10 ways to occupy your time during the COVID-19 crisis
With the pandemic raging at full force, trips have been canceled, our favorite restaurants have been shut down and events have been postponed. It’s easy to feel disoriented—and at a…
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Through the Lens: April 2
Photos by Weina Diana Liu ’22. Interested in having your photos featured on Through the Lens? Send all submissions to [email protected] with your name, class year and photos with one…
Here’s what life is like in the New Rochelle containment zone
On the Tuesday before spring break, I walked out of my education class and into a family group chat storm, sparked by my sister’s text from the middle of her…
The next harvest moon
When I started writing this, I had a whole lot more to say about coronavirus than I do now. I sat in my bedroom, converted into a quasi office for…
Grieving in the time of pandemic
On Saturday, March 7, I left campus to spend Spring Break with my family in the suburbs of Allentown, Pennsylvania. On the one hand, I was relieved to return home—the…
Through the Lens: March 26
뉴莖삔윱。뉴莖會來。La primavera verrà. बसंत ऋतु आएगा // Basant ritu aayega. Le printemps viendra. 瑤檜 螢 剪縑蹂鹵 La primavera llegara.もうすぐ、春が来る。 Der Frühling wird kommen. ฤดูใบไม้ผลีกำลังจะมาแล้ว. Ver veniet. Весна придет. Tiocfaidh Earrach. Spring…
If only one remembers to turn on the light
I have been an enormous “Harry Potter” fan since elementary school. And I mean enormous. I talked about it in my Common App essay and was teased about it relentlessly…
Fears and frustrations: When forced to fly home
March 10, 2020, 6 p.m.: “Dude. Harvard, Stanford and Smith just shut down their campuses.” We all look up. Brian Lee ’20 is staring back at us, alarm writ large…
Writer stereotypes, self-isolation and mental health
[CW: This article discusses depression and mentions suicide.] If you are an English major—and therefore, by default, an aspiring writer—the shutdown should be a gift from Matthew Vassar himself. Here…
Living on a campus under quarantine
My windows are directly over the front door of Lathrop, so when Spring Break began I watched and heard students leave, whether it be for lavish vacations I cannot fiscally…