What if you could talk to yourself at twenty-one?
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What if you could talk to yourself at twenty-one?
Read MoreA contemporary survey of the social and psychological toileting habits of highly-educated millennials
Read MoreAt the time of publication, there were 248 responses to our survey (see Table 1 for demographic data).
Read MoreThis moderate alternative between the completely rational approach of just-sitting-on-the-damn-seat and the extreme wastefulness of using paper seat covers requires restroom goers to perform and hold a semi-squat so that they are positioned just above the toilet bowl without actually contacting any inch of porcelain. Admittedly, prior to this study, I had limited knowledge of this neo-modernist approach that seems to require an inordinate amount of quad strength.
Read MoreIf we are to glean anything meaningful from a groundbreaking investigation into the toileting habits of highly-educated millennials—and that is quite a lot to ask—it likely has nothing to do with toilets or tissues.
Read MoreExamining what’s beneath the surface
Read MoreThe first time I had General Tso’s Chicken was in college. Before that, I hadn’t ever heard of it. It was served at Grace’s Café, a mom and pop Chinese restaurant located on Duke University’s central campus that has since closed shop. It was battered, fried, and glazed—in other words, it was something my mom…
Read MoreI was seven when I first visited Taiwan. My parents referred to the three-month trip as “going back”, a return to the motherland. But for me and my siblings it was a novel experience, journeying to a place we knew only through our parents’ stories and long-distance phone calls. In the beginning, I complained a…
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