Archive for the ‘Origins’ Category

Smack. Smack pop pop. SMACK. The clay groans, the wind knocked out of him. You would think after 30 years of doing this, the clay would be used to it. Day in and day out, throwing pots, kilning them, glazing them, selling them. And still it sneaks under my wedding band, splatters my glasses, my [...]

You usually wouldn’t expect to find a fine dining bistro packed inside a typical commercial plaza boasting, among other businesses, a Rent-A-Center and the Tompkins County Department of Motor Vehicles. But if you are planning on dining out one evening at Mira Mediterranean Bistro, that’s what you will find: a cozy, yet contemporary, restaurant found [...]

Self-Released, 2011 My first experience with Liz Harris (a solo artist from Portland who goes by Grouper) was two years ago when I saw her open for a sold-out Animal Collective show at First Avenue’s Main Room. A fitting pairing on paper, but an odd one to experience in person, with droves of Merriweather Post Pavilion [...]

The Physical Properties of Jeggings in Relation to their Cultural Significance omen are always looking for pants that flatter their figure. At least that’s what I’m told. Usually, I am looking for pants that cost under $20, but that’s why I write for a magazine named after a powertool and not Vanity Fair. It stands [...]

Some people see once-great cities like Detroit as a thing of the past, while others are prepared to work toward a creative solution by making a difference in their own communities. They are helping these cities move forward while remaining true to their origins.

Analyzing declining student activism on IC’s campus Like many incoming students, Kirstie Ingmundson got involved with a service club, IC Habitat for Humanity, during her first year of college because she saw it as a way to make a difference. However, only about 10 students plus the officers attend general meetings, and six to seven [...]

By C.J.* My freshman year packing list looked a little like this: Books? Check. Parka? Check. Virginity? Check. OK, nobody was going to see that list anyway. But I packed away my virginity in the same way you’d pack away your stuffed puppy, Chuckles—in a dark, secluded corner of your closet that not even your [...]

A look at how your roots drive your sexual attraction Whether it’s rebelling against parents by dating “dangerous” guys or an inappropriate reference to “daddy” in a sexual situation, the media have taken the “daddy issue” and turned it into a social norm of both comedic and fallacious commentaries by women. The joke is propelled [...]

(The Astronaut Sons, Strangled by their Fathers in Preparation) i. The Ausable River, 2010 There have been times lately when I’ve imagined drowning, and where it would happen best, all the places the old men in my life tried to teach me to swim. But it never worked, never took, and instead all I could [...]

Intelligent Design rehashes old criticisms of evolution I have never understood how, in the 21st century, there could possibly be any debate about whether Darwinian evolution provides the best explanation as to the origin and development of life. How could such an elegant, well-supported theory fail to be universally recognized as valid? How could people [...]