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 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 Havi Rojer Put it on at night as a sleep mask: Make it into a mask quilt and snuggle up: Give it to a mouse to use as a tiny parachute: Use it as basket for collecting wildflowers: Encase … Continue reading Things to Do with a Mask When the Pandemic is over
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
by Megan Rochlinart by Havi Rojer On this day, in the 1348th year of the Lord, the Doctor Beaky of Paris answers all ye questions about the great pestilence that hath descended upon the land. Dearest Dr. Beaky,My wife is … Continue reading Dear Dr. Beaky
by Emma Bernstein Latent. /ˈlātnt/. Adjective. In biology: “(of a bud, resting stage, etc.) – lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.” In medicine: “(of a disease) in which the usual symptoms are not yet … Continue reading On Latency
by Olivia Cippermanart by Belle McDonald My first quest was a barbeque. Smoke and scent anddamp summer greenness, piled high on soggy paperplates.To hold my jeans, Hippolyta’s girdle–a golden beltthat cost four dollarsTo glide across the sprinkler-dewy lawn, Mercury’sshoes–my favorite … Continue reading Smudges
by Jean Cambareriart by Belle McDonald The coronavirus pandemic, however terrible it has been, has given many a chance to slow down, learn new skills, dive deeper into hobbies – you know, get creative. They do say that Shakespeare or … Continue reading Things That a Mask is Not
art and article by Shahad Salman When the pandemic started, isolation and quarantine suggested a state of disconnectedness. But my friends and I grew closer by asking obscure, open-ended questions that allowed us to construct realities of altered dimensions. We … Continue reading Mmm… Ask about it!
