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Harvard University

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Wash. U. Is the Fifth-Most Dangerous College, According to Aspirational Website

    Elite Daily bills itself as "The premier online destination for aspiring men and women of Generation-Y," which explains why I'd never heard of it. (I'm far too old and not nearly as aspirational as I used to be.) These young go-getters made a list of "The Most Dangerous Colleges To Go To," and our t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Blowfish: Like Menudo or a Waffle House Breakfast, in Pill Form

    Image via​Brenna Haysom is every mother's dream: She had a Harvard degree and a lucrative job in finance -- which she then quit to develop, with no pharmaceutical background whatsoever, an over-the-counter hangover remedy called Blowfish. Gut Check was fortunate enough to receive a sample of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Neighborhoods Across U.S. Are Growing More Diverse, But St. Louis Is Lagging

    The Manhattan Institute, a conservative research foundation, released a large study this week claiming that the nation's all-black "ghettos" are dissolving and that American neighborhoods have never been so racially integrated since 1910. Using census data, the authors of the report, titled "The En ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Ryan Fitzpatrick: Did Rams Let Greatness Go?

    Hey, I totally understand if this is the only thing you know about the town of Buffalo. But there just might be a quarterback with a Rams connection worth paying attention to up there. ​I can't imagine too many Rams fans pay a whole lot of attention to the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo is far away, the B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Fat Kids Are Neglected! Restaurants Jump to the Rescue!

    Wikimedia CommonsOh no! He's chubby! Take him away! ​American children are fat hogs who are all going to develop type II diabetes, and parents are too incompetent to raise the little chubbos of their making! Or so an advocacy piece by Harvard researchers Lindsey Murtagh and David Ludwig in t ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 23, 2011

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

  • Culture

    April 28, 2011

    Midnight Specialty: The Black Rep puts a twist on the Lead Belly legend with Black Pearl Sings!

    Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Researcher: InBev Pushes Anti-Booze Program That's Destined to Fail

    ​ St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch (which is now, of course, part of the InBev conglomerate) has long been a font of carbonated sustenance to college kids across the United States, appealing to thirsty scholars and rabid game-day fans alike. Through i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Dumbass Arrested in Boston Market Creamed Spinach Prank

    California teen arrested for pulling a really jackass stunt at a Boston Market drive-thru. The Sacramento Bee reports that last week, a car full of upstanding youths decided to put a new spin on the viral Fire in the Hole prank. Instead of throwing a soda into the drive-thru window at an employee, t ... More >>

  • Film

    September 29, 2010

    David Fincher commented on Mark Zuckerberg's status. With The Social Network, he invites you to join him.

    California teen arrested for pulling a really jackass stunt at a Boston Market drive-thru. The Sacramento Bee reports that last week, a car full of upstanding youths decided to put a new spin on the viral Fire in the Hole prank. Instead of throwing a soda into the drive-thru window at an employee, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    U.S. News College Rankings Put Wash. U. at Lucky 13

    Wikimedia Commons​Hooray! This year's U.S. News and World Report college rankings are out! This is a chance for all college students, both current and former, to look through the rankings and claim bragging rights for their schools. These bragging rights are only good, of course, until college ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Washington University Among the Most Stressful Colleges in America

    Be nice to Wash. U. students. They're really stressed out.​Another day, another ranking. This one involves rating which of the nation's top 50 campuses are the biggest pressure cookers, of which Washington University placed No. 13 -- in between Yale and Dartmouth. Stanford is the leading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Banksy is Coming to St. Louis!

    Holy $#@! Banksy's movie will screen in St. Louis​Well, his movie is at least.(Sorry, April Fools was yesterday.)The enormously influential and incomparably brilliant British street artist has produced a feature-length film entitled Exit Through the Gift Shop and St. Louis is on the kind-of-short ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Fish Fry Frenzy, Week 3: Epiphany of Our Lord

    A church with a bowling alley's a bit out of the ordinary. Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church is also a school, though. What? Your school didn't have eight lanes and an arcade with a smoking lounge and bar? Or a Lenten fish fry in the gym next door? Robin Wheeler​Having learned from last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    St. Louis Nation's 24th-Smartest City, But Wash. U. Medical Alums Still Allowed to Date Ivy-Leaguers

    ​Fall is a suspenseful time for the nation's smartest people. No, we're not referring to the announcements of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grants or the Nobel Prizes. Those things are all small potatoes compared to The Daily Beast's ranking of America's Smartest Cities, which c ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 9, 2009

    Weed Eaters: A raw-food movement is beginning to sprout in St. Louis

    ​Fall is a suspenseful time for the nation's smartest people. No, we're not referring to the announcements of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grants or the Nobel Prizes. Those things are all small potatoes compared to The Daily Beast's ranking of America's Smartest Cities, which c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    U.S. Snooze: Wash. U. Remains Best University in Missouri, Still Number 12 Nationwide

    flickr.com/photos/34284761@N04​Yesterday, just in time for the arrival of this year's freshman class at Washington University, U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings for 2010. Wash. U. came in at number 12, tying with Northwestern. (Just call 'em the Princeton and Yale of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Will a Budweiser Make Buds Out of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that Cambridge Cop?

