Courtesy of Vox.com Over the past fourteen (nearly fifteen) months of pandemic lockdown, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video have become my three most important…
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How Blokus Questions the Idea of Winners and Losers
By MANU BOSTEELS on March 2021
Blokus is a very special board game. For those of you unfamiliar with it, Blokus is quite simple. Participants play on a gridded board upon…
Turn On The Subtitles, Please
By MANU BOSTEELS on February 2021
It’s Friday night. I click on the infamous red logo, and there appears Netflix’s selection of Scandinavian television, an endless supply of series that all…
The Problem With Compromise in 2021
By MANU BOSTEELS on February 2021
I often hear that in order to make change, people on opposing sides of an issue need to reconcile and come to a compromise in…
Unpopular Opinion: Tacos Are Better Than Pizza
By MANU BOSTEELS on December 2020
According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll, the most popular food chosen by Americans to eat for the rest of their lives is…
Evergreens and Toilet Bowl Brushes: A Short History of Christmas Trees
By MANU BOSTEELS on December 2020
Where did the tradition of chopping down an evergreen to decorate it with tinsel and lights originate? The myth goes that Saint Boniface, an English…
Leaked Tapes Show New Side of Melania Trump
By MANU BOSTEELS on November 2020
Disclaimer: at the time of writing, the results of the 2020 Presidential Election are unknown. Throughout Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign and his near four-year…
A Conversation on Reopening with the Orchestra Director, Mr. Fleischman
By MANU BOSTEELS on November 2020
Manu Bosteels ‘24: Could you give us an explanation of how you came up with a strategy to teach your orchestra online? Mr. Jonathan…