First-year friendships are often sources of continuity through paradigm changes. No matter where these friendships lead, “proximity friends” are often essential in helping each other navigate the first weeks of college jitters and confusion.
“There was definitely a shock to [realizing] we weren’t going to see each other for half a year,” said Katelyn Mei '22 about boyfriend Cater Wang '21. “It was like, ‘We have four days we need to spend together, now.’”
"In an environment where relationships are stunted by booze, insecurities and a rigid social life structure, no one feels comfortable asking the 'what are we?' question, much less answering it."
"Solitude is not shameful. In fact, often it is enjoyable."
"How could I replicate the heartbeat of the college experience?"
Bring some love to your quarantine with this Spotify playlist.
Without venues that support indie musicians, we'll have nowhere to play unless we're already selling out stadiums.
I had to leave my new home-away-from-home in one weekend and say goodbye to French friends and my host family with no idea of when or if we would see each other again.
The class of 2003 learned before we turned 20 that fate could be fickle, and we were fortunate to also learn from Anisa, Tiffany, Niko and Maika that a person can make an oversized impact on the world in a very short amount of time.
Wandering the empty campus with a mask on to try and maintain daily exercise has led to seeing the ghosts of faces that used to populate Midd.
As a resident physician in Emergency Medicine, I didn't expect to be coming of age in my medical career during a global pandemic.
As someone who's currently taking a gap semester and living alone in another country, I have been experiencing the outbreak in the U.S. as an outsider.
The student body elected John Schurer ’21 president of the Student Government Association (SGA) for the upcoming school year. Schurer won by a landslide, receiving 1,081 votes (77.27% of the 1,399 total votes cast). He ran against Arthur Martins ’22.5 and Myles Maxie ’22, who received 183 votes ...
The new system, which puts forth an opt-in credit/no credit model, bears similarities to the current opt-in Pass/D/Fail system.
"After reading the open letter to faculty on the opt-in policy yesterday, I felt the need to respond with counter-arguments."
The college is anticipating housing more students than usual on campus this fall, citing uncertainties about study abroad enrollment, not an anticipated greater class of first-year students.
The institute's deficit has allegedly forced the college to cut down on health benefits and staff positions.
These six books deal with feelings of isolation, grief, confusion and interdependence that many may be experiencing while social distancing.
The 2020 decennial census risks miscounts as a result of Covid-19.
Luis Buñuel's 1962 film is a story of a quarantine house from hell, blending political and class critique with psychological horror.