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by Aileen Tran/Published Apr. 2, 2021 BOSTON — Patriots’ Day falls on April 19 this year, marking the 246th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Due to the pandemic, many traditions are being held virtually this year. Patriots’ Day is an annual public holiday in Massachusetts and Maine observed on the third MondayContinue reading “Virtual Patriots’ Day 2021”

by Aileen Tran BOSTON — The closure of Great Scott last May signaled the decline of the independent music scene in Allston. This follows a trend of other Boston-area nightclubs and music venues closing due to the pandemic. Venues like Brighton Music Hall and Great Scott are destination businesses that draw people from places allContinue reading “Allston Music Scene Faces Uncertain Future”

April 9, 2020 I interviewed my family on how their lives have changed since COVID-19 and what they’re doing in quarantine to cope. After getting off the phone with my mother, I started packing the biggest suitcase I had with all the clothes I thought would last me five months. She had booked me aContinue reading “The World Through My Window”

November 21, 2019 I interviewed a Berklee College of Music student on his opinions of Asian representation in the media and accompanied him through what a typical weekend looks like for a musician. Sitting in a tea shop in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, Jeremy Cronson scans his MacBook screen studying the dynamics of aContinue reading “The Rise of Asians in American Media”

May 6, 2019 I followed a Boston University student around for a day and asked her about her life and plans after graduation. Amanda Willis’ MacBook and iPad are parallel with the library cubicle’s edge as she crouches over typing and cracking her neck in a way that makes you understand why she faintly smellsContinue reading “BU Student – Profile”

February 20, 2019 In this news story, I explore the correlation between societal body ideals perpetuated by the media and the rise in illegal plastic surgery procedures. In the last decade, the explosion of social media has resulted in a rising number of teens and young women seeking plastic surgery procedures, in many cases resultingContinue reading “The Lethal Effect of Achieving Perfection”

June 17, 2019 In this feature, I recount a speech given by Boston University Journalism professor Caryl Rivers on the construction and origins of race. Racism has been so deeply ingrained into society that tracing its origins has proven difficult, but not impossible, by historians. The desire for one group, namely white males, to beContinue reading “The Invention of Race”

March 20, 2019 In this editorial, I explore the negative impacts of social media and its effect on mental health. Over the last ten years, social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram have proved to be increasingly popular. With over 4.021 billion users–greater than half the total world population–the number of internet users increasesContinue reading “How Many Likes for a Perfect Life?”