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Getting Around BSU Faster than Ever
When I moved into the student apartments in the fall, I was convinced it was the best possible place to live on campus. And it is pretty great here, don’t get me wrong. We get a kitchen, our own...
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Geek Life: The Cons of Boston
When I say “cons”, I’m not talking about the downsides of our lovely, historic city. Quite the opposite in fact! Boston’s geek culture is incredibly vibrant and exciting. On almost any given weekend...
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If I Were President for a Day…
Well, President of BSU, that is. If I was the President of the United States for a day…I’d probably do something like declare a National Comic Book Month and send flowers to grumpy world leaders...
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Geek Life: Geekspiration
I think the character of Irene Adler in the BBC’s Sherlock series said it best, “Brainy is the new sexy”. For the most part being smart isn’t seen as a bad thing anymore. We’re in college and that...
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Why YOU Should Care about SGA
A lot of us here at BSU are probably only aware of the Student Government Association from what we hear about them in the Student Announcements. If you go to their portion of the Bridgewater website,...
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Geek Life: Neil Gaiman and the Calendar of Tales
I’ve mentioned before, probably more than once, that Neil Gaiman is my favorite still-living-still-writing author. And it’s not just because he wrote a brilliant episode of Doctor Who, I promise. He’s...
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A Very Quiet Spring Break
That’s not me, but that’s a pretty accurate representation of what my Spring Break was like. It’s been a long semester. Really, it’s been a long school year, even though sometimes it seems like it...
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Geek Life: Sherlock Series 3!
Brace yourselves, Sherlockians…series 3 is coming. BBC’s Sherlock, a modernization of the classic detective co-written by Mark Gatiss and Doctor’s Who‘s Stephen Moffat, is one the network’s most...
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How to Turn Things Around by Finals
It’s been a crazy semester for all of us. Even if you aren’t taking an absurd ratio of three horrifically boring required classes to two classes you actually want to be in (what was I thinking?!?) or...
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Geek Life: The Doctor Returns!
It seems like Doctor Who just keeps getting more and more popular on this side of the pond. In the last year, it’s gone from a show with a strong following among geeks and sci-fi fans, to a hip...
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Sex Positivity: a Good or Bad Thing?
Is sex still taboo? It seems a lot of people still think so. We might live in a world full of R-rated movies, celebrities that don’t have many qualms about showing off their bodies, and the internet,...
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Geek Life: Tea for Me and Tea for You
The wide and wacky world of fandom routinely produces some interesting things… From accurate prop replicas to clever t-shirts, to buttons, bags, and jewelry, geeky fans of the Internet never seem to...
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Stressed Out Millenials
College is a dichotomy of great fun and immense stress. Or at least that’s the way I tend to look at it. On the one hand, the years we spend at college are formative and exploratory. We have the...
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Geek Life: 50th Feelings
I know what you’re thinking…I write about Doctor Who a lot on this blog. Just a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the show coming back for the second half of its seventh season, and all the excitement...
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Springfest 2013!
The weather might still be chilly, but Springfest is nearly upon us! As it does every year, BSU’s annual celebration of the change of season has a theme. This year, SGA is preparing to send the campus...
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Geek Life: When Fandoms Unite
The events that occurred at the Boston Marathon on Monday shook people not only here in Massachusetts, but around the world. I know I’m not alone when I say that it was a frightening afternoon. Almost...
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Embrace the Power of Your Powerpoint
Whatever your major is, chances are, at some point or another, you’re going to have to give presentations. Even us English majors can’t get away with just writing papers all the time. At some point...
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Feeling Safe…?
It’s been quite a week. I don’t know how many times I’ve said something to that effect in the last several days, but it’s really very true. I think most of Massachusetts can join me in saying that,...
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Geek Life: History Geeks?
When we think of nerds, we tend to think of science fiction and comic books. Sure, nerds are usually thought of as being academically savvy as well, talented in math or science or literature, but when...
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Wait…what? It’s over?
Somehow, it’s been a full eight months since I moved into Avengers Tower. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, that’s what my roommates and I affectionately dubbed our very awesome, very nerdy...
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