights and Coors Lights will be served all day. But get there early, the restaurant will likely fill up quickly. 1960 Beacon St., Brighton; 11:30 a.m.; price of food; citysidebar.com.
Vote here for your favorite events and locations from the 2012-2013 school year. Winners will be announced in the April 18 addition of The Huntington News. Voting will closed on April 15 at 7 p.m.
Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are two very obvious, very good reasons to see “The Place Beyond the Pines.” But beyond the eye candy factor, there are many more legitimate reasons to see the movie, which is being released in theaters around Boston on Friday.
Each of the 128 teams had one week to create a film of five minutes or less and on March 28, the awards for best comedy, best drama and best picture were presented to the three student filmmakers from each team who will move on to the finals in Hollywood, where they will have the chance to attend industry workshops, meetings and parties, and have a chance to win prizes, including a sum of $30,000.
Every male and female, lackadaisical or fashion forward, has his or her own distinct style. Whether one’s fashion sense is based on the “I don’t care what I look like” mentality or the “in this week, out next week” one, every person consciously decides his or her look each day. But for those looking for a little inspiration and guidance from the proudly dressed bunch, StyleUp has come to the rescue.
I dyed the underside of my hair last Sunday. I have dark brown hair, let the record show, pretty long but not quite waist-length. I’ve had bright colors in it before – pink, purple and blue before a school trip to Peru, indigo during a hippie phase, cerulean streaks that came out more seaweed than striking.
The Big Apple Circus is in Boston until May 12 offers a great end-of-the-semester opportunity for students to combat the stress of impending finals. From prancing horses to clowns to acrobats to contortionists, it has a little bit of everything. The circus tent holds up to 1,700 people, but none will sit further than 50 feet away from the ring. A ringmaster will serve as the narrator to the two-hour spectacle, set up just outside of City Hall in downtown Boston. 1 City Hall Plaza; 12:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.; $25 and up; bigapplecircus.org.
“Twenty-eight days ... six hours ... 42 minutes ... 12 seconds. That is when the world will end.”
When an enormous rabbit with a deep distorted voice writes this in invisible ink on a white graphic T-shirt, one would assume the rest of that time will be intriguing to say the least.
Although the temperature of the weather hasn’t changed all that much, spring has finally arrived. And pretty soon, summer will be just around the corner. Sooner than you think, you’ll be hitting the beach, firing up the grill, attending summer concerts and getting a workout by just generally spending most of your days out and about.
With spring hopefully just around the corner, it’s about time for this long, harsh winter to come to an end. The campus has gotten a taste of warmer weather this week, and shorts and shirts have already started to make an appearance.
