Caffeine Fiend
My name is Jennifer Cummings, and I’m a caffeine addict. Am I making any efforts at recovery? Nope. Do I ...
Opinion
Obsession: Television as Art and Passion
Let’s discuss why I did not have a life in high school. There was the living pretty far from my ...
Memory of Massacre—A Story from Beirut
September 16 was the anniversary of the 1982 massacre in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps of Beirut, Lebanon. Sabra ...
A Year of Learning Babel
By the time you read this, Mumford and Sons’ second album, Babel, will have been officially released. If you’re like ...
Obsession: Nerd Pride
One of the first things my advisor said to me when I walked into his office frehman year was, “So. ...
Open Letter to the Communal Bathroom
Dear Communal Bathroom, We met on August 29. Do you remember that day? I was sweating; I was completely exhausted ...
Food Justice
When I was in third grade, my teacher assigned a paper called “How to Make A Peanut Butter and Jelly ...
Play Until to the Whistle Blows: Challenging an NFL Hypocrisy
Imagine you’re running a race. Maybe you didn’t hear the starting gun or you’re just feeling sluggish on this particular ...
Debunking the U.S. News College Rankings
Given the recent headline “US News and Stupid Farts Report: Wes Plummets to #17,” I’m guessing the writers at Wesleying ...
In Defense of Need-Blind Admissions
“What’s your name?” “Where are you from?” “How much does your father make in one year?” It doesn’t seem right, ...