Ben Murphy
February 22, 2014
Opinions
Investing in an Intentional Future
I started the slow arduous ascent (or is it a descent?) along the road towards graduate school last May. Why…
February 01, 2014
Stories In Focus
Houghton in Context: Women in Academia
In 2008, for the first time ever, women earned more than 50 percent of awarded PhDs. Despite this shift in…
December 07, 2013
Opinions
Words Matter: A Proposal for Change
“And Goddess said, Let us make woman in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the…
September 28, 2013
Arts
“Repave”: Just Another Bon Iver Album
A friend of mine recently asked me if I thought Justin Vernon was talented or simply creative. This struck me…
April 12, 2013
Arts
Atoms for Peace Release Album
“Atoms for Peace” is variously referred to as either a supergroup ‘including’ or a side-project ‘belonging to’ its most famous…
February 23, 2013
Arts
The Grammys: A Broken Promise
Although such declamations are hardly conventional, this article had better begin with full disclosure on two accounts: I did not…