AJ Worsley ’22 Light a candle, admit your flaws, set the tone. Don’t let the process turn your heart to stone. Find warmth in lost love, but always try to keep it in your sight. The best love poems are written after the love has gone to light. Compare your lover to […]
Taylor Maguire ’24 They don’t tell you when you’re a kid that love is depressing. When you’re five, you start watching movies that project the happily-ever-after trope, and as you continue on through middle school, your curiosity grows on the concept. Then high school rolls around, and you listen to music that praises the pretty […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, What happened to Syllabus Week? It’s one day into the semester and I’m already feeling the burnout. Help. Sincerely, Going Downhill Fast Dear Downhill, Now, now, always remember that you MUST put yourself first. If you feel that you need to, take a self-care week. Don’t worry about your professors, your […]
Kate Ward ’23 My piece of art had been hanging in that museum for far too long. I was never entirely on board with the fact that the museum would take it and display it, and I wanted it back—it was a masterpiece, after all. I called and emailed and called again, but the museum […]
Marelle Hipolito ’22 So dull was the class today that I drew a house. It had a white picket fence. The grass was green and the flowers radiated life. It had five windows, four squares in between maroon brick walls, and one circle inviting a peak of sunlight into the second floor. My pen […]
Best Icebreakers to Start off the Semester Anything other than name/major/hometown. What’s your least favorite icebreaker? What’s your favorite book? What song describes your life right now? If you were a potato, how would you like to be cooked? If you could audition for one TV show, which one would it be? If you could […]