It’s an intensely muggy Saturday night, and an expectant hush fills the air. I am standing on the Bowld patio, covered in body paint, glitter across my cheekbones, crushed between people from my dorm. The […]
Thanks to a particularly bad week of storms in the spring of 2025, I associate tornadoes with “Phineas and Ferb.” It was just before finals, and Jenny Link, the Resident Advisor — or RA — […]
I dangled out the window of my neighbor’s truck, crammed into the backseat with four or five other girls I didn’t know until three weeks ago. Our freshman RA, Anna Thompson, stood at the end […]
On the other side of the quad, a giant blanket hangs over the railing in Hurt 1. It cascades to the shrubs on the ground in all its massive, red glory, covering the door below […]
As Nehemiah Guinn walks into the Bowld for his shift behind the desk, I wave and introduce myself. He grins at me and apologizes for being late, even though he is on time. Guinn is […]
I would like to think that my introduction into adulthood has been graceful and pretty, but in reality, it has been more like a huge face-plant in front of a group of strangers. I was […]
I knock on the sturdy door and hear a friendly voice shout, “Come in!” through the wood. I push the door open, exerting more effort than I would with a normal door because there’s sound […]
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