By Abby Eskinder Hailu Storytime! Way back, when Cornell University was still a distant dream, Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White stood on a grassy patch of what is now a corner of the Arts Quad, and they just knew. … Continue reading Speaking Ill of the Dead and other taboos
By Annika Bjerke On a blustery Monday morning in early November at approximately 11:43 AM I received the following email: “Hey! No rush but I think I’m here? I have an orange jacket on and I put a dark green … Continue reading This Game is Trash: An Interview with Conor Garity
By Elise Cording When I dove headfirst into the dating scene at Cornell during my sophomore year, I didn’t know that I was sure to meet some classic characters. I immediately became enamored with the “masculine frat boy”—charming, self-assured, flirtatious, … Continue reading Living Inside a Man’s Mouth
By D. Albè Bogetti Pérez It’s easier to imagine the past with opened eyes. It’s true. We are convinced, obviously, that this is impossible, so every time that we want to relive a memory that has stumbled upon our unsuspecting … Continue reading Apex
By STEPHANIE CARMODY Art By MAGIC SUN One of my favorite movie quotes is from the cinematic masterpiece Sing Street. Set in the 1990s, a coming-of-age Irish schoolboy runs into a mysterious, older girl who he’s immediately struck by. Their first … Continue reading Meet and Greet: Who are all these people on campus?
By LUBY KIRIAKIDI Art By ANNIKA BJERKE Food. If we’re not talking about the weather, we’re talking about food. To eat is to live. Food is culture. Food is family. Food is love, faith, hope. Food is self. You are what … Continue reading Mainstream Eating Habits As Self-Imposed Theocracies: Thoughts from an Unorthodox Sinner
By ELISE CORDING Art By OLIVIA BONO “How many of us are real friends? Callin just to ask you a question, just to see how you was feelin. How many?” –Kanye West I’m acquainted with probably more than a hundred people … Continue reading Real Friends
By ELIA MORELOS Art By ANNIKA BJERKE My homegirl called me up on FaceTime a few days ago—first time I had seen her face in months—and asked me how I have been dealing with New York and if I had lost … Continue reading ¿pues ya qué? rooting myself in Ithaca
By Jessica Brofsky The NS1150: Introduction to Nutrition professor has a song he records and plays for the 575-person survey course. The chorus to what one might loosely call his “rap” repeats the line: “if you don’t need it, don’t … Continue reading Stop Telling Me to Eat Less: language, obsession, and eating disorders
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