Procrastinating? Look to the Visual Narrative By: Benjamin Schultz LRR, March 31, 2017February 8, 2025 If there’s one thing college students know how to find on the Internet, it’s sequentially-conveyed stories that are just interesting enough to distract them from their coursework and just boring enough that they can leave and come back without missing anything. Here, I’d like to encourage a different approach to… Continue Reading
A Foray into Fantasy: Seven Must-Read Recommendations By: Rebecca Hill LRR, March 29, 2017February 8, 2025 The first book that I ever fell in love with was Dinosaurs at Dark, the first of the Magic Tree House series . I remember sitting alone on the living room carpet at six years old when, suddenly, I realized I was reading a “real” book with no… Continue Reading
10 Poems for Graduating Artists By: Taylor Caron LRR, March 20, 2017February 8, 2025 I often think that I am the only second semester senior with artistic ambitions who is realizing that the coming months may not perfectly correspond with my long-held fantasies as a post-graduate. Maybe all of you, loyal readers, are ecstatic to begin working with one of the four big… Continue Reading
Potato-Ball Days: Spring Cleaning and Rediscovering the Thrill of Pleasure By: Nicholas DiBenedetto LRR, March 19, 2017February 8, 2025 “Put all your books on the floor.” Marie Kondo The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Spring has finally woken up here in New England! Okay, maybe not quite yet, but I’m sure I heard him rustling around in his room. Honestly, I don’t… Continue Reading
Oh My Pod! Podcasts to Keep You Entertained Over Spring Break By: Mairead Loschi LRR, March 18, 2017February 8, 2025 Spring Break is finally here and it couldn’t have come sooner. You’re probably off to an exotic location or maybe even your bed (both options sound pretty amazing right now). Midterms are over and this is your chance to relax and get away from all of that reading and studying…. Continue Reading
Embarrassing First Lines By: Sydney Lauro LRR, March 17, 2017February 8, 2025 A few years ago, my mom found an old composition notebook of mine from when I was a wee tike. In it, there was one entry that struck her. It said something like: “Meghan (my sister) says if I try hard one day I might write good.” Even little me… Continue Reading
10 Books I Hate (That You Should Still Read) By: Betty Noe LRR, March 13, 2017February 8, 2025 I’ve never been scared of putting down a book that I just don’t like (and yes, that includes books read for class), so when I finish a book it means I’ve had some kind of reaction to it. This means that, when it comes to books I’ve actually read cover… Continue Reading
A Poetry Sancocho By: Gabriela García Sánchez LRR, March 8, 2017February 8, 2025 Sancocho is a stew from Puerto Rico—there are variations of this stew throughout the Caribbean—that dates back to when the Spaniards originally brought African slaves to the island. Since that time, it has been passed down from generation to generation before landing on my table. The integrity of this recipe has… Continue Reading
English Major and Pre-Med: Reconciling Medicine and Literature through Stories By: Stephanie Koo LRR, March 7, 2017February 8, 2025 It’s a normal day at the hospital. I, a valued member of the Emergency Department translational research team, approach a patient to enroll them in one of our studies (read: extremely socially awkward girl, wearing scrubs too big for her, bothers sick and crying kids and their sleep-deprived parents, to… Continue Reading
10 Books to Get You through Midterm Season By: Autumn Magro LRR, March 6, 2017February 8, 2025 Let’s face it: midterms are pretty horrible and come out of nowhere like a badly written side-character. I am what many Internet bibliophiles refer to as a mood reader, so when I have three exams on a Thursday and my car won’t start, I’ll find it difficult to enjoy Raskolnikov’s… Continue Reading