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A year ago, Tom Atkin, a 25-year-old bartender in San Diego, wanted to add to his collection of ink, which already included an owl on his right bicep, an anchor on his chest, and a bouquet of roses surrounding a cross on his left forearm. Atkin walked into his usual...
Kayla Zimmerman remembers freshman year of college as the year of all work and no play. The Ohio native was taking a full plate of biology and pre-med courses at New York University, with her mind set on a very stable career course as a heart surgeon. But halfway through...
Most people don’t hang around the trendy coffee shop just for the skinny vanilla latte. The under-30 crowd in particular, is there for the social experience, a fact shops are starting to recognize and contribute to, with mood music, comfy couches and a no-hassle-if –you-sit-there-for-three-hours policy.
Amid the madness of Black Friday, Columbia University senior Tina Rose tried her hardest to find a pair of jeans that went up higher than her mid-thighs. She scurried through the fitting rooms of Macy’s, American Apparel and Zara, failing to find anything over a size 14. Yet this young...
Blame it on Barbie. She has it all: successful career, active social life, and good looks. She’s been a doctor, an astronaut and even a president, yet maintains an enviable – if unrealistic – figure at the same time. Barbie is the plastic embodiment of a perfectionist’s dreams. Barbie is...
On Election Day, many millennials will get their second chance to perform their civic duty of voting for the President of the United States. Their first opportunity, in 2008 when they helped assure the election of President Barack Obama, was a wild success in young voter enthusiasm and registration, but...
When a group of NYU Tisch students decided to produce their own version of the “An Enemy of the People” last spring, the group hit a few budgetary snags. The Tisch School of the Arts was supposed to pay for part of the production and help students fundraise the rest....
In many ways, Maggie Lunn* and her boyfriend bear all the marks of a modern couple. They met in highschool and are now long-distance. He lives in Florida and she lives in New York, and they split their visiting time equally. They text and Skype every day. They forwent an...
Last January, I founded BelittletheBullies, a blog for bully victims. I write about my own experiences with the hopes that bullied teens will take comfort that they are not alone, and others share their concerns and problems. Communication is always the first step.
Monica de Graaf sets her alarm for 4 every morning. Groggily and half asleep, she reaches for her laptop and logs into Skype. Across the ocean in Holland, her boyfriend does the same thing – except for him it’s 10 a.m. as opposed to the crack of dawn. De Graaf,...
