Achievable Resolutions
The great thing about winter break is that it serves both as a way to mark the end of the semester and the end of...
Lessons from Aziz Ansari’s “Modern Romance”
Aziz Ansari could have written a pseudo-autobiography about his experiences with dating and tinder, and simply pontificated about his take on the 21st century. He...
My Winter Break: A Murder Mystery – Part One
Chapter One Thursday, January 7, 2016. Hatfield, Massachusetts. 6:42 A.M On his way to work, my father gets pulled over. He is doing 38 in a...
The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway
While Winter Storm Jonas was wreaking havoc on the mid-Atlantic, I was living it up in Florida, specifically Disney World. Disney is the most wonderful...
JLaw’s Fall From Grace
by Nicole Martinez The best days of people’s lives are usually their wedding, when their children are born, the days they get their tax return money, and...
What Happened When My Younger Sibling Became Famous
Over winter break my eleven-year old brother became a celebrity, and I faded into obscurity. Hyperbole aside, my younger brother had his own “big...
Milk, Bread, and Netflix
I’m a typical Long Islander. I have a terrible accent, I fold my pizza in half when I eat it, and I know how to...
On Being a New Yorker
I worked in a fancy midtown office for two weeks. I did not get paid for my work, and I commuted in from New Jersey...
Happy New Year, Time is a Social Construct!
Hey! It’s me, Jaded College Sophomore! I spent my vacation rereading my coffee-stained copy of Sartre. Just in case you were wondering, I drink my...
My Winter Break in South Africa: A Story Told by the Penguins of Boulder Beach
I was lucky enough to go to South Africa this winter break to visit a friend I met on my gap year. And boy did we do...