Category: Portfolio

Parties in the Age of Crypto (Screenplay)

by Kathryn Libertini ’23   INT. AT A PARTY ME Hey what’s up! You okay? FINANCE MAJOR Yeah kinda. Ever since the market closed on Friday and Dogecoin went down I’ve just felt awful about myself. ME It’s just a stock, I’m sure it will go back up! FINANCE MAJOR Do you even know what […]

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Parasitic Hyacinth Flowers

By Taylor Rogers ’24  Parasitic limbs curiously crawl into my brain, their furry legs hitting the organ ruthlessly, not caring about the potential dents and damage they could cause. Gradually, they begin their descent, digging a hole into my precious prefrontal cortex, not reacting as my mood shifts from confused to irritated. These annoying bugs […]

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Meal Prep 

Caitlin Bartley ’24   At nighttime  girls are stripped bare,  washed and dried,  slathered in oils and moisturizers and serums,  and dressed in white silks.  So soft and sweet.  Girls are put to bed,  laid on linen sheets,  eight hours to sleep until the alarm rings.  This is how girls are prepped   to be devoured  […]

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Listomania

 Best Things to Find in an Easter Egg A $100 bill  Tickets to Coachella  Another smaller egg Those little foam dinosaurs that grow in water A coupon for free tuition  The fat squirrel from the fall An engagement ring  Full-sized Kanye A crumpled up exam answer sheet  A personalized poem written by Dean Sears

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But English Majors Love to Write!

by Kate Ward ’23 “As an English Major, you must love writing!” God, if only I had a tally over my head each time I heard that throughout college. And I do, I do love writing, but sometimes it’s a little much with three papers due a week plus an awkward Cowl deadline on the […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I was walking around campus today, and I can’t help but notice the fat squirrel from the fall is missing. I need to know if he survived the winter…any ideas as to where he is? Sincerely, Squirrel Enthusiast Dear squirrel enthusiast, I ate him.  Tiff  Dear Squirrel Enthusiast, I have it […]

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His (Our) Odyssey

Aidan Lerner ’22 Bringggg. Bringggg. Bringggg. As a unit, over eight hundred kids arose and walked toward the wing of classrooms. The full mass of the entire student body was not something which Eddie had ever taken for granted, given his claustrophobic instincts and fear of crowds. But on the list of triggering things in […]

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Blue Light

by Nicole Patano ’22   Past the student center she walks, a ringing in her ears. Her name is spoken in whispers  by the boys she met last year. The ones who took the chance to kiss her and then left her alone to cry silent tears.    Beyond their voices, another sound, steady as […]

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Statements of Fact and Trying Not to Look Stupid

Fiona Clarke ’23   Welcome back to “Stupid Things People Say.” This week, our topic is “Living in the State of the Obvious (And Why You Should Immigrate).”  A few years ago, I was minding my own business at soccer practice, surrounded by a gaggle of chirping teenage girls, waiting in line for my turn […]

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King Slayer

Toni Rendon ’24   Here I am standing on a hill  Not at the top  Just here on the hill   Made up of the bodies of the kings I’ve killed    Their blood trickles onto the ground  Barely making a sound and washing my past in red  Their crowns’ weight bowing my head  Suffocating the […]

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