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Five Boroughs, Five Senses

As you wade through New York City, inch by inch, different smells assail your nose, whether fragrance or odor. Though my pitifully empty bank account […]

Sad(Bois) Don’t Cry

“You’re such a sadboi!” After we laughed for a bit, she left with my smile. And, once again, alone with my readings and perplexed, I […]

Marianne Ayala
Konglish: An Anecdotal Definition

“Umma! I’m ddonging!” My sister Kyung Eun shouts through an open bathroom door. Ddong, the Korean word for poop, is a verb in our household. […]

Irene Kim
When No One is Watching

For those of us in senior societies, we partake in a heralded tradition of giving “bios,” shorthand for biographies. On Thursday nights, in the dim […]

kolyncheang
Unnamed But Not Anonymous

An anonymous reference to me and a direct jab at the people in question. An appeasement, I think, or maybe a loophole. A way of […]

Michael Holmes
The Sentence

No matter how many times you write some sentences, they keep sounding wrong. You can’t stop thinking about the grammar. You change the syntax so […]

Michelle Li
Bulldog Bites: Mecha on Crown

In homage to family-owned restaurants — like his parents’ pho restaurant in Danbury, CT — Tony Pham named Mecha Noodle Bar after the Vietnamese words […]

Brandon Liu
I’d Like to Thank The Academy: An Exploration of Clothing Politics

When my mother brought me into J. Crew to buy khakis for the first time, I threw a fit in the changing room stall. I […]

Wasp Stings Hurt, Objectively

I have two clear memories of pain from my early childhood. Both took place on the playground at my elementary school. The first is from […]

A Sunday Morning Saunter in the YUAG

Sunday morning, pouring rain after a luxurious brunch of quiche and black tea in the dining hall, I set off as I always do towards […]

Sins of My Cigs

Back home, everybody smokes — 37 percent of Greeks are regular smokers according to a 2017 survey for the European Commission. On paper, a 2010 […]