The Quad: Dieting can be dangerous when based on gender stereotypes

From the expectation that all women love chocolate and all men love meat to the notion that women jump from diet to diet, there are a lot of gender stereotypes that focus on food. But how much of this is actually true? And, in particular, how does this affect adolescents and college students? It is […]

The Quad: ‘Lactose intolerance’ is scamming us all

If you regularly pay 50 cents for soy or almond milk at Kerckhoff Coffee House to avoid the discomfort of consuming dairy products, you are not alone. In fact, compared to most of the world’s population, you’re in the majority. Contrary to popular belief, and the particular naming of the term itself as a “disease,” […]

College ‘life hacks,’ tested

As students, it is almost a given that we find innovative new ways of making our lives more manageable. However, as easy and useful as these “hacks” may seem on Pinterest or Buzzfeed, where they seem to grow exponentially, reality doesn’t always match up. Doubtful, I decided to test the functionality of several of these […]