Ten Books I was Assigned to Read as an Undergrad that Actually Didn’t Suck By: Amanda McCarthy
It happens every semester. You arrive on the first day of class, sit down, and pour over the list of assigned texts that you will need to trudge through over the coming months. You remember something your tenth grade English teacher said about the classics being important and every time a professor stands in front […]
Procrastinating? Look to the Visual Narrative By: Benjamin Schultz
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 the visual narrative for your […]
A Foray into Fantasy: Seven Must-Read Recommendations By: Rebecca Hill
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 trouble. There was something curious […]
10 Poems for Graduating Artists By: Taylor Caron
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 publishing houses on your first […]
Potato-Ball Days: Spring Cleaning and Rediscovering the Thrill of Pleasure By: Nicholas DiBenedetto
“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 know how he can sleep […]
Oh My Pod! Podcasts to Keep You Entertained Over Spring Break By: Mairead Loschi
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. On those long flights to […]
Embarrassing First Lines By: Sydney Lauro
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 knew that I wanted to […]
10 Books I Hate (That You Should Still Read) By: Betty Noe
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 to cover, there is no […]
A Poetry Sancocho By: Gabriela García Sánchez
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 been kept intact over all […]
English Major and Pre-Med: Reconciling Medicine and Literature through Stories By: Stephanie Koo
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 ask them questions about the […]
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