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The History Channel’s Bible series has been making waves in television news. Out of the many remarkable moments the show has successfully recreated, you’ve probably seen the side-by-side picture of President Barack Obama and Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, the actor who plays Satan in the mini-series. Debates have been circulating, arguing both for and against the show’s producers and … [Read more...] about TV Culture: Racializing The Bible

The Boston Globe reported over this weekend about a possible breach of privacy when Harvard University searched 16 resident deans’ emails without their knowledge, hoping to find information about leaked sources regarding the university’s cheating scandal last fall.  Over 70 students withdrew from the school after a scandal erupted over a government class take-home exam. The … [Read more...] about Across the Aisle: Harvard Under Fire

By Maria Peltekova The 50s were recent enough that we still keep much of their slang. It’s as incorporated into our life as it was in the young and old during the 1950s. Phrases like “how’s your love life,” “the greatest thing since sliced bread,” or “You could have fooled me” became popular then and stayed popular. Therefore, digging up some unique and forgotten slang … [Read more...] about New Slang: Curiosities of the 50s

By Ashley Huggins I was a Whovian long before my study abroad experience in London. For those who are unaware of what this title entails, by declaring myself a Whovian, I have essentially publicly and irrevocably professed my obsession with love for British sci-fi series Doctor Who. The show originally debuted during the 1960s, but was recently revived in 2005. It follows a … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: Dickens and the Doctor

By Maria Peltekova One of my goals within this blog was to find some patterns in the formation of slang terms that explained why certain expressions were created and why they stayed. The decades previously covered had enough in common that despite their iconic differences, there was a sense that many of the phrases were coined by the younger members of society. The original … [Read more...] about New Slang: Language Vibes from Somewhere Else