My Week With My Mason Jar
What is it about college students that makes us so thirsty? I’m not talking about the euphemistic kind of thirst (yeah, I see you)–I’m talking...
Shopping, Period
Mom? Hi? You there? Yeah. It’s me. I’m fine. Kind of. Yes. I just… I’m in the middle of my first period. No, it wasn’t...
What CareerLAB Won’t Tell You: Cover Letters
Internship application season is in full swing, and it’s hitting me harder than the poignant final moments of the High School Musical franchise. (Don’t tell...
The Rib Reviews: Brown Bathroomz
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQl1yLDZd1U] Ali and Sarah take to some of Brown University’s most esteemed buildings to give YOU the information YOU need to know about the...
The Case of the Killer Chairs
Head Detective Tristan Oakes swatted away the yellow crime scene tape as he entered the Keeney dorm room. It was a horrible sight, unlike anything...
A Job-Seeker’s Guide to the Galaxy
As September rolled around and I made my plans for Brown, a brighter-eyed, bushier-tailed version of myself prepared countless resumes and cover letters for the...
“Going Off of That”: I HATE Section
I hate section. I always have. I always will. As a freshman, I used to think, “I Love College!” That is, until I learned that sections...
What it Feels Like to Receive Friend Requests from Upperclassmen
Despite priding myself on having a pretty good handle on life as a first-year in Brunonia (I’ve never been late to any of my small...
Reading for Pleasure and Other Intimidating Feats
The Brown Bookstore bag rested gently atop my roommate’s embroidered duvet cover. The plastic was just opaque enough to keep me guessing about what was...
First Timer’s Guide to the Nelson
Let me tell you something: I am innately distrustful of gyms. They conjure up images of sweaty bros snarling as they bench-press two hundred pound...