Category: Features

Three Line Third Wheel Stories

  His voice is all I can hear, And she calls him “dear.” Can I please just disappear? —Marisa DelFarno ’18   Walking out of my dorm, my two friends see me and invite me to come to the dining hall. I find their booth, and they are both sitting on the same side, already […]

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Celebrity Tinder Profiles

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I’ve been invited to two Super Bowl parties this year, one by some friends who are Patriots fans, and another by some friends who are Eagles fans.  Which one should I go to, and how do I avoid offending my friends from the other team after I decide?  FYI, I don’t […]

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Listomania: People We Wish Performed at the Super Bowl

DJ Diesel The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Oprah Six Gents Garry “Jerry”/“Larry”/“Lenny” Gergich Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Beethoven Vanilla Ice Psy “Pants on the Ground” Guy Sophia Grace and Rosie “Apparently” Boy Willow Smith Phineas and Ferb

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, Where do I go now that Alumni Hall is closed on Sunday nights? I have no desire to kill myself on Guzman Stairs while trying to get to Eaton Street Café. Sincerely, “Hangry”   Dear Hangry, GAHHHH. To be honest, the new hours in Alumni are just pissing me off. It’s […]

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Listomania: Resolutions We’ve Already Broken

Going to the Gym Being a Nice Person Staying Within My Dunkin’ Budget Not Binging Game of Thrones Going to Ray More Often Quitting My Horrible Job Showing Up to My 8:30 a.m. Class Destroying Philosophy Not Watching Cat Videos Not Consuming Fried Chicken Not Wearing Sweats to Class Organizing My Dorm Room Reading More […]

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I have a real problem here.  I am really interested in having a relationship, but I can never tell when members of the opposite sex are flirting with me.  Are there any signs or signals you know of that I can look out for in the future? Sincerely, Call Me, Maybe? […]

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Listomania: Things We Didn’t Want To Do Over Break, But Did

Got Rabies Shots Ate Fruitcake Shoveled Snow Worked Wore Pajamas for 48 hours straight Applied to Law School Existed Looked at Final Grades Got Stranded in an Airport, Twice Wrote a Thesis Answered Family Questions About Our Five-Year Plans Looked For a Summer Job Ate Christmas Leftovers for a Week Pretended to Get Excited When […]

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The Grinch

by Madison Stevens ’19 There is blood everywhere. That’s all I am aware of at this point—wet, metallic-smelling blood. On the operating room floor, on gauze packs, on me. I survived my twelfth day at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Austin. A Christmas miracle, to say the least. I had done my first year residency in […]

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Letters to Santa

Dear Santa, How is Rudolph doing? I hope good. Is it cold? It’s cold here, but I have a blanket and sweater. My Grammy made it for me. Does Rudolph have a Grammy? Who makes him sweaters? And cookies? And gives him hugs and kisses? The good kisses. Not the sloppy kind my doggie gives me. […]

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