    ​For years Anheuser-Busch has used the slogan, "Making Friends is Our Business." But could a recent (and much publicized) feud prove too powerful for even the "King of Beers" to mend? That's the topic under intense debate in the nation's capital, where President Barack Obama this week plans to inv ... More >>

  • Film

    May 13, 2009

    Holy Crap: But not entirely un-fun: Angels & Demons has a need for speed

    ​For years Anheuser-Busch has used the slogan, "Making Friends is Our Business." But could a recent (and much publicized) feud prove too powerful for even the "King of Beers" to mend? That's the topic under intense debate in the nation's capital, where President Barack Obama this week plans to inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Once You Go Buying Black, Do You Ever Go Back?

    ebonyexperiment.comThe Anderson family.Have you caught wind of the "Ebony Experiment" in yesterday's Los Angeles Times (though John and Maggie Anderson are conducting their year-long experiment in the Chicago area, where they live). A quick summary from the Times:The Andersons, African Americans who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Does Missouri Love Porn as Much as Other Red States?

    Wikimedia CommonsA study by a Harvard professor that was published last week in the Journal of Economic Perspectives found that traditionally conservative states consume the most online pornography. The study, a pdf of which can be found here, looked at the zip codes from credit cards ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Medical School Ethics Policies: How Area Universities Stack Up

    The March 2 New York Times contains a story that smacks down the Harvard Medical School's lax ethics policies when it comes to getting in bed with pharmaceutical companies. Timesman Duff Wilson reports that Harvard students and some faculty members complain that drug companies are exerting undue inf ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2009

    Ask a Mexican: Where's the beef? Why Mexicans like their steaks cut thin.

    The March 2 New York Times contains a story that smacks down the Harvard Medical School's lax ethics policies when it comes to getting in bed with pharmaceutical companies. Timesman Duff Wilson reports that Harvard students and some faculty members complain that drug companies are exerting undue inf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Fuzzy Math: Why the BCS Doesn't Work

    So I was in my automobile last night, driving along as I often do, and I heard something really interesting. So interesting, in fact, that I very nearly drove right off the road into some nice person's front yard. Luckily, my reflexes were good enough to save both myself and someone rhododendrons.&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Erstwhile Unreal Columnist Wants Back on School Board

    Filing begins tomorrow for the Elected School Board of the St. Louis Public Schools, and guess who plans to be first in line? St. Louis' evergreen political candidate, Mr. William "Bill" Haas. Although he's got degrees from Yale and Harvard, Haas has yet to join his Ivy League breth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2008

    Lehrer My God to Thee

    Tomfoolery is back in style

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    McDonald's would paint Grimace in blackface if it could earn them a couple more bucks.

    Week of November 30, 2006

  • News

    September 13, 2006

    What's up with Mexicans and their Tweety Bird decals?

    Week of September 14, 2006

  • Home Entertainment

    May 31, 2006

    Jesus Wept

    Anybody got a good anagram for "crap"?

  • News

    May 17, 2006

    Chapter & Verse

    Gentle but piercing. Indirect but intimate. Languorous but lusty. Carl Phillips is a lot like his poetry.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

    Week of March 9, 2006

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    New St. Louis

    Time for this town to cash in on Hurricane Katrina

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2005

    Learning Curve

    Jonathan Kozol isn't giving up on America's public schools

  • Home Entertainment

    September 14, 2005

    New releases available this week

    Jonathan Kozol isn't giving up on America's public schools

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Highly Rank

    An embarrassing month for Washington University

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2005

    Aye, Burns-ing for You

    Good for what ales you

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Oh, Brio!

    Unreal enjoys seasonal cocktails with lovely divorcees, learns of a new no-tolerance policy at a local elementary school and shares a make-out queen's Blog o' the Week; plus, how does Bryan Burwell really feel?

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2004

    Listen to America

    Ivan Tcherepnin settled the score

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Geeks Gone Wild

    If you can't get laid at a science-fiction convention, you can't get laid!

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2004

    How Great Is Faust Park?

    It's folking awesome!

  • Music

    May 5, 2004

    Cornel West

    Street Knowledge (Roc Diamond)

  • Film

    September 11, 2002

    Film Openings

    Week of September 11, 2002

  • Film

    June 12, 2002

    Film Openings

    Week of June 12, 2002

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Hard to Heal

    Fred Rottnek, doctor to the downtrodden, tried his luck playing the boardroom politics of one of the city's most prestigious charities, Grace Hill. He lost. So did the homeless of St. Louis.

  • Music

    January 31, 2001

    Tom Rush

    Friday, Feb. 2; Sheldon Concert Hall.

  • Music

    June 7, 2000

    The Cuts

    Thursday, June 8; Side Door

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Joshua Redman

    Wednesday-Saturday, March 29-April 1; Jazz at the Bistro

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    WHY BE NORML?

    How a respected economist became St. Louis' No. 1 advocate for legalizing pot

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    LEARNING CURVE

    Leona Mackler has parlayed a lifetime of education and experience into a lucrative practice helping the children of St. Louis' elite achieve their (and their parents') dreams

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    Bowling for Fewer Dollars

    St. Louis is the sport's Cooperstown, but another Walgreens closes the next-to-last alley in the city

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