Carina Wolff

Carina Wolff is a journalism and psychology student at New York University. She has interned at Scholastic Inc. and Malibu Times Magazine.

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Posts by Carina Wolff

Trapped in a Facebook Time Warp

December 13, 2011 - 8:45 pm

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Evan*, a 21-year-old student at USC, doesn’t expect any surprises when the time comes for his high school reunion. He knows the star quarterback hasn’t won the Heisman trophy and that the senior prom queen ended up marrying her high school sweetheart. Although he hasn’t actually seen them, he’s friends with them on Facebook. In [...]

From Prep School to Fighting Poverty

December 13, 2011 - 8:03 pm

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As a child, Nick Melvoin came home from school, opened his books and taught a class of imaginary students. Born into a family full of educators, Melvoin, now a 26-year-old law student at New York University, had an interest in teaching from a young age, and as he grew older, he developed a passion for [...]

From Dating to Hooking Up: What it Means for Gen Y

November 22, 2011 - 8:06 pm

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When people asked Sara A., how long she and her then-boyfriend Nick had been dating, her answer varied. To her friends, the now 20-year-old NYU student had no problem explaining several years of “hooking up” and her “open relationship.” To her grandma and other relatives, Sara counted only the months when she and Nick were [...]

Yoga Becomes a Social Scene

October 25, 2011 - 8:37 pm

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On a humid September afternoon, swarms of young men and women crowd into Yoga to the People in the East Village. The noise level builds as they spread their colorful yoga mats over the floor and begin stretching and chatting about last night’s debauchery or next week’s plans. Once the class starts, the peace and [...]