by Mariana Meriles photo by Emma Condie There’s a long list of first dates that tween me consistently dreamed of (aside from just any date in the first place). But the one that always made the top of the list … Continue reading The Perfect First Date
by Sarah Bastos All of the houses look the same with their manicured lawns, picket white fences, and leftover holiday decorations. You don’t remember when the next-door neighbors moved out. Or when the new neighbors began living there. Every Friday … Continue reading small town gothic
by Quinn Theobald art by Belle McDonald As far as I can remember, there were three reasons why Gran called her garden a faerie garden. As for carrots, they were rain food and Saturday morning food. Those were Gran’s favorite … Continue reading An Eye Out for Ladybugs
by Emma Bernstein art by Belle McDonald Even if you’ve never been, even if you grew up in the claustrophobic crush of a city where no one knows their neighbors’ names, a corner of your memory is reserved just for … Continue reading One Promised Happy Day
by Tilda Wilson This morning, after 20 minutes on hold, I spoke to a woman in the Cornell financial aid office named Karen. Had she used a different name, our conversation would not have felt so much like a foregone … Continue reading Notes From 3rd Grade
by Bex Pendrak I sat nervously on my porch, staring out across the backyard at the line of trees shielding my house from the rest of Ithaca. What if I had made a mistake, if my impulsive decision would lead … Continue reading Unmasking My Identity
by Christina Ochoa It’s the morning after a long but good night. We attended a wedding together. His cousin from Miami was getting married, and his entire family was in attendance. They were a conservative religious family, and he had … Continue reading Morning After
by Christina Ochoa First category of expression: Safety I don’t want to be seen. I don my oversized sweats like armor, to envelop me in the same way my depression has. They swallow every noticeable form, shape, and contour of … Continue reading Maslow’s Hierarchy of Expression
by Emma Bernstein From the ghosts that supposedly haunt Ithaca’s centuries-old buildings, to the various pumpkins that have been tossed, flaming, into gorges or been found perched atop the clocktower, to the legend of certain campus statues’ vested interest in … Continue reading An Ode to The Six Most Absurd—and Unique—Team Mascots
