Category: Essay
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Boys (I’ve Loved) as Types of Wine
Written By Emma Florez Art By Alyssa Luongo *Names of Champlain students have been changed to names from “Thank U, Next” to protect their iden(titties)* Caleb was my first love. He was sangria, all bubbles and sweetness. Our love shone red like the wine in my white cup, our eyes…
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The “Gone Girl” Dichotomy
Written By: Zoe Leone Art By: Alyssa Luongo Amy Dunne is a seemingly picturesque literary character. When we first met Amy, she’s perfect. Perfect blonde hair, perfect willowy frame, perfect privileged background. She’s a damsel in distress; her marriage started out like a fairytale, but has turned into an abusive…
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Lessons In Trauma
Written By: Kate Doe Art By: Kate Doe I am molded by my traumatic life experiences. Each has taught me a lesson in strength and decision making. From each trauma, I further dug myself into a depressive hole to protect my mind and body from anything else that could affect…
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Skate Park Fun
Written By: Emma Florez Art By: Alyssa Luongo You know that fragile state you’re in when someone rejects you where you are liable to do just about anything? This was the state I found myself in one early fall night at the skatepark. Everyone was running up the ramps, but…
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Chiv’s Crazy, Stupid, and Straight Up Weird Drunken Adventures
Written By: Champlain’s Most Angsty Art By: Izzy Dickey We can neither confirm nor deny these stories. They were sent to us anonymously and we have printed them as seen below. But… do enjoy their sheer absurdity. So I recently decided to do exactly what every mother warns you not…
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Life Writing
Written By: Akilah Doty Art By: Izzy Dickey Recently I saw a tweet reading, “You have your whole life to be a minority sis, go to an HBCU.” I giggled to myself. I couldn’t help but get it. Despite the choices of my excited peers, I was looking into PWI’s…
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Dear Positive Mindset: Get Off My Dick
Written by: Cat Butrick Art by: Alyssa Luongo I’m fucking tired of being positive. I’m tired of trying to find the silver lining of every situation. I’m definitely tired of being the rational and optimistic person in every argument. I want to be angry. I want to drop my ice…
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The Mamba Mentality
Written by: Walter Hill Animation stills by Glen Keane- from the short film “Dear Basketball”, 2017 When I learned on January 26 that Kobe Bryant died, I was working. I mourned later that Sunday night, alone and silent on the basketball court. I mourned in the way Kobe the basketball great…
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How A French Fry Gave Me PTSD
Written by: Eric Harvey Art by: Grace Monahan January 12, 2020, 2:40 PM– “The Calm Before The Storm” I was sitting a thousand feet up in the air in a tight and compact tunnel surrounded by strangers all traveling to the same place as me, Burlington Vermont. I closed my…
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Crop Tops & Hookups
Written by: Sammie Lee Wilhoit Art by: Grace Monahan Having sex before marriage is a sin. When my friend lost her virginity in high school, I thought her parents would find out. I thought having sex meant giving up on academics and all of the responsibilities of life. I was…
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