I'll never forget the syllabus for that summer Russian literature class, which included War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, plus some stories by Pushkin, Gogol, and Chekov. Read More

Every 4th of July I spent in New Jersey I became exceptionally popular. This one time a year, everyone wanted me to be part of their group ... Read More

What's scary is how computer algorithms, AI, and all our technology can take data that is perfectly true and turn it into "facts" that are frighteningly false. Read More

If I still was feverish, I couldn't tell once we went outside in the steamy Caribbean. Read More

He said, "I look like Omar Sharif." I thought, "...yeah, and I look like Michelle Pfeiffer." Read More

United Cigar, run by the Cohen family, was packed with cigars and cigarettes, all types of magazine, and oh, the candy! Read More

The best college for you is the one that wants you to be there. ... choose the "wrong" major if it resonates with you. Read More

The bottom of the gym suit consisted of … bloomers. Yes, ballooning from the waist and ending in tight elastic at the widest part of the thigh. Read More

As exam week progressed, we could hear clack, clackety-clack, ding!!, clack, clack, from the living area and dorm rooms in the entire wing, along with the crinkle of bags of potato chips and Cheetos. Read More

I knew I really wasn't supposed to take the car to the beach, but the temptation was too much. Read More