A Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Wrap-Up
If you’re like me, how quickly finals are approaching has really caught you off guard. Just last week, you wrote the date down as January, then did a double take, because, wait, it’s May. If you’re like me, you then…
Which CPE Section Should You Take A Class In?
The Academic Policies Committee doesn’t seem to know, so take this quiz to find out! It’s seventy degrees outside and there’s a hammock available right in the bright sun. But you have a paper due next week that you…
Stalled at Parkside
While the train is stalled at Parkside Avenue, a toddler clambers onto the row seating his weary mother sinking onto the bench next to him. He stands, two feet tall, and looks out the window He says, Everything looks so…
An Ode to The Van
The vacant space in the front of Van Meter stands stripped and naked. As you walk up the steps off of Van Meter Highway and gaze into the front window of Van Meter building, you contemplate your warped reflection and…
An Ode to Heubeck Dining Hall
In your 9:20 am class, someone says, “I really want a Heubeck burrito.” You roll your eyes—how could someone want Heubeck burritos that badly? Watery sour cream, variable ingredients dependent on the day, cracking flour tortillas. Also, it’s 9 in…
An Ode to Stimson
“Your shirt smells like Stimson,” someone tells you. There’s not a specific smell that you can pinpoint as smelling like an entire building, but you know exactly what they mean. Yet — you haven’t been in Stimson in, like, eight…
Space Log Day 250
Today we got our final message from The Department. It came through right in the middle of our weekly U.S. History lesson. For once, class was actually interesting — Kennedy had just gotten shot in the head, and the communications…
Space Log Day 223
Good morning. Last night, I found out something potentially life-changing. Remember how I said that Jake seemed to be semi-regularly stealing from Mr. B, and how Mr. B seemed to be hiding something from me when I visited his office…
Space Log Day 215
Halloween was last week and so we celebrated with another party, even though we had less pudding rations for dessert than usual, as we’re trying to conserve food. Zara Hemmings made us all dress up in costumes. Nico Soto and…
Space Log Day 199
One more day until Day 200, which is crazy! It feels like we’ve been here for entire years, but it’s only been a few months. Jake and I have been trying to convince Mrs. S to let us throw a…
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