By Esha Ahktar ’25 Contributing Writer Of all the mornings we spent together, I most clearly remember the sunlight. Her pink and orange curtains seized the dawn sunshine and threw it across her bedroom, lighting up our faces as we procrastinated starting our days. I remember the stack of perfectly curated books from Verso and…
a biweekly column by michelle ampofo ‘25 managing editor ✶✶✶ 1. The following will be written in twelve points. 2. I turned in an essay the other week, which my professor said was too fragmentary and that my arguments “needed more connection.” Readers should not be left confused after reading your papers; every point should…
By Caleb Dunson ’24 Contributing Writer I request my absentee ballot weeks in advance, block an hour in my calendar to research down-ballot candidates, spend another hour picking the candidates I will support, and then place my ballot in the mail. I tune into election coverage, patiently wait for results to spill in, and watch…
By Suraj Singareddy ’25 Managing Editor “Queerness is a longing that propels us onward, beyond romances of the negative and toiling in the present. Queerness is that thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough, that indeed something is missing.” – José Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopias When people look back on their…
a biweekly column by michelle ampofo ‘25 managing editor Seduction warning: gore, violence, sexual violence Before break, I was sitting in the Davenport library and saw a band of crows that were fighting over a flower that looked like a piece of bread. The strangeness of this fight holds no importance, but the fact that…