Baby’s First GCB
When I was a lowly freshman, I dated a senior boy. This meant that I was cool and mature, and that I usually had some...
The Way We Were: University of Maryland, 1976-1980
Special Guest Correspondence by Anne Rajagopalan College life is always evolving. The 1960’s had gentle acoustic, deeply meaningful music; flowing homemade peasant dresses; a Oneness...
What’s the Mom-nosis, Doc?
(co-written by Stephanie Purington) College is a wonderful time,when young people begin to spread their wings and enjoy the freedoms of adulthood. (Maybe this a...
The Quest For Free T-Shirts
I think one of the first pieces of advice people gave me about college, after “do what you enjoy,” and “get enough sleep,” was...
The Misadventures of Sexually-Frustrated Susie: The V-Dub Waffle
*Author’s note: it’s fiction, mom. Fiction! I’m not actually that sexually attracted to waffles.* Sophomore slump had been real. Susie was unsure of everything —...
I am the Hot TA
There is nothing quite as satisfying as being a teaching assistant. I’ve wanted to be a TA since I first came to Brown, both because...
Bee Wars
This past weekend, our room had an intruder that tried to break in on not just one but two separate occasions. On Sunday, this demon...
Sober at SW
I was sober at Spring Weekend this year. Shocking? Maybe. Apparently, not everyone at this prestigious institution is a perfect golden child like I am....
Spring Weekend: A Fresh Perspective
My Spring Weekend probably went a little differently than yours. While you were pregaming with friends, bedecked in your finery of crop tops and glittering...
Putting the Pro in Procrastination
It’s a common affliction for the modern college student: procrastination, that self-sabotaging mind game of avoidance, excuses, and more often than not, falling into the infinite...