Category: Essay
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Connectivity In (Minor) Crisis
Written by Madeleine Minks Art by Greta Scheff Throughout all three years of middle school, I had the same locker. Everyone had the same locker, and as a result, all of my locker buddies remained the same. This was unfortunate in one regard: the boy whose locker was above mine,…
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Why I Broke Up With TikTok
Written by Audrey Orenstein Art by Greta Scheff As a general rule, I try not to form any hard opinions on media until I feel fully qualified to do so. While I’ve gotten pretty good at guessing what I may or may not like, I never know for sure and…
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Why The UFC’s Most Popular Fighter Is Not The Best
Written by Randolph Trow Art by Lucas Eglin Of the top 10 most sold UFC pay-per-views, 8 of them featured a Conor McGregor Main Event. After all, he’s easily the most popular Mixed Martial Artist in the entire history of the sport, as well as being present in the top…
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My First Hardcore Show and the Origins of Moshing
Written by Julia Cote Art by Alisa Kokorovic My first experience of moshing was unintentional; that is, nonconsensual. This was likely the introductory experience for most, or at least most girls who went to DIY shows without realizing that a sweaty guy of six foot would be slamming his body…
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How to Lose Yourself In 12 Days
Written by Clara MacMeekin Art by Simone Lerner I am ten years old. School is hard, even in the fourth grade. No one seems to have a solution for that and I feel stupid for it. There is another math test today and before I left the car this morning,…
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Walking in a State of Drowsiness
Written by Ella Quinlan Art by Lillian Anderson Sleep is an indicator of my mental state. It’s 3 AM on a Tuesday, and the walls still haven’t spoken back. They drip of grief from a past life; the remains pool onto the floor in the form of dirty laundry piles…
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What’s A Girl to Wear?
Written by Madeleine Minks Art by Greta Scheff I’ve earned a title here at Champlain: the strawberry girl. If you’re here often, you might have seen me walking around campus in various combinations of pink, red and white, usually sporting some sort of strawberry-themed accessories: strawberry-patterned clothes, strawberry lanyard, strawberry…
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A Fast Fashion Fiasco
Written by Aeowynn Ayres Art by Lily Anderson Karl Lagerfeld once said: “Trendy is the last stage before tacky.” As a result of the constant overconsumption of fast fashion brands that is beginning to be normalized, the lines between what is trendy and what is tacky have never been so…
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The Safety of Danger
Written by: Emma Florez Art by: Izzy Dickey The people I’ve met since starting at college have given me so much strength. My mind goes into spirals of fear when I’m alone, but when I’m surrounded by people who love and accept me unconditionally, I can be calm. Take…
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Turning 21 While Being Sober
Written by: Sammie Lee Wilhoit Art by: Izzy Dickey By the time this is published, I will have turned 21. When I think of 21 as a milestone in life, I think of the glamorous Instagram posts of my friends at a bar with a glass of wine or…
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