Drinking at Brandeis & BEMCo

BEMCo has become synonymous with Brandeis’s culture. From the very first days of orientation we were all introduced to BEMCo, short for Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps, it has rooted itself to the point of becoming a verb. “Someone just got BEMCoed” can be heard every weekend…

All addictions have a way of ruining lives. Some slowly and steadily, others with one fatal hit. People can be addicted to drugs, sex, work, and even something as innocent as collecting stuffed animals but one way or…

The Brain’s Relationship with Drug Addiction

There are numerous ideas circulating around what constitutes a drug addiction and how people develop an addiction to drugs. Some believe that it is the result of a moral failing, while others argue that it can be attributed to a lack of healthy free…

MY DRUG OF CHOICE: A BUDDING ADDICTION TO CAFFEINE?

Most days, I drink coffee; a splash of milk, and one sugar. Some days, I wake to the comforting hum of my keurig brewing and others, I indulge and sip a sweet iced latte or other caffeinated beverage of choice. Every now and again, I go a day without my caffeine fix. On…

Might as Well Face it, You’re Addicted to Love

Unlike Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, one thing that a lot of us never grow out of is our belief in true love; the concept that we all have one soulmate who we are destined to spend the rest of out lives with. Also unlike the Santa and the…

The Story of the Stranger

On the street, he says nothing. The road is already full of woes rising off the city folk like a black cloud. His own don’t need to be added to it. He walks, passed dimly-lit bars, their signs flickering neon like a worn down beacon. He knows them all by name, knows the people…

A Relationship in Retrospect

When I was 17, I met an older, seemingly more responsible guy who piqued my interest. He spoke to me about the world in its entirety, the social construct of the 21st century, and other intellectual ideas that I didn’t speak about with my peers in high school. He told me I was…

See opium in Qing Dynasty

Opium has a huge damage to China at that time, which greatly influences the stability of the Chinese economy and people’s livelihood. It can be said that the British frantically dumping opium to China, and Chinese people obsessing with the purchase and consumption of opium, are the…