Author Archives: whymartin
Time You Spent Wasting
(Yasmina Martin)–– If you ask someone on this campus the ever-loaded question “How are you?” they will respond with two answers: “Tired” or “Busy.” Our days are crammed with classes, club … Continue reading
Junior Year Blues
(Yasmina Martin)-As pre-registration for my penultimate semester of college looms closer, I’m hitting that moment of realization: the “oh no” moment, the “I have one year and two months left … Continue reading
Macklemore, Conscious Rapper?
(Yasmina Martin)-This past Tuesday, Program Board announced that we will be welcoming rising stars Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewis to our hallowed Alumni Gym later this April. Judging from … Continue reading
On Names, Home, and “American Girl”
(Yasmina Martin)-In her biomythography “Zami: A New Spelling of my Name”, Black feminist, activist and poet Audre Lorde details her life in a fascinating combination of reality and fiction, recalling … Continue reading
Disney Goes Bad
(Yasmina Martin)– We all have our guilty pleasures, whether it be watching “Gossip Girl”over winter break, reading “Cosmo” at the gym, or listening to awful, misogynistic rap and trying to … Continue reading
African Innovation: A Different Narrative
(Yasmina Martin)-Kelvin Doe takes trash and makes batteries out of it. Doe, a 15-year old from Sierra Leone, has an inventive spirit and designs things out of other people’s metal … Continue reading
