Category: Portfolio

You Want It, You Got It

by Dawyn Henriquez ’19 She was never the quiet type. Her voice was always the one booming through the jams at parties, the one to say hello as though you were a football field away when you were only a couple feet from her, the one who needed to be told that she was yelling […]

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Tincture

by Julia Zygiel ’19 My head is buried in my folded arms as my heart hammers in my chest. My nose presses uncomfortably into the desk, but this is the only tried and true method for hiding the cloud of piss yellow panic that’s trying to suffocate me. I pull the hood of my sweatshirt […]

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The Typical Town

by Sarah Kirchner ’21 The night sky looked typical tonight, With those stars that appear to always be falling down. The stars that represented the thousands of lights in a town, The town that I constantly tried to ignore. They say that this is normal And that “normal” was the life I was meant to […]

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Chuckleheadz talk about graduation

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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Listomania: Rejected Listomania Topics

How to solve the PC housing crisis (we couldn’t) Things people get unnecessarily offended by What to name the New Science Building Weird flexes Why Fr. Shanley really went on sabbatical Things you find in Suites Hall over the weekend How Friars Club selects its members Statistics for students entering into jobs upon graduation How […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, My parents just called me and said that they cannot help me move out after my last final exam because they are taking a trip down to Florida to “get a summer tan.” How do I get all my stuff out of my room and go home? Trying to get home, […]

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Fresh Out of the Bronx

by Jessica Polanco ’20 Fashion is life, even when you are stuck in an elevator with a stranger. The fit must be trendy and outrageous even if the person next to you is wearing something basic. From head to toe it needs to be fire, nothing influenced by the President of the United States because, […]

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Dear Best Friend

by Sarah Kirchner ’21 I write to you to tell you that I’m always here. Whether I’m not physically there, or if I’m right by your side…. The silence is too loud for me to pretend. It hurts to know that I cause the pain and the distance. But loud and clear, I want to […]

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Horror

by Jay Willett ’20 “Psssssst, are you awake?” the girl whispered low across the cell to her prison mate. The boy twitched his leg slightly and grunted in affirmation. This response sparked irritation in the girl; she shook her chains and shackles so that they clattered against the base of the back wall. The absence […]

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Listomania: Backup Commencement Speakers

Coach Cooley DJ Diesel (#neverforget) John Mulaney Father Shanley (while we still have him) Putin and Trump Wayne G. Resmini (“In Pain? Call Wayne”) Governor Raimondo Dot Lori Loughlin (get that degree even if it’s honorary) Paul Rudd Camille Kostek (actually, we would prefer Gronk) Kris Dunn A DWC professor to remind us why DWC […]

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