Confidence can be a scary thing. Jeremy Lin’s mind-boggling hot streak is a prime example of self-confidence gone right. Just last year, “The” Jeremy Lin who has been transformed into a God at the Mecca of basketball, couldn’t find a way to get on the court, and when he did, he barely resembled a NBA player…
Amazon Publishing Snubbed by Fellow Booksellers Chain bookstores Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million and Chapters Indigo (Canada’s top bookseller) have announced that they will not carry titles published by any of Amazon’s publishing imprints. In an effort to expand its reach in the book market, Amazon has created seven imprints since 2009, including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Montlake…
Recently, I learned of a young man who had overdosed on some drugs and alcohol. He was 19 years old and suffered from hepatotoxicity, or liver damage from drug overdosing. After four years of consistent damage, his liver finally gave out, putting him in a dangerous situation. He has put on experimental liver dialysis, but…
Cancer has become popular in today’s media from movies like The Bucket List to books like A Walk to Remember and My Sister’s Keeper. In fact, cancer as a topic in entertainment media has become popular to the point where it seemingly has become its own genre with its own stereotypes. Stories that deal with…
Nominated for Academy Awards in both acting and make up, The Iron Lady has attracted a lot of attention from both the critics and regular moviegoers. Director Phyllida Lloyd, telling the untold story of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s life after leaving her political office, takes the iconic “Iron Lady” out of Parliament and…
The Macaulay Honors Lounge at the College of Staten Island has recently doubled in size, thanks in no small part to the work of Meagan Derbyshire, class of 2013. During a meeting with CSI President Tómas Morales in 2010, the class of 2013 brought up the fact that the Honors Lounge was terribly undersized, and…
While racing with broomsticks in between their legs, throwing volleyballs through hula hoops, and trying to grab the player dressed in gold, these students run around like chickens with their heads cut off. An onlooker might wonder what they are doing. They are playing Quidditch, of course. The fictional game that the Harry Potter series…
I’ve had several conversations with a number of my friends concerning the wearing of glasses; some of them don’t want to wear them because they “look bad” or because they don’t want to look “nerdy”, while others think that their vision is “good enough.” Regardless, the eye is a fascinating organ, and the reason for…
IMAGINE entering the elegant fine-dining experience, starring famous Top Chef Tom Colicchio and renowned Pastry Chef Stephen Collucci, for merely $25. For entrees alone, the Tap Room of the casually sophisticated Collichio & Sons offers lunches and dinners well over $90. As you are escorted through a maze of businessmen and swanky New Yorkers, you…
The New Jersey Nets have had a long history filled with some of the best players in the NBA, from Julius “Dr. J” Erving to Deron Williams. While the Nets have won two championships in the ABA (American Basketball Association), prior to the merger, they have yet to achieve greatness in the NBA. They came…
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