The Armenian Genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic extermination of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1917. It was characterized by massacres and deportations involving  forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of Armenian deaths between one and one-and-a-half million. Despite [...]

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“Yeah, because we was fightin’,” she said to me, as if repeating it would convince me that it was a perfectly good explanation for why her boyfriend had punched her in the face and sprayed her with pepper spray.
“Yes,” I responded, equally frustrated, “but that’s not a good reason. Just because you were arguing [...]

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I sat on my bed, my laptop sat next to me. It was just before eleven on a Friday night, and to kill time before going out, I was sifting through stories on www.tuckermax.com. Let me assure you, this is not my usual way of killing time. In fact, I had only heard of Tucker [...]

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“I want you to pick any piece you like and I’ll learn it for you for my senior recital,” I said to my mother, waiting for her response with a childlike impatience. ‘I’m such a nice daughter,’ I thought to myself as I stood in the kitchen doorway.
“I don’t want a piece. Just [...]

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Lately I’ve been writing a lot. About New York, about the ridiculous happenings of my own life, about everything and nothing.
I’m working at the District Attorney’s Office this summer, surrounded by people who either have gone to law school or are planning on it. Talk among my fellow interns often shifts [...]

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I looked up from my computer. Decorating the table in front of me were two cans of Pomegranate Juiced Rockstar, a bag of almonds, a can of coke, a wad of crumpled napkins, a half-eaten blondie, a Red Bull, a chocolate bar. A bag of pretzels, a bag of walnuts, three half-empty bottles of water, [...]

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Finals time is not generally a time of joy. So when in passing people ask how I’m doing and I respond with excitement, I’m not surprised to get a few strange looks. Of course, I don’t have time to explain the reasons for my happiness to everyone I pass, so here it is.
I’ll [...]

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On apprend l’Eau par la soif
Et la Terre par les voyages en mer -
La passion - par les affres
Et la paix par les récits de guerre -
L’amour - par la mort
Et les oiseaux - par l’hiver

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Yesterday I posted an article for discussion with the promise that I would reveal my opinion of it after everyone had a chance to read it. Due to time constraints they won’t be eloquent or particularly funny, but without further ado, here are my thoughts…
The set up of the article is a copout. [...]

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A couple months ago I entered the New York Times Modern Love Essay Contest for college students. The deal was if you won, you would be contacted by “mid-April” and if you didn’t, you wouldn’t hear jack shit. I didn’t expect to win or even come in second, let’s be real here. [...]

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