Anthropology: Bird Bathing
You know that there are many ways, no wrong way in fact, for humans to connect, and Professor Blavascunas taught you to explore the boundaries of your bipedal frame and culturally...
I asked three residents in Lyman’s “Tower” section whether they ever feel lonely. My first interviewee was Dante: tall, bearded and often enthusiastic — whether he’s on the field, in the classroom...
I felt lonely senior year.
I didn’t expect it. I thought it was supposed to be the best year, which is why it took me so long to connect my feelings with the word that described them. By senior year,...
Biology – Formaldehyde and mitochondria
This is pretty self-explanatory; STEM majors out there will understand. These committed individuals exude the scents of the two things that they are most...
Do you know the feeling when you’re “talking with” someone and it gets awkward? You feel like you are responsible for coming up with something to say to make the awkward feeling go away, and...
As I write this, I am sitting on my back porch in Tennessee; my mamma is grilling buns and okra while the bbq is cooking in the crockpot inside. I can smell her bbq, even through thick walls. Good food...
When I was visiting a close friend of mine during break, on my second day in North Dakota — the second-coldest state in the U.S. — my friend and I went to the supermarket together to buy groceries...
Owner: Toyona Howard
Name: Bleu
Nickname: Lil’ Beta
Age: Adult
Length of Companionship: October 2019
Favorite Treat: Blood worms
Fun Memory: Any time Toyona gets near the top of...
Politics major Claire Floyd-Lapp begins her thesis with with a confession:
“I am undeniably a foodie.”
It’s a statement that, according to Floyd-Lapp, can carry a sense of shame.
“A...
