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A week in the studio with American Dreamers

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When Studio Music and Jazz department chair John Daversa asked me to photograph his "American Dreamers" recording session last March, I thought I was signing up for a fly-on-the-wall kind of job.

How kids teach us the meaning of mindfulness

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Lately I’ve been wondering if it’s possible to reconcile childishness and adulthood.

Forgoing time with friends to study? You may be doing more harm than good

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The relationships we have, and the love we give and receive, are the most important aspects of our existence. We shouldn't abandon those priorities when our schedules get hectic.

Bring back the value of the individual voice in politics

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"Splitting" from something – a relationship, a place or even an ideological bloc – usually evokes feelings of reduction or defeat, but it can also be a chance for regeneration.

Running from hurricanes in the age of incuriousness

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Since ancient times, man has forged explanations for the inexplicable. The ancient Mongolians claimed Earth rested on the back of a giant frog whose movements caused earthquakes. The Igorot people of ...

Expect, accept discomfort in a society of differing perspectives

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This summer, I spent a month working as the office coordinator at a music camp I attended as a child. I was excited to learn that we were presenting a class called Social Justice in Jazz, in which...

Twenty years of wisdom on the small things, the big ideas and everything in...

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Last weekend was my 20th birthday. It also happened to be my deadline for this article. So while crouching over my laptop and getting an intellectual hard-on for politics is still one of my favorite p...

The rise of modern sophism in the Trump era

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Update, March 6, 2017: The conclusion of this column has been updated to reflect a more recent draft of the version published in the March 2 issue. In ancient Athens, there were two prominent schoo...

Sí se Puede? Where the Women’s March movement falls short

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When I returned home from the Women’s March in Miami I felt invincible. I carried my optimism in feet aching from hours of marching and in a raspy voice from hollering dozens of liberal aphorisms thro...

Left employs identity politics in same divisive way as the right

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The result of the 2016 presidential election has, among many things, underscored the necessity of self-reflection among Americans, especially liberals. Perhaps President-elect Trump’s boisterous and u...
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