Given that it is properly winter now (as a struggling Cali-girl who wears a puffer when it is 60 degrees and cloudy), I have become a pro at the game of layering *insert smirky face*. So, with that being said, I hope you’ll take my self-proclaimed professional advice on how to not only elevate your…
an authorized syllabus
a guest column by Tyler Watts ’25 creative director How have I been living? Frankly I don’t know. I don’t live in routines, but I have rituals that shift around temporally. Regardless of when they occur: they always get done. My habituals are: eat-sleep-read-write-phone-coffee-singanddance-halfearnestprayer-burnincense-callfamily-seefriendsandacquaintances-plustimetimealone-lone-lone. How do I live my life? Ask the sun how it…
180 Alt & Indie Songs for Studying
By Esmé Talenfeld ’27 Ranked on an imaginary scale of indie to alternative Werewolf V by Werewolf Already I will admit that this ranking is sort of arbitrary–I just want to put this album first. I’ve been listening to Werewolf V on repeat since it was released earlier this week. The first time I listened,…
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Reflections on the Barbie Movie
By Camila Perez ’26 Author’s Note: This piece contains spoilers. But to be fair, this movie has been out for a couple of months… so if you have not watched it at this point, can you really be mad at me right now? My best friend Noe and I rush down Temple Street, our arms…