When did you realize you were friends? Chase Finney: Um, I have no idea. I can’t remember anything between camp Yale and the end of first semester. Like, it might’ve been after FroCo orientation, but I’m not sure. It doesn’t feel like it was that soon because I know I was friends with Ariana. We…
Tag: Black Love
Our College Years: Love as a tool for Survival
The images in this photo essay chronicle the spring semester of 2021, the first semester back in person since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Though we faced many challenges during that time as well as today navigating the stresses of the pandemic, through cultivating home away from home with each other, we were able…
Love is a Wildcard: Zoe Hopson and Selorm Tamakloe on Taking the Risk of Love
How did you guys meet? Zoe Hopson: So we probably first met just within the CC crowd and then went to winter formal together first-year. Selorm Tamakloe: For the winter formal, people in Ben Franklin, my residential college, they set me up with her. And I actually guessed it was gonna be her. It was…
Puppy Love
My first “I love you” filled the air when I was sixteen in the cold basement of a new model suburban home. The air emanating from the concrete walls was chilly because it was near Christmas or just past. I can’t quite remember now. I do remember the flush, the warmth shooting out from my…
Liv Charis Fosters Self-Love Through Content Creation
In need of a little more self-love? Need a new channel to binge watch feel-good videos that are meticulously filmed? Check out Olivia Charis’ channel. Getting lost in the incessant pattern of self-comparison while scrolling through any online platform is alarmingly easy. With an eye for detail and flair for creativity, Charis reclaims social media…