Category: Portfolio

Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, What are your essential items for spring break traveling?  I’m trying to figure out what to bring and could use advice from seasoned veterans like you. Sincerely, Potential Packer   Dear Potential Packer, I have multiple essential items for spring break. Here they are: My very worn copy of Fifty Shades […]

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Listomania: Places We Wouldn’t Want To Study Abroad

Mordor Fennell Hall Siberia Shelby, Ohio Chad Brown Street Victor Spoils 15 Yemen Road, Yemen Turkmenistan Purgatory Our Parents’ Basement Bella Thorne’s House Villanova University North Korea The White House

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Somewhere In The Clouds

by Dawyn Henriquez ’19   The smoke danced, Curling into our minds and Selling us paranoia for cents of sobriety Like a vendor of beans labeled magic, Giving us stalks through each pass.   After, all that remained was ash Spread across the coffee table. The snore of a giant Lying on the couch the […]

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Apotheosis

by Marisa DelFarno ’18   His name was Jones, and the whole bus was his soapbox. Any regular on 21 knew about Jones; his rep for being tossed out onto the pavement, and his volcanically loud voice, while the mice of the bus, myself included, judged him in our collective silence.   He hid himself […]

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Sweetbitter

by Jay Willett ’20   Dust and gunk spewed up from beneath the rails as her train skidded to a stop. You couldn’t see the orange citrus rays of the morning sun underground. “Boston, Boston!” She flung her flowered bag over her shoulder and reached for her carry-on. The stench of the subway was overwhelming; […]

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One, Two, Three

by Marelle Hipolito ’21   One, two, three Minutes late to the bus stop I sigh with relief, the bus driver waited because she knows me   Four, five, six Times I fell asleep in class But it’s okay, I have lunch after this   Seven, eight, nine People ahead of me At least it’s […]

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Dream Walker

by Connor Zimmerman ’20   I was cursed when I was younger, by a witch no less. To walk a thousand years in the minds of others. Those foul harpies always get the last laugh, especially when you steal their magic. My body was suddenly whisked away, and it has been so for 999 years. […]

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, Why do professors make us print so much? I shouldn’t be out of PC Prints before midterms! Sincerely, Low on Ink (and Patience)   Dear Low on Ink, Here’s a tip: just don’t print any of it. Then, when asked why you didn’t do the reading, say you have the flu. […]

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Listomania: Sports We Wish Were Held At The Winter Olympics

Jacuzzi Diving Hibernating Ice Cream Scooping Snowman Building Dog Sledding Busting My Ass On Icy Sidewalks Hot Chocolate Drinking Layering Clothes Shoveling Ice Fishing Brushing Snow Off Of Your Car Cutting Out Paper Snowflakes Ice Sculpting Karaoke

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The World

by David Martineau ’18   You grow on me like a coat of fur, but offer me no warmth. And sometimes all I would like to do is shave you off, But I cannot, for you are my children.   Before, when I was whipped by fire and scarred by ice, When my skin blistered […]

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