Ekaterina Beletskaya

By now we are all too familiar with the images and stories of destruction coming out of Haiti. Since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the country on January 12th, news stories of a devastated, displaced people, have occupied the collective conscience of an international audience. Despite some uplifting stories of reunited families and survivors being pulled from wreckage after being buried for seven, even eleven days, the ultimate fate of the country and its citizens is grim and uncertain.Read more...

Samba, speedos, slums.... there is much Rio de Janeiro is known for around the world. Recently, the second largest city in Brazil had one of its proudest moments since Pele scored his 1000th career goal (which happened in 1967)—it was selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.Read more...

A little over a year ago, I found myself on a sixteen-hour plane ride journeying from Washington D.C. to Dhaka, Bangladesh. After sleeping through the flight over the Atlantic, my face plastered to the small plane window and my side digging into a swarthy British tourist, I was awakened by the sunrise over blinding white sand. Out of nowhere, tall buildings rushed up to dominate my field of vision, seemingly created in an instant out of the hot desert air. The whole thing had the feel of a fantasy novel, something you would be more likely to see in Star Wars than here on planet Earth.Read more...

This past weekend foreseeably saw a legion of parties, none as epic as our very own “Do’s and Don’ts” throwdown. In this week’s issue, you will find the dirty evidence of sin, photographic proof of the depraved orgy of overindulgence, candid commentary on the bloated binging of the plaid-clad, skinny jean-wearing masses!Read more...

From the delightfully saucy Johnny “Jack Sparrow” Depp in the movie theaters to Captain Morgan winking at the public from his vigilant post in the ABC store, pirates have been deeply ingrained into popular culture. The myth of the buccaneering, hook-handed, rum-drinking rogues is longstanding and alluring­—which explains my ever present desire to drop out of school and sail the seven seas in search of gold (and more rum!).Read more...