Thanksgiving Break: 4 Days or 4 Weeks?
Across America, people celebrate Thanksgiving as a time to eat delicious food, spend time with family, and buy obscenely expensive plane tickets home (k maybe...
What I Saw From The Sub-Basement Level Window Of The Rock
Full disclosure: I just saw a massive slab of concrete and my miserable reflection in the window.
8 Domestic Things That Make Me Wish I Wasn’t a Human
Like most of us, I had to help around the house while I was growing up. These “chores” included walking the dog, taking out the...
The Tragic Failure of an 89.4%
Have you ever been virtually at victory? So close to success? Fractions from fame? Almost at an accomplishment? Close to conquest? Spending way too long...
Freshman Fallacies
Freshman year is a whirlwind of adjustment, excitement, and a complete flooding by new things—Clubs! Classes! Sports! Unit wars! The Ratty! Gail! Your first Jose...
Mailaholics Anonymous
Hi, my name is Christina, and I am a mailaholic. I love getting mail. I loved getting mail in high school, when colleges I’ve never...
Are You There Empire State Building? It’s Me, Abby
Like Margaret did to God, I asked the Empire State Building a lot of questions this summer. Unlike Margaret, these questions didn’t revolve around puberty....
On the Brink of the Real World
I’m not sure if I’m just perpetually PMS-ing, but I’ve been extremely sentimental recently. Maybe it’s due to the fact that I spent a whole...
Are You Hungover or Just a Transfer?
A few nights ago, I was sitting on my roommate’s bed. As we frantically made last minute changes to our schedules, I suddenly had an...
Finding Religion in Times of Famine
As I’m writing this, it’s Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה for the cool kidz), a.k.a the Jewish new year. Holiday texts have been pouring in all...