I Met My Soulmate on a Subway Car
The New York City subway certainly has a lot of shortcomings. The stations are generally repulsive. The trains are arbitrarily delayed, and seemingly always when...
A User’s Guide to Rockstar Body Piercing
Last Wednesday I entered Rockstar Body Piercing on Thayer Street for the first time in my life, and it was a milestone to be sure....
Cold Weather Problems, and How to Cuddle Yourself
Word on the street says it’s cuffing season. And by street, I mean the New York Times. Yeah, I don’t know exactly when the NYT...
Annie Warner and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Doctor’s Appointment
Alice Morse Earle once said “every day might not be good, but there is something good in every day.” This is both a wonderful sentiment...
Getting Accepted into the Ivy League (Campus Story)
The Ivy League Campus Story. I know you’ve heard of it. I know you’re obsessed with it. Don’t try to hide it from me. I...
A Job-Seeker’s Guide to the Galaxy
As September rolled around and I made my plans for Brown, a brighter-eyed, bushier-tailed version of myself prepared countless resumes and cover letters for the...
What it Feels Like to Receive Friend Requests from Upperclassmen
Despite priding myself on having a pretty good handle on life as a first-year in Brunonia (I’ve never been late to any of my small...
What’s In A Name? Deconstructing “Homebody”
by Crystal Kim I’m a major homebody. Phew! The cat’s out of the bag. I speak of being a homebody as if it is a...
Chronicles of the Post-Halloween Pumpkin
I know what you’re thinking — another Halloween article?! But if the following isn’t proof that Halloween spookiness continues long after the 31st, I don’t know what...
If you suffer from Resting Bitch Face Syndrome, Hisfacin may be the answer
Do people tend to judge you as bitchy, pretentious, or cold when they’ve never actually met you? Have men described you as unapproachable or unnecessarily...