An extra TV if you smash yours First aid kit Lucky underwear A pound of buffalo wings to stress eat Extra pants in case of an emergency Liquids to hydrate Water bottles to pee in during overtime My autograph from Tom Brady (#humblebrag) Fire extinguisher Face paint Extra couches A shoulder to cry on if […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, Lately, I have been just so tired and stressed after class that I’ve been sleeping the whole day away. Do you have any tips on how to relax after a long day of classes without going back to sleep? Sincerely, Sleeping Beauty Dear Sleeping Beauty, I have heard your case […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, It has been two weeks since I have come back to school, and everything in my apartment is already broken. My dishwasher has turned my kitchen into Noah’s Ark, the lights keep flickering, and my fridge is basically a heater. With my luck, FixIt will come by the beginning of next […]
“How is your family?” -My Boss “Good to see you.” -Someone I‘ve never seen before “What classes are you taking?” – All of my professors “Where are you living?” -My next-door neighbor “Abroad changed my life.” -Everyone who studied abroad “How are you?” -Person walking in the other direction “Come over anytime.” -Person who doesn’t […]
by Erin Lucey ’20 Ten…Nine…Eight…I counted down, chanting with the crowd all the way to one. For the first time in I don’t know how many years, I was actually excited for this new year. A lot had changed in the past year, and I can count on one hand how many of those changes […]
by Sarah Kirchner ’21 The wind whistled through my ears as I sprinted down the empty street. I was running faster than I had ever run before. My improvement wasn’t from practice, though. I was running from something, and that gave me a motive. It was something my dad never really taught me about, but […]
by Julia Zygiel ’19 The townspeople of Emsworth hide their secrets in the marsh. Signs line the singular road which snakes around it, warning against entrance and to beware the almost ever present fog. On sweaty summer nights and cool fall days teenagers will wander around it, carefully tip-toeing across logs to avoid sinking their […]
by Jay Willett ’20 We start with it, or better, among it. Born into a world—it was waiting to catch us. Some of us got the pleasure of being raised along it. We never understood it then. Not until we saw him or her. Our little hearts thumped faster. It felt good. Perhaps we were […]