It’s no secret that drinking is a huge part of college culture. This is something that is almost global and something I, personally, can attest to. Before coming to Stony Brook, I attended two other universities, one of which was…
Within the depths of my mind, beyond the library of recipes of international cuisine, the stacks of grammar (subjects on top of verbs on top of squished semi-colons and over-due periods), and through the shelves stuffed with anecdotes, stories, life…
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a very good musician, but from years of watching other people be, at the very least, okay musicians, I’ve made some friends who are good enough to take those talents on the…
It was on a train between Wuhan and Xi’an that I did the most illegal thing in my life. I criticized the government. Jing–a regular student at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law–had spoken about the argument over Weibo, China’s…
It always feels so good to go home, back to Paris. The city of lights, the city of love; the city I grew up in. There is something so special and invigorating about coming back. Almost four years ago, I…
In the most ancient wastes in their modern facilities, for over sixty years the Leakey’s et al have been the (arguably) lead in human origins research. Richard Leakey, a faculty member of Stony Brook University along with his colleagues established…
It’s been well over a decade since I last step foot on my hometown’s soil. From the peaceful suburbs of Long Island, I now find myself standing once again amid the middle of the world, the country named after the…