by Pooja Patel Imagine immersing yourself in a country, in a culture completely opposite of your own. Imagine a language with unheard consonants and clicks, a 60% unemployment rate, an HIV epidemic ravaging the nation, and oh, not to forget the bathroom situation is really unimaginable.  For two years...

Tales of an Obama Volunteer’s experience in a swing state by Fauzeya Rahman Fauzeya with her canvassing team in Colorado. Once the euphoria of November 4, 2008 wore off and the world calmed down from a collective post-election high, I took a moment to stop and let it sink in.  The countless months...

by Asma Hassan Dreading the holiday season? Spending more time with more family all within a time frame of a week? The aunts whose names you can’t remember. The uncles who speak in an unidentifiable foreign dialect. The cousins who turn the house, and your patience, upside down.  Ok, it’s...

Aditi Kinkhabwala a sports writer for The Record, a New Jersey newspaper. by Pooja Patel Michael Jordan. Marion Jones. Tiger Woods. Lisa Leslie. Michael Phelps. Venus Williams. Jerry Rice. These sports stars are ingrained in American culture. They are synonymous in the sports they represent. Idols....

University of Nicosia, where Sunita is currently studying abroad. by Sunita Dharani When I first chose to study abroad in Cyprus this semester, my intent was to truly integrate myself into a culture so different from my own that I would be lost upon arrival, that I would be forced to socialize with the...

by Asma Hassan Note: The names in this article have been changed to protect the interviewees. As if “normal” relationships aren’t hard enough as it is, a long distance relationship takes bonds to the next level by testing trust, longing and patience. Making matters worse are relationships...

by Asma Hassan and Aditi Mehta The answer is “yes” according to two recent studies published by New Mexico State University and Oakland University. Both studies claim that most good guys just don’t make the cut, and it’s the infamous bad boy ends up getting the girl. As most girls...