I have been trying to get myself to Macaulay’s Arts Night for the last two years. Inevitably, something comes up every year: an exam, a paper, etc. This year, I vowed that I would submit a piece and attend the event. On April 26th, I put on a polka dot dress and tights (I always […]
Author: Slavena Salve Nissan
Slavena was co-editor-in-chief of "The Macaulay Messenger" during the 2014-2015 academic year. Here are 5 random things about her:
1. She was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Yes, that's a real country.)
2. Her name is of Slavic origin and means glory.
3. She still has all of her stuffed animals from childhood.
4. She has an intense love for libraries and can spend hours enthralled by a good book.
5. She's fascinated by the idea of reincarnation.
More Graphic Novels For Your Reading Pleasure
Last semester, I wrote an article about my newfound passion for graphic novels, and I provided a list of some of the best ones I had read at the time. I’m continuing my quest to read all of the great graphic novels out there, and below, I present you with ten more authors and their […]
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ~ Mark Twain I have watched my young cousin go from drawing nonsensical scribbles to laboring over writing each letter of a word to reading long books. She is in fifth grade now, and a few months ago, she told […]
Oops, Excuse Me. I Didn’t Mean to Spill My Coffee on Your Prada Dress.
In a city of over eight million people, we are blessed to have a subway system that takes us to virtually any corner of the city. Taking the subway is often cheaper and faster than trying to navigate a car on busy city streets or trying to hail a cab during rush hour. It may […]
Graphic Novels: The Next Big Trend in Books
When was the last time that you read a book—textbooks excluded—with lots of pictures in it? I bet you had to think back to elementary school. Well, my answer would be four days ago, and no, it wasn’t a children’s picture book. It was a graphic novel. A graphic novel is essentially a comic book […]
Hey, You! Take Care of Yourself
You’re in the middle of a particularly difficult semester in which a microbiology lab report, a ten page paper for your Shakespeare class, and an organic chemistry exam all fall during the same week. Sound familiar? You spend the week in front of your laptop in your school library, torn between the temptations of social […]
Bookworms in Brooklyn
On an exceptionally sunny and warm first day of autumn, book lovers from all over the city came to Brooklyn for the eighth annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Brooklyn’s enthusiastic Borough President, Marty Markowitz, created the event to celebrate local writers, though it has expanded to include writers from outside the borough. At “Bookend” events, held […]
Lessons from Grimm
As children, our parents tell us stories about princesses, kings, and talking animals. Some of the most popular stories that we hear are the Grimms’ fairytales, compiled by the Grimm brothers from the many tales that they heard from all over Germany. In Fall 2011, NBC debuted a crime procedural drama called Grimm. The show […]
The Influence of 1920s Fashion
The Jazz Age. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. The 19th Amendment. These phrases are all associated with the Roaring Twenties, an era filled with economic prosperity and lots of glitz and glamour. The fashion of the era is a reflection of people’s luxurious lifestyles and liberated minds. There was a fashion revolution in women’s clothing: smaller […]
Stories from Parenthood
In the spring of 2010, previews for Parenthood were all over NBC. I remember being excited to see Lauren Graham because I used to watch her on Gilmore Girls when I was younger. Like Gilmore Girls, Parenthood is a a realistic, relatable portrayal of modern family life. It focuses on the Bravermans, a large family […]
