Some call it the “City of Love” and I suppose that’s fittest place for me to go. After four semesters of writing Love Letters, I’m off to Paris to study abroad, which will, of course, result in...

Charlie Kaufman’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is an incredible film reaching across countless themes. It deals with bioethics and the traumas involved in romantic love. Kate Winslet and...

There’s nothing better than going home for the holidays, and Thanksgiving is just the start of the holiday season for American college students. It’s the teaser for the main attraction. It is just...

 The study abroad question Studying abroad, a collegiate staple since the times of “A Room with A View.” It’s the time to travel, learn a new language and drink without shot-gunning or chugging....

Gender and Halloween I miss being little and celebrating Halloween. Getting in groups with friends with empty baskets or pumpkin buckets waiting for a year’s supply of candy to flood them. The parties...

 The cult of thinness Feminist theorist Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, shares a theory in her book, “The Cult of Thinness,” on disordered eating among women. Most people who’ve taken a Women and Gender...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I’m not talking about winter break. I’m speaking of fall break. It is the most understated little break from the academic year that we get as Lafayette students,...

Is Single the New Norm?   My hope is that the days of women attending college as finishing school are over. I hope that the students of the Mona Lisa Smile are gone and women are less and less likely...

A woman’s gym etiquette When going to the gym, a woman must follow a certain etiquette -- after all, she’s treading on foreign territory. She must look adorable in her designer fitness wear coordinated...

I like to explain the Ashley Madison hack as having all of your most shameful truths on display for the world to see and, perhaps even worse, those closest to you. Ashley Madison is a website that aids...

  For a graduating senior and mentor. Standing at a baseball ground slump with a smile—you swore was made of glass Jacket like a spread-winged eagle, he saw you and looked down to check his...