Category: Portfolio

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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Cloud Covered Sky

by Grace O’Connor ’22 The blue water shimmering in the early morning sunlight My mother’s soft hand in mine The orange morning sun so bright Its warmness sinking into my skin making it shine My small feet sink into the sand as I look at the ocean in front of me The sun is covered […]

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Chuckleheadz take on the Boston Marathon

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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Puzzle Piece

by Sarah Heavren ’21 I am a puzzle piece, I am uniquely shaped Which means I cannot fit Wherever I am placed. I have some rough edges, And my shape is not smooth. I have some points and gaps That make fitting hard, too. You didn’t seem to mind When you started to see My […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to slog through the last few weeks of the semester and Easter just can’t come soon enough. Do either of you have any advice on how to get through these last weeks? Sincerely, Senioritis   Hi Older and Lazier, I remember when it was […]

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