The laughs of a couple playing catch on the quad caught my ear. When I approached the couple, I asked if they would allow me to take their photograph. Their smiles glistened as I snapped the photo, but they made me promise not to post it. “We’re Indian… so our parents can’t know […]
In a league where every single action that a player takes is monitored so as to make sure they are doing no wrong, lately all the wrongdoing seems to be coming from those who might just be above the law. Roger Goodell and his team of NFL executives have dropped the ball on protecting the […]
In my last blog, I raved about my experience in Israel. Of course, no place is paradise. After a short while there, a major shortcoming in Israel’s society emerged. I am not referring to what you read about on a daily basis in the media regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but rather something else […]
Hi everyone! Or should I say, שלום לכולם! (shalom l’kulam) This past summer, I was in Israel, where I participated in an incredible internship program called Birthright Excel, which was situated in Tel Aviv. I was exposed to an entirely new side of the business world. Not only was I working for a credit card […]
Video games are quickly becoming one of the most prevalent forms of entertainment in our society and due to their constant evolution it would be impossible not to acknowledge the trends that shape each individual games’ story, gameplay, and character development. Women, in particular, have always been present in video games. From the early days […]
Her hat told me that her spirit was still light despite her struggle. “You want to do so much. You don’t have enough time. Time is my greatest struggle.” [learn_more] [/learn_more]
Welcome to my blog, which I have called “Are you Not Entertained?” While the title has no practical connection to the actual content, it is a spectacular quote from a spectacular film. I’ll leave you to do the googling. What I will be doing in this blog is interviewing and profiling Queens College students. I will be […]
A – M – E – R – I – C – A Don’t you feel as though you should start singing West-Side Story’s “America” – “I want to live in America,” or is that just me? “Okay by me in America . . . Everything free in America . . .” Sing with me […]
It’s hard to believe that Sharknado and Battlestar Galactica, influential science fiction series and arguably one of the greatest TV shows of the 2000s, were created for and aired by the same channel. Of course, when Battlestar Galactica was airing the channel was named Sci-Fi Channel. In July 2009, barely four months after the landmark series […]
I recently spoke to a mathematician who said he only liked reading fiction. “Fiction and math?” someone asked. “No,” he said, “I count math as fiction.” … If you ask people, “Is mathematics fiction or nonfiction?” you get wildly different responses. Some people don’t even understand the question—of course it’s nonfiction! Yet many others, including […]
