Sitting with Fitbit
by Emily Adams Why should you Fitbit? Stop asking such a nonsensical, moronical, inconceivable question and start asking, why should you not Fitbit? With such a...
Achievable Resolutions
The great thing about winter break is that it serves both as a way to mark the end of the semester and the end of...
My Winter Break: A Murder Mystery – Part One
Chapter One Thursday, January 7, 2016. Hatfield, Massachusetts. 6:42 A.M On his way to work, my father gets pulled over. He is doing 38 in a...
The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway
While Winter Storm Jonas was wreaking havoc on the mid-Atlantic, I was living it up in Florida, specifically Disney World. Disney is the most wonderful...
What Happened When My Younger Sibling Became Famous
Over winter break my eleven-year old brother became a celebrity, and I faded into obscurity. Hyperbole aside, my younger brother had his own “big...
Milk, Bread, and Netflix
I’m a typical Long Islander. I have a terrible accent, I fold my pizza in half when I eat it, and I know how to...
On Being a New Yorker
I worked in a fancy midtown office for two weeks. I did not get paid for my work, and I commuted in from New Jersey...
My Winter Break in South Africa: A Story Told by the Penguins of Boulder Beach
I was lucky enough to go to South Africa this winter break to visit a friend I met on my gap year. And boy did we do...
Pull or Pass: Wisdom Teeth Pros and Cons
by Kayla Kirk Ah, winter break! A time for relaxing, reading, sleeping, and undergoing oral surgery. That’s right, folks; I crossed the painful threshold to...
To Math or Not to Math? And Other Shopping Dilemmas
I have something embarrassing to say, so I’m just going to come right out with it. I love shopping for courses. At Brown, I...