A long time ago, I was introduced to Google. I was working on a research project and my teacher wrote the strange-looking word “google” on the whiteboard — it sounded kind of sketchy, but she told us it was a good tool for research assignments. My life has never been the same since.

Fast-forward a few years to my freshman year at BYU when my roommate introduced me to Facebook. I was reluctant to join since I already had a MySpace account, but I joined because all our new friends had an account and it was a great way to organize daily social gatherings. Needless to say, my MySpace account quickly became a redheaded step-child to me. With Facebook as my new love, my social life hasn’t been the same since.

Culture-bound syndromes (CBS) are cultural-specific acute behavioral disorders that are familiar as a disease or a mental condition in that population, but are not typically recognized outside of that society. What is crazy in one culture is not necessarily crazy in another.

As an aspiring anthropologist, I do not believe in the Western notion of sustainable romantic love. (Cynical much? Maybe, but that’s another story.)

Have plans for the weekend? Well, if you don’t, I’ve got you covered. If you do, you have new ones now. Have you ever imagined yourself ice skating in a sexy cocktail dress (or suit)? This Friday, your dreams can come true. With a descriptively long name, the “Back-in-Town Black Tie Dance Party” is the [...]

I never have to open a door around campus, I rarely have to unload my groceries by myself, and I never pick up the check on a date. I must say, it’s good to be a woman. Yet I still live in the 31st-ranked country for women, according to the UNDP gender-related development index for [...]

If you’re not drowning in a sea of papers, projects and tests these next two weeks, this is what’s going on besides cramming parties in the library. Friday: Kill the Radio (Electric Dance Party) @ The Loft ($1 off per can / 5 cans = FREE). 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Lauren Laws Presents a Jordan Petersen [...]

Bored and blue this time of year? Me too. Excluding hibernation, here are the best ideas I could come up with to make winter bearable: Free Activities: • Snow activities — snowball fights, build an igloo, snowman or snow angel • Carol at a rest home • Hot pots in midway • Winter stargazing (make [...]