They See Me Rollin’, ResLife Be Hatin’
January 21, 2016. A day that will live in infamy. At precisely 4:20pm (#blazeit) on a cold winter Tuesday, thousands of members of the Brown...
(Not Really) Confronting Your Roommate
Roommates are a hallmark of college living, as are the conflicts that naturally come with sharing 200 square feet with another human. But what do...
Teaching Assistants and You
Teaching assistants. We all have them. We all simultaneously love them and hate the subject they teach. We can all thank them for providing incredibly...
Shopping Period: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story
Welcome to Shopping Period. You wake up in the middle of an unfamiliar lecture hall. The professor, an older man wearing a sweater with elbow...
My Week With My Mason Jar
What is it about college students that makes us so thirsty? I’m not talking about the euphemistic kind of thirst (yeah, I see you)–I’m talking...
Shopping, Period
Mom? Hi? You there? Yeah. It’s me. I’m fine. Kind of. Yes. I just… I’m in the middle of my first period. No, it wasn’t...
A Comprehensive Analysis of Carrel Writings at the Rock
Whenever I’m studying at a carrel in the Rock, I make sure to read everything people have written on it. I choose a different carrel every time,...
Reading for Pleasure and Other Intimidating Feats
The Brown Bookstore bag rested gently atop my roommate’s embroidered duvet cover. The plastic was just opaque enough to keep me guessing about what was...
First Timer’s Guide to the Nelson
Let me tell you something: I am innately distrustful of gyms. They conjure up images of sweaty bros snarling as they bench-press two hundred pound...
Horror Stories (from My Life)
The Tale of The Falling Underwear It was a dark, stormy night. No, really. Our story takes place during Winter Storm Juno (annoyingly and widely...