On the morning of March 8, I was washing my hands in a Franklin Hall bathroom. My eyes were aimed down at the porcelain of the sink. Then, I looked up to adjust my windswept hair with the help of the mirror....

Illustration by Tiffani Nelson When I graduated high school I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do in life, but I knew that I wanted a bachelor’s degree. I thought about a couple of different...

Illustration by Olivia Vennel Here it is everyone, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: my final send off. Now that sounds like I’m going to war, but really I’m just graduating. Yes, I know....

ILLUSTRATION BY TIFFANI NELSON “Harry Potter,” “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “The Hobbit,” “The Hunger Games,” “Uncharted,” “Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse,” “Game of Thrones,”...

COVID-19 positive: two words we learned to fear over the past 19 months. Words that breathe to life death and disease and destruction not only around us but within us. Words we take precautions against,...

ILLUSTRATION BY PRESTON RANDALL I’ve never been one for numbers. From a young age, I knew that no matter what I pursued in life, it would have nothing to do with numbers and everything to do with...

Photos By Kaitlyn Fincher Picture this: it has only been a few weeks since you became a college student, where you are taking your first classes, living in the dorms with a roommate you met over the...

Illustrations By Preston Randall Knelt in an empty hallway flooded by pale yellow lighting, I brushed ice melt salt off my heeled boots. I triple checked that my phone was charged enough to audio record....

Illustration By Emily Aslanis The first time I visited campus was in the spring. My mom picked me up from school early, and we drove the hour to Kent down the winding country roads. It was early April...

Photos by Kaitlyn Finchler and Taylor Gay While I would say I have had a decent amount of experiences and adventures, sometimes things are more fun or exhilarating if you set a time to them, a bucket...

Illustration By Preston Randall Hello y’all! I hope spring is treating you well! If you’re anything like me, you’ve got to drink a cup of coffee to get the gears grinding. Well you caffeine...

I think I stumbled into it truly by accident. Staring across the other side of the middle school library, the only thing I can see in my tunnel vision is him. We are only supposed to be talking about...