Category: Portfolio

Tales From The RIPTA

by Marisa DelFarno ’18 *based on real encounters There was once a man who looked like your average man—blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt—but he was ridden with the mouth of a sailor, or a wannabe rebellious 13-year-old, despite little children being seated right near him. He was on the phone, and whoever he was […]

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“Iceberg Ahead!”

by Marisa Gonzalez ’18 The world around me begins to fade. The colors of my room come together and form a collage. At first I am nervous, but a little excited. This mixture of colors has never happened before. I try to widen my eyes to get a better view, but they begin to slowly […]

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Tiff & Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, What’s your opinion on breakfast for dinner? Sincerely, Green Eggs and Ham   Dear Green Eggs and Ham, I am a huge fan of brunch all day, any day, at any time of day, so long as that includes bottomless mimosas. I guess then that puts me in the category of […]

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Listomania: What To Do If You Don’t Have A Spring Concert Ticket

Go in the Friar Dom Costume Cry Ride the RIPTA Have Your Parents Email About it Extort Your Roommate For a Ticket FaceTime Someone at the Concert Put on Your Own Concert Listen to the Walmart Yodeling Kid Remix on Repeat Pretend to Be a Backup Dancer Order Chinese and Watch a Movie Eat Italian […]

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Memory—Two Halves

by Kiley McMahon ’20   As I flip the pages of the torn up scrapbook, I remembered the moment like it was just yesterday. my mind boggles as I envision him and I, I looked into his eyes lovingly and cautiously. modest, humble, and conservative attire of gowns and suits, The silk and leather which […]

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Summer On The Island

by Sam Pellman ’20   The sunlight struck her bed gently She slowly opened her eyes and a moment of panic hit her heart She glanced at her phone which read 11:16 a.m. But then she remembered she was in her bed at home, in no rush to be anywhere Maybe just the beach was […]

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One Crazy Moment

by Connor Zimmerman ’20   I want to go back to that one crazy moment: It was a dark night in a party where I felt particularly estranged. It started like any other late night, with the same people who talked to me in friendly but shallow exchanges. That was until we exchanged glances. I […]

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Respect The Wood

  by Marelle Hipolito ’21   “Respect the wood,” you joked. “I always hated the little rings the cups made, it ruins the wood.” We were buying souvenirs, and we came upon a whole wall of coasters. There were different kinds: cork with quotes on them, cloth with hearts hand-sown in, and ceramic with little […]

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Gilded: Two Stories

by Jonathon Coppe ’18   I. Noah Donahue looked at an icon. The church he had entered was kept quite dim. It lit up and down by alcoves of warm candlelight illuminating the side chapels of icons and statuettes, so that the nave—with its vast greenish-grey vaulted ceiling—held only a bare and fragile light. The […]

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Snow

by David Martineau ’18   “It’s really cold out today!” I said, my hands trembling as I stuffed them in the pockets of my thin coat. Beside me, Johnny walked with his head lowered in a sullen silence. He had been unusually quiet since we left school, but I didn’t bother to ask why, because […]

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