Nostalgia is a strange, strange thing. The internet, as well, is a very strange thing.  When you add these two together, some interesting things start to pop up.  Hello again everyone, I’m Josh, and today, we’re going surfing! Yes, today we are surfing something I like to call the Waves of Popularity....

"What is that?” the girl who walked past my table asks as she points to my lunch. I respond, with confusion, and ask her what she had meant. She continues to point at the food in the container and then covers her nose. The scent of my lunch filled the noses of those within a radius of six feet around...

I was on my way home from my first ever rally protesting anti-Asian hate crimes in the US after six people of Asian descent were shot and killed in the Atlanta spa shooting in March. I had just posted a picture I took from the rally of me holding up my sign that read "I am not a virus". Only four minutes...

Hello everyone! My name is Josh Lawrence, and welcome to my very cool and awesome column. I’ll be your guide as I write about video games, while you sit and read about video games. Sound cool? Don’t answer that. On November 19, 2006, the world changed forever. On November 18, 2012, the world changed...

Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, was assaulted walking alone in a neighborhood in broad daylight on January 28; he died two days later. Noel Quintana, 61, was on his way to work when a stranger started to kick his bag and slit his face with a box cutter on February 3. Marc Quidit, 49, was shot by an armed robber...

"Does anyone in this class speak Chinese?" my history teacher asked as she flipped through the slideshow detailing the Five Dynasties of Ancient China, "Sophia, how would you pronounce this?". I looked up befuddled as the whole class stared at me. "I don't know," I said as my voice shook, "I don't speak...

Dedicating her life to social reform, and as the first female Cabinet member, Frances Perkins was a revolutionary. Born in Boston, raised in Worcester, and educated at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Perkins spent her formative years in New England. Perkins pursued physics and...

“Look at me, ching-chong!” my elementary classmates used to say to me while pulling back the corner of their eyes in an attempt to mock me. My frustration and anger never met my peers as I buried it within me. I went home and cried that day ashamed of my appearance — ashamed of who I was. At...

Hedy Lamarr was a world-famous actress, considered the most beautiful woman in the world. She was also an immigrant, a passionate supporter of the war against the Nazis, a sexual and cultural progressive, and the inventor of the technology at the basis of Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular communications. On...

When you google “the first woman to run the Boston Marathon,” the name Kathrine Switzer pops up. Across the Internet, Switzer is remembered for the iconic video of her being attacked by marathon officials, and for the changes that were enacted following the altercation. But Switzer was not the first...

In 1967 Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and James Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Many believe, if not for her death from ovarian cancer in 1963, Rosalind Franklin would have shared in that honor.  Rosalind Franklin was born in July 1920 to Muriel and Elis Franklin,...

Mary White Ovington, a privileged, white woman, committed her life to improving the lives of African Americans.  Her dedication led to the establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization committed to erasing prejudice in public services, countering...