Writer
Maryanthe E. Malliaris
Latest Content
Antiquity
It is said that Boston is the Athens of America. Academic groves aside, this always seemed to me a spurious
Empires of the Blind
Once, it seemed, the focus of media was education—imparting facts, perhaps with a bit of ideology thrown in. These days,
The Tax Romana
It is difficult to point to something which unites the industrialized world more than the dread of things coming due.
Bricolage
As a thesis writer with a deadline immediately after spring break (most likely, as you read this, I am dashing
I.D.-ology
Now that I am respectably of age, I carry my license and its angstful photograph proudly. I no longer look
Unreal City
Widener under construction is a fantastic world. Predictably monumental in summer, the building takes on an imperial quality against the
Groves of Academe
Judging from the flash bulbs continually snapping around the Yard, one might guess that the most distinctive features of the
Fragment 13
In my room atop Lowell House, studying for exams, I take time off to reflect on the generalities and fragments
Decadence
This weekend, I have had the sudden fortune of housesitting for the father of a friend of mine, who lives
Sense of Place
A line from Akhmatova: The hour of remembrance has drawn close again. It does not seem, during the fall of
Boxing Andre
Andre the Giant has a posse. You may have seen stickers proclaiming this fact. Or you may have seen posters,
Character in the News
"Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a great minder of Senate traditions and a stirring elected intellectual, perhaps Washington's last. But he
Beautiful Men
FM's recent spread of "Beauty at Harvard" began with the question: "Tell us, Harvard, what is beauty?" The article goes
Uncommon (Vote) Casting
The party line in American politics these days does not come down between Democrats, Republicans and Greens, but between voters
Alchemy and Other Core Courses
Last August I spent my programming breaks in the grass around 156 Western Avenue reading a book I'd borrowed from
