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I Was Wrong About Card Games
by Eleanor Lee | Mar 11, 2026 | Placeless
Please, please do not ask me to play Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. I don’t care what the cat or the goat or the pizza is doing.
I Was Wrong About Taylor Swift, Again
by Philip Rienstra | Mar 10, 2026 | Placeless
After a sequence of repeated failures, I’m now forced to consider the possibility that she is really, genuinely out of touch.
I Was Wrong About Valuing Freedom
by Michelle Ferdinands | Mar 9, 2026 | Sri Lanka
It wasn’t about the rules.
I Was Wrong About Birthdays
by Kate Wilmot | Mar 7, 2026 | Placeless
But something changed for me when my sister and I found a string of polka-dot bunting in a HEMA in France a little over a year ago.
I Was Wrong About Late Nights
by Emilyn Shortridge | Mar 6, 2026 | Japan, Placeless
Sleeping in feels more like some sort of sin.
I Was Wrong About Transness
by Alex Johnson | Mar 5, 2026 | Placeless
Similar to my experiences with the rest of the LGBTQ+ community, I didn’t really know that trans people existed for a long time.
I Was Wrong About Penance
by Grace Buller | Mar 4, 2026 | Placeless
Did I still want to be a journalist? Did I want to go into publishing? Did I want to go to grad school? If so, what for? History? Special education? Languages and literature? Some other field?
I Was Wrong About My Snake Plant
by Madeline Witvliet | Mar 3, 2026 | Michigan
Marla was making her way in the world.
I Was Wrong About Going to Waffle House on Valentine’s Day
by Christina Ribbens | Mar 2, 2026 | Placeless
I respect what mascots do from a distance but I do not want to be caught in their frozen, unblinking gaze, thank you very much.
I Was Wrong About Universes Beyond
by Sam Tuit | Mar 1, 2026 | Placeless
It would be weird if a LotR Magic set didn’t feature The One Ring in some way, and disappointing if it wasn’t a powerful card.
The Three New Yorks
by Anna Jeffries | Feb 27, 2026 | New York
When asked if I needed a bag, demonstrated to the shopkeeper that I could simply slot two full-sized wine bottles into the two outer pockets of my oversized winter parka.
Peter and the Starcatcher: Legacy and Inheritance
by Sam Koster | Feb 25, 2026 | Placeless
I got the Neverland stars tattooed on my wrist a few months later. I didn’t want to forget how special it all was.
Enter the Fools
by Sophia Medawar | Feb 24, 2026 | Placeless
Comedy is a tool that humans need to process and understand tragedy.
Questions Students Ask
by Savannah Shustack | Feb 22, 2026 | Placeless
Is there a point to anything, and if so, why?
My Not-a-Purity-Ring Ring
by Emily Joy Stroble | Feb 21, 2026 | Placeless
It is true that the love I offer to others is a precious and powerful thing.
*Record Scratch*
by Luke Brandsen | Feb 19, 2026 | Michigan
Now, where were we? Ah, yes, “Please, God.”
My Own Single’s Inferno
by Priscilla Chang | Feb 18, 2026 | Placeless
There’s no need to rush things.
Start of Something Colorful
by Carlisle Patete | Feb 17, 2026 | Placeless
What if the one thing I will wear til I die clashed with everything else about me?
A New Shape
by Clint Wilson | Feb 15, 2026 | Placeless
How do I shape what I’m seeing into a compelling narrative?
Charlie Kirk: America’s Ramsay Bolton
by Noah Keene | Feb 14, 2026 | Placeless
In truth, he devoted his life and his organization’s resources and influence to making America worse in every conceivable way.
The Small Days Before
by Olivia Harre | Feb 13, 2026 | Placeless
“This will all be worth it when we make it to the day.”
Sling: An Album that Embodies the First Signs of Spring
by Liana Hirner | Feb 12, 2026 | Placeless
After a smattering of global warming-induced fifty-degree weather in Chicagoland January, the bitter cold days that the Midwest is known for began to creep in. If given a choice, I’d much rather bundle up and deal with cold weather rather than sweat on a humid summer...
Christians and “The Great Divide”
by Eleanor Lee | Feb 11, 2026 | Placeless
From fall ‘22 to spring ‘23, it felt like everyone on campus and their cousin was listening to Noah Kahan.
The Weather in the Twin Cities
by Philip Rienstra | Feb 10, 2026 | Minnesota
There’s this uneasy weight in the air.
Backups in the Super Bowl
by Michelle Ferdinands | Feb 9, 2026 | Missouri
I felt peer-pressured to watch, and honestly? I’m embarrassed to say the appeal made sense to me.
The Invitation
by Kate Wilmot | Feb 7, 2026 | Placeless
Why twenty-eight? Because that is before twenty-nine, which is before thirty, which is when your life is over.
The Cheapest Thrills Are Aged like Fine Wine
by Emilyn Shortridge | Feb 6, 2026 | Japan
We heard rumors of a massage chair in the lobby.
How I Got Kicked Off Tinder in 24 Hours
by Grace Buller | Feb 4, 2026 | Spain
Spain, far from the responsibilities of work and the student newspaper (as well as from the watchful eyes of my parents) seemed like my best opportunity, at least for a casual fling.
“All grown-ups were once children. But only few of them remember it.”
by Madeline Witvliet | Feb 3, 2026 | Grand Rapids
These exchanges are, in my experience, among the most animated, delight-ridden; for a moment, a spirit of childlike wonder reawakens inside us as we remember what it was like to experience the story for the first time.
After Christmas, The Eternal Days
by Christina Ribbens | Feb 2, 2026 | Placeless
Somewhere along the way I lost one half of my favorite pair of mittens, like a minor arc in Little Women, and I tried to not let it ruin my day.
