Zachary Bell
Recent articles
Zachary Bell | Notes from Montreal
According to the Associated Press, 53.6 percent of Americans under 26 with a bachelors degree — 1.5 million — are jobless or underemployed. That could fill a lot of streets. So why are they empty?
Zachary Bell | Preoccupied in protest
That weekend, I tried to pair my observations of the mass actions with personal conversations — on both sides. I spoke to police and protesters, removing the blue helmets and black masks, asking whether the police are part of the 99 percent or part of a police state in which violence is the closest one can get to “dialogue.”
Zachary Bell | Will Occupy Spring create another world or another left?
I began May Day eager to see a space that embodied the movement’s values. However, after 12 hours of activism, this other world that Occupy was trying to create seemed messy and racked by many of the contradictions that haunted the New Left in the 1960s.
Zachary Bell | Grateful to graduate
Ironically, the knowledge I have gained from my liberal arts education is exactly what has made the reward for its completion confounding.
Zachary Bell | Transform the Night
In general, sexual activity relies on a guy’s initiative and a girls’ acceptance. The pursuer invests time, energy, maybe even money and often wants something in return.
Zachary Bell | Facing the fear of missing out
FOMO, or the fear of missing out, refers to the social anxiety students may feel from missing an event, falling behind or tumbling into social bankruptcy.
Zachary Bell | Why I’m walking out
Walking out is not tantamount to signing an “I agree” petition — it’s deciding to engage in a discourse.
Zachary Bell | Step up, step back
Sexism has not bled-out. It’s alive and pulses through our conversations and our body language.
Zachary Bell | Digging into the crisis of OCR
Just a few months ago, I was complicit in On-Campus Recruiting. As suits traipse into interview rooms this week, I think it’s time to examine this tradition of competition through its history and recent critiques.
Zachary Bell | Let's make some friends
As a freshman, I chose the guaranteed community and the institutionalized comfort of a social calendar. I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I’m saying that I didn’t try to imagine something different.
Zachary Bell | Morgan ‘Central Planner’ Stanley
After studying abroad and learning about alternative economies, I realized that American capitalism may be mimicking some of communism's biggest mistakes.
