Dear reader,
Blood on concrete. Urgent news reports. Flowers on a grave. A spilled tear or two. Our hope towards a better, brighter future. Thoughts and prayers for a brief week. Then, headlines will...
Dear reader,
Almost every adult I meet: my parents’ colleagues, my teachers and even my nextdoor neighbors ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My answer is classic, “I want...
Dear reader,
Christmas decorations. “The Office” episodes. Pasta. These are all things that are ruined when overdone.
Something I’ve recently added to this internal list of mine is the way...
Netflix’s controversial “13 Reasons Why” sparked what felt like the largest, most complex discussion about mental health in my memory. The show, based on a novel of the same name, followed Clay Jensen’s...
Note: This story was written during May 2021.
Dear Reader,
This final column has been drafting itself in my mind since June, but now I’m having trouble actually putting my thoughts...
Dear reader,
The bison has eight legs.
It creates a sense of movement. The legs are running across the cave wall. The bison’s body slides down its curves, following its mineral ripples, and...
You and I are living. I think.
Right now, if you could just press your palm to the left hemisphere of your chest, and tell me what it is that makes you alive, what differentiates you from that rock...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• February 19, 2022
Dear reader,
Let it be known that I refuse to call myself a “quaran-teen.”
Going to school right now is… weird. It’s early 2022, and instead of flying cars and robots, we have an airborne...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• December 15, 2021
Dear reader,
Let it be known that taking AP classes is actually not my whole personality trait, contrary to what it may sound like in any conversation with me.
I was scrolling through Instagram the...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• October 25, 2021
Dear Reader,
Let it be known that my Indian-ness is defined by my love of samosas.
As the internet blew up about “Never Have I Ever,” one of the first major Netflix shows centered around an...
The narrative surrounding rioting is fairly consistent: it’s unacceptable, discredits your movement and is never a legitimate tool for change. I didn’t have any issues with this sentiment; being anti-violence...
Caring is the hardest part.
Which is ironic, given the outstanding consequences of the alternative.
When I think about the things I care about most—or that trigger the most guilt—I think about...
