I’ve always loved animals. When I was little, and those ASPCA commercials would come on with the super sad dogs, I cried. I couldn’t fathom why anyone would ever abandon …
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The Lighthouse Keeper
A flash of lightning crashed, striking the top of the lighthouse and nearly blinding the men on the boat. The rain beat down, making it nearly impossible to tie the …
Freshman Year
Freshman year. That year you are excited, but also nervous because you are in high school. Even though my freshman year was a few years ago, I still remember it …
Your Nose Knows Nostalgia: Why Smells Trigger Memories
An apple pie crisps to a golden brown in the oven, as the delicious aroma of sugary dough, soft apple slices, and spicy cinnamon waft through the air of the …
The Italy Project—One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind
How is it that humanity is still divided? After all, humans have endured hardship, seen others fall, achieved the unthinkable, and developed over two thousand years. One would assume that …
Protest to Commercialism
Grace Wakeling ’21 Several artists in recent years have taken up the act of protesting commercialism and especially the commercialization of art. Of course, this is a topic that hits …
Pyotr Pavlensky: The Extreme
Grace Wakeling ’21 Arguably the most extreme and aggressive activist artist is Pyotr Pavlensky. He is a Russian contemporary artist who often takes his performances a bit too far. In …
A Desensitized Era
Grace Wakeling ’21 With society drastically shifting to a technologically dependent environment, art has followed suit. Many people have been desensitized to political messages since there is rarely something to …
Artists for Feminism
Grace Wakeling ’21 The Guerrilla Girls, who are feminist activist group of anonymous artists, protest the ideas of any mainstream exclusion of any gender and race by revealing that oftentimes …
What Music Means to Me: A Personal Reflection
Hannah Van Essen ’21 I think that there are moments in our lives that we will always look back on with a smile, whether out of fond remembrance or patient …