Category: Portfolio

The Bedroom Light: A Moment, in Two Pictures

by Jonathan Coppe, ’18 Portfolio Staff   Getting up for the graveyard shift is a bitch. Who wants to go to work at 10 at night? No, on second thought, it’s going to bed at dawn that’s the worst part. I hate lying down while the sun comes up and it only ever gets brighter. […]

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Full Circle

by Marisa DelFarno, ’18 Portfolio Staff   What comes full circle? A raindrop descending into the ocean. Ice meeting heat’s devotion. The caged electric flow in a closed circuit. The sour workings of karma’s service. We all obey this motion like the path has been previously woven, but, does deviation have any purpose? Well, maybe […]

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Striker

by Clara Howard, ’19 Assistant Portfolio Editor   A figure leapt across the gap between buildings on 6th Street, landing with a roll on the rooftop of Hayes Financial. He came to a stop and lay flat on his belly, breathing in the gritty smell of the city and feeling the rush of relief of […]

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A Little Over Five Years Later

by Christie Smith ’17      She climbed the brick steps and tiredly searched for her house key, thrusting her hand into the depths of her unorganized pocketbook. Demanding order in almost every other area of her life, she was eluded by the fact that this bag was chronically a wasteland for miscellaneous items. Finally […]

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Harold

by Joey Aiello ’17 It was so clear that night it looked as if the sky had been cut open to reveal what it really looks like behind its usual dull mask. Max was a loser. He knew it, but he just didn’t care. The tired chain on his old bike creaked as he pedaled […]

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Wanderer

by Abby Johnston ’17 Eighty degrees and bone-dry. Not a cloud overhead to mar the plain of stars. And the concrete driveway that had been baking all day long now felt like a floor-heater on the expanses of back where her tank top dipped. This was how Susan would remember draught. Utter stillness. But this […]

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Listomania: Rejected Listomania Ideas

Places Where You Wouldn’t Want to Run Into Friar Dom  Best Places to Do It on Campus  Worst Places to Do It on Campus  Reasons Why Parietals Are Still a Thing  Other Problems an Ice Cold Pepsi Can Solve  Alternatives to the EU (i.e. The Justice League)  Ways to Earn a Quick Buck on Campus  […]

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, What are your summer/life plans? Sincerely, Your Concerned Aunt Mary-Jo What am I doing for the summer/the rest of my life? To quote the inspirational Kevin Malone, ’’I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.’’ But more seriously, I will be here, […]

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Foolishness

Photo courtesy of Imax.com Julia Zygiel ’19 The sharp wind of early spring buffets Rich and Nina as they settled onto a bench outside of the library to study. Even though it is the first day of spring, it certainly doesn’t feel like it, and Nina watched Rich with envy as he slipped into that […]

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Baby Boy

Photo courtesy of Alamy.com Matt Farrell ’17 “I grew up on the Southside.” We first meet a young baby boy, bright-eyed, Beautiful black skin seeing the world for the first time. His parents looked at each other and knew of the daunting climb But didn’t expect to take upon the role of Atlas, And as […]

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