Brianna McNish,co-Editor-in-Chief As undergraduate students, we are constantly engaging with the question of what exactly constitutes as “the canon.” Needless to say, the same titles rehashed and retaught in countless literature classes tends to be overwhelmingly, despairingly filled with older white men. Steinbeck, Dostoevsky, Tennyson–the list, especially the titles taught…

Lauren Ablondi, Interviews Editor  If you’re anything like me, you live and breathe Jane Austen. You can recite Pride and Prejudice line for line, and Emma is still the character you love to hate. Once I’m done re-reading all of her books for the millionth time, I turn to movies….

Cassandra Quayson, Guest Blogger Think back to the best book you’ve ever read. You know—that book. The one you literally couldn’t put down. You were so invested in the characters, the plot, the climax. Or maybe it’s not just one book. Maybe it’s a series. Or even a movie, or…

  Joseph Frare, Fiction Panel Editor  Have you ever played a video game, such as Call of Duty, Halo, or even Fortnight, and after you’ve conquered a specific base, taken down a difficult enemy, or perhaps merely decided to open up the single player campaign mode, a small notification pops…

Betty Noe, Poetry Panel Editor  In honor of yet another April Fool’s Day, easily my least favorite holiday on the Gregorian calendar, I’d like to take this time to remember the worst April Fool’s prank I was ever on the receiving end of. Let’s set the scene: I was a…

Isabella Baldoni, Fundraising Co-Manager and Fiction and Drama Panelist  There is one question that plagues English majors, writers, or anyone who displays even a spark of creative proclivity, one question that berates them at every family gathering, reunion with old friends, or encounter with a STEM major. How are you…

Ryan Amato Marketing Coordinator Has this been talked about before, countless times? Yes. Does that change the fact that book-to-movie adaptations are one of the trickiest pieces of art to master? No. Am I still going to throw in my two cents? Absolutely. As an avid reader, there’s nothing more exciting…

Brenna Sarantides Social Media Coordinator and Poetry and Translations Panelist Years ago, I started collecting my first vinyl albums. Spinning them on the record player, something clicked deep inside. These albums encompassed stories. They were cohesive units of art that carried me throughout each song. I held each album in…

Kate Luongo, Fiction Panelist Mark Twain once said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Last summer, as a birthday gift from my mother, I received the opportunity to…

Hannah L. Desrosiers Nonfiction and Multimedia Panel and Web Designer It was hard enough finding time to do the things I loved in high school, when I was in school from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., then back from 4 to 6 p.m. for cheerleading practices, five days a week….